{"id":450227,"date":"2017-12-26T15:10:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T15:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/26\/jordan-ayew-profiled-ahead-of-swanseas-trip-to-liverpool-tonight\/"},"modified":"2017-12-26T15:10:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T15:10:21","slug":"jordan-ayew-profiled-ahead-of-swanseas-trip-to-liverpool-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/26\/jordan-ayew-profiled-ahead-of-swanseas-trip-to-liverpool-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Ayew profiled ahead of Swansea&#8217;s trip to Liverpool tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 26 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/54785003.295.jpg\" alt=\"Jordan Ayew Celebration Palace\" title=\"Jordan Ayew Celebration Palace\" width=\"295\" height=\"209\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Jordan Ayew<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514301021_21_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Football stats experts Whoscored.com focuses on Jordan Ayew ahead of Swansea City&#8217;s trip to Anfield on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n<p>Leon Britton secured a commendable point in his debut match in charge of the Swans as they came from behind to secure a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>While the trip to Liverpool will be harder to navigate, the Swans can take solace from a positive result against the Eagles as they look to upset the odds today.<\/p>\n<p>The Swans earned a 3-2 win over Liverpool in this fixture last season and they\u2019ll hope for a repeat at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have struggled to break down teams that sit deep and remain compact to frustrate the Reds this season, with Burnley, West Brom and Everton all securing draws on Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p>Those three clubs have the lowest away possession averages in the Premier League this campaign and Swansea have proven on occasion this term they can adopt a similar approach and come away with a result, as they demonstrated in a 0-0 draw with Tottenham back in September.<\/p>\n<p>Doing something similar this evening could be vital to the Swans\u2019 hopes of landing at least a point and the hero of the day in the 1-1 draw with Palace has an influential role to play.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Ayew came off the bench to score the equaliser and won the WhoScored.com man of the match award with a rating of 7.77.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanian will hope to return to the starting XI for the meeting with Liverpool and he may be crucial should he feature form the off.<\/p>\n<p>Ayew has two goals and two assists, meaning only Tammy Abraham (five) has had a direct hand in more league goals among Swans players this season.<\/p>\n<p>Ayew\u2019s hard work off the ball will also help to stifle the Reds\u2019 fluid attack.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s frontline is renowned as one of the best in Europe and cutting the flow to the likes of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane is essential.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ayew has developed a statistically calculated WhoScored.com strength of \u2018defensive contribution\u2019 while a return of 2.1 tackles per game is the third best of all Swansea players.<\/p>\n<p>Working tirelessly out of possession is a must at Anfield, though the 26-year-old Ayew is adept when it comes to applying pressure on opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Cutting the lines to the attack is of the utmost importance today and with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp demanding his full-backs press forward to support their attack, keeping Trent Alexander-Arnold at bay will limit the chances the Reds have to stretch the Swansea backline.<\/p>\n<p>The young right-back has a promising future ahead of him and having developed statistically calculated WhoScored.com strengths of \u2018crossing\u2019, \u2018key passes\u2019 and \u2018dribbling\u2019, the 19-year-old must be watched.<\/p>\n<p>Should Ayew perform to the standards expected of him, Alexander-Arnold may struggle to get forward and one of Liverpool\u2019s prominent offensive routes to goal will but cut out, thus increasing the chances 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