Swansea v Petrolul Ploiesti, 19:05 Swansea boss Michael Laudrup comes up against a former charge in Cosmin Contra, now boss of Romanian outfit Petrolul and at stake is a spot in European competition proper, something that would have seemed absurd a few years ago for the Swans. The away team have already beaten Vitesse Arnhem, the Dutch outfit and will have no doubts that they can make it through to the group stages so Laudrup will need his team to be alert and on form in order to secure a good result for the return leg in Romania. I think the Swans should get a win, with the 14/1 on a 3-1 at Coral not a bad option. Nathan Dyer and Jonathan de Guzman are both set to miss the game through injury against a Petrolul side domestically unbeaten so far.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:40:00 +0000