Who would have thought that a game between Wigan Athletic and Swansea City will create so much interest? If Wigan beats Swansea today, then there will be eight Premier League sides scrambling to try to get out of the relegation zone. Not only will supporters for Wigan and Swansea be paying close attention to the result of this game, but so will neutral fans as well as supporters of Newcastle, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Norwich, Stoke, Fulham and Southampton.
If Wigan wins today, we could end up with ‘Survival Sunday’ being the most exciting in the history of the Premier League. Two years ago, five teams had the threat of being relegated on the final day of the season, which generated 81 different relegation scenarios based on the results that day.
Wigan starting XI: Robles, Kone, McCarthy, Caldwell (c), Watson, Maloney, McManaman, McArthur, Boyce, Espinoza, Scharner.
Swansea starting XI: Vorm, Williams, Britton, Hernandez, Routledge, Monk (c), Shechter, De Guzman, Tiendalli, Rangel, Davies.
On Swansea’s team, they’re without Michu and Lamah due to injuries, but Chico Flores is also out, which is a surprise (he’s not even on the bench). Angel Rangel looks like he’ll start as a right winger instead of right back, so manager Michael Laudrup shaken the team up for this match.
In the other match today, Manchester City plays West Bromwich Albion.
Manchester City starting XI: Hart, Richards, Kolo Toure, Lescott, Kolarov, Garcia, Rodwell, Milner, Tevez, Nasri, Dzeko.
West Brom starting XI: Myhill; Tamas, Dawson, Olsson; Jones, Mulumbu, Morrison, Yacob, Ridgewell; Rosenberg, Lukaku.
For readers in the United States, both matches will be shown on television while one is available on the Internet. Read the TV/Internet schedule for all the details.
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