PREM: Swansea v Burnley preview

Swansea v Burnley preview

Burnley are set to welcome back Jeff Hendrick for their Premier League trip to Swansea on Saturday.

The Republic of Ireland international has been serving a three-match ban after being sent off against Watford at the start of February.

But he will return as the Clarets embark on the second of four successive away trips.

They won just their second away point of the season last time out with a 1-1 draw at Hull, but face a Swansea side whose form has improved since the arrival of head coach Paul Clement.

The Swans have won three of their last five matches to pull themselves out of the relegation zone.

 

"We have just come through a tough run of games but we have picked up a good number of points, and we will try to do the same thing on Saturday," he added.

 

Luciano Narsingh and Jordan Ayew are in contention to make their first Swansea starts.

Holland winger Narsingh and Ghana forward Ayew have impressed from the bench since joining in January, and Clement says the pair have also been pushing hard in training.

Jefferson Montero (hamstring), Ki Sung-yueng (knee) and long-term casualty Nathan Dyer (Achilles) remain out.

 

Hendrick is back for Burnley but Ashley Barnes was sent off at Hull last weekend and is suspended.

Steven Defour (hamstring) has returned to training but not ready for action, while Dean Marney and Johann Berg Gudmundsson (both knee) remain out.