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Preview: Swansea City vs. Newcastle United

Sports Mole analyses the key points ahead of the Premier League fixture between Swansea City and Newcastle United.

Rarely has a manager seen as many of his own club's supporters protest to see him sacked, but the misery seems to be far from over for Alan Pardew ahead of Newcastle United's Premier League clash with Swansea City on Saturday.

The Magpies are still searching for their first league victory of the season following the 1-0 defeat to Stoke City on Monday, when Pardew was targeted by the travelling supporters throughout the game at the Britannia Stadium.

During this miserable period, Pardew has always put on a brave face, but he will know that the pressure is on even after reports suggested that owner Mike Ashley has no intention of sacking him.

A victory in Wales is unlikely to win over his critics, but it will come at a time when his players are in desperate need of a confidence boost.

The form of Newcastle's summer signings has been a big problem, and one of the new recruits, Emmanuel Riviere, is likely to be replaced by Papiss Cisse.

Swansea have stumbled in recent weeks following a brilliant start to the new campaign, but managed to recover from two straight defeats with a draw against Sunderland last weekend.

As a result, Garry Monk's side have slipped to fifth in the table, but will look back on last season's games with Newcastle fondly after doing the double over the Magpies.

Swansea will be forced into one change, with Jazz Richards in line to replace the suspended Angel Rangel at right-back.

Recent form

Swansea: WWWLLD

Newcastle: LDDLDL

Possible starting lineups

Swansea: Fabianski, Richards, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor, Ki, Shelvey, Sigurdsson, Dyer, Routledge, Gomis

Newcastle: Krul, Janmaat, Coloccini, Williamson, Dummett, Tiote, Colback, Sissoko, Cabella, Gouffran, Cisse

Sports Mole says: 2-1


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