Swansea City 0 Southampton 1: Long header seals Saints triumph

Swans midfielder Ki Sung-yueng is available for selection after recovering from the concussion which ruled him out of last Saturday’s draw with Crystal Palace.

Swansea have 27 points from 25 matches and Guidolin believes a point on average from the last 13 games will secure their top-flight status.

Shane Long’s goal gave Southampton an important 1-0 win at Swansea City which sees them close to within a point of Manchester United in the race for European qualification.

Swansea will attempt to second-guess Koeman this afternoon when Saints travel to the Liberty Stadium, and the Dutchman said: “We have the strongest squad since I came to Southampton”.

‘We need to win four or five matches from now until the end of the season but that is not easy to do.

Koeman is set to have Northern Irishman Steven Davis back for the first time since mid-January.

Francesco Guidolin plans to draw inspiration from his friend Claudio Ranieri’s title charge at Leicester as he attempts to steer Swansea away from relegation danger.

“For sure, we are totally confident in our defence and we know we have the players who can create chances”.

“It is a great credit to the player and the medical staff because the player was back in full condition”.

The club have conceded from dead-ball situations in each of their last three games, letting four points slip through their fingers in the fight to avoid relegation. “I have sympathy for honest players and Victor is one of them”.

Romeu could have scored the first goal five minutes into the second half, but could only flick an excellent Ryan Bertrand cross wide of the far post.

Gylfi Sigurdsson will be the man the home side look too to provide the attacking intent as the midfielder has scored five in his last six appearances. The last few games has had a big impact on those stats.

Goaleeper Fraser Forster is yet to concede a goal since returning from a nine-month absence due to a serious knee injury.