After winning the League Cup the team of Swansea started performing rather poorly in the Premier League. The team has four defeats from its last six matches, but the home defeat by Arsenal last weekend was only the third for the team this season. Swansea is very strong in front of its own audience and the task ahead of Villas-Boas and his team is very difficult.
After two consecutive losses in the league, for Tottenham the three points from this meeting are mandatory, if the team wants to finish the season in the top four. Arsenal is just 4 points behind the "Spurs", but with a game less. Tottenham was unbeaten in the league since December 2012, but the team's success was largely due to the individual skills of Gareth Bale. Even a slight drop in the form of the player would cost the fourth place of Villas-Boas` team. This year is quite poor for Defoe and Adebayor, and definitely improvement in the game of these players will be of key importance for the Spurs.
Tottenham has a very difficult program to the end of the season as there are forthcoming matches against Everton, Manchester City and Chelsea. Without a doubt, the "Spurs" will attack fiercely from the first minutes of this meeting. This visit to Swansea is crucial to Tottenham and will largely determine whether the team has the strength to rank in the top four in the Premier League.