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Garry Monk believes Swansea City can continue to be a potent attacking threat following the departure of Wilfried Bony and has set his sights on a Barclays Premier League scalp against leaders Chelsea.

Ivory Coast international Bony completed a transfer to Manchester City on Wednesday, having scored 34 goals in 70 appearances in all competitions for Swansea.

But Monk insists he is not in a hurry to spend the Bony proceeds on a replacement striker, with Bafetimbi Gomis hungry for a first-team run and Nelson Oliveira having arrived on loan from Benfica.

"I'm not looking for a striker," he said. "Bafe has the shirt and it's his to lose. I have no reservations he will produce for us. We brought in Gomis and Nelson Oliveira, but Bafe is my No 1 striker and, going forward, we're looking for both of them to contribute.

"They understand how we work and they are up to speed and hopefully they get a chance to produce. I'm sure they'll do very well.

"Bafe is a different player, a different striker, but a top quality one in his own right. He's proven that throughout his career and to myself, even if he hasn't had game time he would have liked. He'll show in coming games the qualities he has."

Monk has backed his forwards to find the net against Chelsea at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday.

"You have chances in every game to score goals," he added. "I don't care if it's 1-0 or 7-0, the points are the main thing. We create numerous chances in every game, they [sometimes] warrant more goals, but as long as we're gathering the points, that's the main thing."

Chelsea claimed a 4-2 victory when the sides met at Stamford Bridge in September and hold a slender two-point lead over Manchester City at the summit of the BPL.

Swansea are ninth, but will be eager to halt their run of three league matches without a win.

Monk remains without Jefferson Montero (hamstring), Jonjo Shelvey (suspended) and Ki Sung-yueng, who is with South Korea at the Asian Cup, but has an otherwise fully-fit squad from which to choose.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is also spoilt for choice and could reintroduce Thibaut Courtois after the Belgium goalkeeper spent last weekend's match against Newcastle United on the bench with a finger injury.

The London club's last five away trips in the league have yielded just one win, but Chelsea have never lost to Swansea in the Barclays Premier League.

Swansea City (from): Cornell, Fabianski, Tremmel, Amat, Bartley, Fernandez, Kingsley, Rangel, Richards, Taylor, Tiendalli, Williams, Britton, Carroll, Dyer, Fulton, Routledge, Sigurdsson, Sheehan, Barrow, Emnes, Gomis, Oliveira.

Chelsea (from): Cech, Courtois, Ake, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Christensen, Filipe, Ivanovic, Terry, Zouma, Fabregas, Hazard, Matic, Mikel, Oscar, Ramires, Salah, Willian, Costa, Drogba, Remy, Schurrle, Solanke.

Match Appointments
Referee: Jonathan Moss Assistants: D Cann, A Holmes Fourth Official: K Friend

Match Facts
Chelsea have won five and lost none of the seven Barclays Premier League meetings with Swansea City.
Jose Mourinho's side have won one of their last five BPL away matches (W1 D2 L2).
Swansea City have dropped more points from winning positions than any team in the league (16).
Chelsea have hit the target with 50.4% of their attempts, the best shooting accuracy in the top flight.
http://m.premierleague.com/en-gb/matches/2014-2015/epl.summary.html/swansea-vs-chelsea

Match Facts
Chelsea have won five and lost none of the
seven Barclays Premier League meetings
with Swansea City.
Jose Mourinho's side have won one of their
last five BPL away matches (W1 D2 L2).
Swansea City have dropped more points
from winning positions than any team in
the league (16).
Chelsea have hit the target with 50.4% of
their attempts, the best shooting accuracy in
the top flight.

Full time scores:
Swansea 1: Chelsea 2

click like if you believe that Chelsea would win

Chelsea we love you

Swansea...RIP

AAlozie:
Full time scores:
Swansea 1: Chelsea 2

amen

#TeamChelsea

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MY BLOOD IS SO BLUE

Sure 3pts

Cfc should not spoil mai ticket oooooooo..........Bleep Derby and their manager.

Dis na blue win up costa killing the swan with something called HAZARD

abeg o, wr i fit watch dis match online

I....HATE....CHELSAE.

cfc for life.
GEJ till 2019.
like if u d two.

chelsea 0- 10 swansea.

Up swansea!!

The fact is that Chelsea will trounce Swansea mercilessly....



Just as GEJ will trounce Buhari leaving him clueless and stunned up to his dying day!!

#GEJ- All the way!!

Costa! go for another hattrick. u can do it.

chelsea 13-0 swansea who no like am should commit suicide

ichidodo:
I....HATE....CHELSAE.

chelsae? like seriously?

Kolade354:
Cfc should not spoil mai ticket oooooooo..........Bleep Derby and their manager.

sori

Ojestas:
chelsae? like seriously?

Hell yeah..

luvola:
Mod stop being bias and push Liverpool thread ob front page..

have you not heard ''the bigger boiz(chelsea) roll first'' hehehe

draw likely





up Arsenal

Clean sheet loading

Hope to see cech

Easy game for my people

#KTBFFH #CFC #ChelseaFc #Since1905 #TopOfTheTable #Can'twait

My Prediction. Swansea 0 - 2 Chelsea

Chelsea 3 - swansea 1

ichidodo:
Hell yeah..

bros na chelsea na no be chelsae

KingAdeOluomo1:
draw likely


up Arsenal

Manchester City go use unaa count tomorrow.... Go n focus on ur own game

ichidodo:
I....HATE....CHELSAE.

we hate you too with blue fury and ion #ktbffh