Preview: Swansea City vs. West Ham United

Swansea City and West Ham United come face to face at the Liberty Stadium this Saturday following their respective victories in the opening weekend.

By Danielle Joynson, Staff Reporter

Published: August 23 2012 | 10:56

Last updated: August 23 2012 | 10:58

Swansea City manager Michael Laudrup will take his first home game in charge of the Swans when they welcome West Ham United to the Liberty Stadium on Saturday.

The Welsh outfit stunned Queens Park Rangers with a 5-0 rout at Loftus Road on the opening day of the new Premier League season, while new boys West Ham snatched a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa at the weekend.

Laudrup is expected to start the same team that secured three points last Saturday, with new signing Michu likely to lead the line alongside Danny Graham following his impressive debut.

Meanwhile, Sam Allardyce is expected to keep new goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen in the starting lineup along with Ricardo Vaz Te and Carlton Cole up front. Jack Collison is expected to face a fitness test ahead of the clash after missing out last weekend.

Swansea City: Vorm; Rangel, Williams, Chico, Taylor; Britton, De Guzman, Dyer, Routledge; Michu, Graham

West Ham United: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Collins, Reid, McCartney, Diame, Noble, Nolan, Vaz Te, Taylor, Cole

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Sunderland	13	9	2	2	23	9	14	29
2	Leeds United Leeds	13	7	5	1	22	8	14	26
3	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	13	8	3	2	16	6	10	25
4	Burnley	13	6	5	2	17	6	11	23
5	Watford	13	7	1	5	22	21	1	22
6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	13	5	6	2	14	8	6	21
7	Millwall	13	5	4	4	16	12	4	19
8	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	13	5	4	4	16	14	2	19
9	Bristol City	13	4	7	2	17	17	0	19
10	Norwich City Norwich	13	4	6	3	23	18	5	18
11	Middlesbrough	13	5	3	5	14	15	-1	18
12	Swansea City Swansea	13	4	4	5	10	9	1	16
13	Coventry City Coventry	13	4	3	6	17	17	0	15
14	Derby County Derby	13	4	3	6	16	17	-1	15
15	Hull City	13	3	6	4	15	17	-2	15
16	Stoke City Stoke	13	4	3	6	15	18	-3	15
17	Cardiff City Cardiff	13	4	3	6	13	19	-6	15
18	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	13	4	3	6	15	24	-9	15
19	Oxford United Oxford Utd	13	3	5	5	16	17	-1	14
20	Preston North End Preston	13	3	5	5	14	20	-6	14
21	Luton Town Luton	13	3	3	7	15	21	-6	12
22	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	13	3	3	7	13	25	-12	12
23	Queens Park Rangers QPR	13	1	7	5	11	19	-8	10
24	Portsmouth	13	1	6	6	13	26	-13	9