It's been another thrilling Premier League campaign so far as we step closer to the business end of the season with the table beginning to take shape at both ends.

Chelsea look a class above the rest at the moment and appear poised to claim the title, with the likes of Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool standing as their closest rivals as both Manchester clubs keep pushing for a place in the top four.

At the bottom, it's looking increasingly likely Sunderland's luck will finally run out this season as they can barely perform, while the likes of Hull City, Crystal Palace, Swansea City, Middlesborough and champions Leicester City join them in the relegation battle.

Paul Clement became the third Swans boss of the season and with regards to their last league performance, a 2-3 win at Liverpool's Anfield home, they may escape the drop this term.

Here are THREE reasons why they will survive this season...

Paul Clement

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More often than not when a new manager is brought in, the confidence of the players increases as they aim to show their boss what they are really capable of.

With the exception of the 4-0 thrashing against Arsenal, a game which Clement's side put in a decent first-half performance before everything went wrong, the team has shown the extent of their commitment of late.

Although he may not have managed any side in top-flight football before, the Englishman has worked under the highly experienced and regarded ex-AC Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti when he was the manager at Chelsea, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and recently Bayern Munich as an assistant manager. Those kinds of experiences should count for something!

Squad quality

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The Welsh club have finished out of the bottom eight every season since their promotion into the top division and have the quality to achieve that feat again this term. We all know the ability this Swansea team possess with the likes of Gylfi Sigurdsson, Fernando Llorente, Leroy Fer and Jack Cork - it's just been a case of them not playing to their true potential.

The Swans finally showed their quality over the weekend with a stunning 3-2 victory away to title hopefuls Liverpool, and wins like that more often than not tend to be the turning point for struggling sides.

That said, Clement still has a lot to do to instil a winning mentality on his side from now until the end of the season.

Rivals' run-ins

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As we have often seen in past seasons, the fixture run-in for the struggling sides at this stage of the season has an important say in the eventual outcome.

Claudio Ranieri's Leicester, despite their troubles on the domestic front, have Champions League games to worry about, Boro are finding goals hard to come by and Big Sam's Crystal Palace still have the top six teams to play. Hull City, after losing to leaders Chelsea on Sunday, have a run of really difficult games that will surely define their season, too, with a trip to Manchester United next, then Liverpool and Arsenal waiting on the sidelines.

Clement can surely use that to his team's advantage.