As halves go, this game's will be forgotten pretty quickly but, if you're interested, here's how it panned out territorially...

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Swansea have been anything but relentless in attack but when they do go forward they are favouring the right flank as this graphic shows... 

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Steve Bower
BBC football commentator at Villa Park

"A very cagey and uninspiring half. Both sides guilty of giving the ball away cheaply as they try to force the issue."

Villa striker Rudy Gestede is a handful in the air and he gets in between two Swansea players to meet a corner but heads his effort high.

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You can tell both these teams haven't won in a while. there's a lack of confidence and quality to their play.

A Leandro Bacuna free-kick goes straight into the arms of Swansea keeper Lukasz Fabianski. In the aftermath, Villa defender Micah Richards squares up to Federico Fernandez and Ashley Williams comes in to help out his Swansea team-mate.

Richards switches his anger to Williams as the two are involved in a bit of shoving before they are both booked. All from nowhere that. 

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The first booking of the afternoon goes to Swansea right-back Kyle Naughton for a foul on Jack Grealish as he tried to make up for losing the ball.

Fairly even at Villa Park, just as this graphic shows...

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Aston Villa striker Rudy Gestede overpowers Swansea midfielder Ki Sung-Yueng to a ball forward and the striker gets in a shot but it goes comfortably wide. Stll, at least it's a shot for the home side.

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Swansea look like they might be finding a bit of rhythm and Villa boss Tim Sherwood is shouting and gesticulating from the touchline as he tries to urge his side forward.

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Swansea should be ahead. Jonjo Shelvey's corner is headed down by Bafetimbi Gomis for Federico Fernandez but he can only horribly slice a shot wide from about eight yards.

Swansea work a move which sees midfielder Jonjo Shelvey find striker Bafetimbi Gomis and he lays the ball across to Gylfi Sigurdsson, who curls a low shot wide from just outside the area.

Villa have a free-kick from the right side of the area after a Neil Taylor handball and Kieran Richardson sends a striker from the set piece straight at keeper Lukasz Fabianski.

Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielder on Football Focus

"Andre Ayew is one of those that we'd have to say is a good signing for the Premier League as well as Swansea. For Jordan it's not gone as well but we don't know if that's because Andre's in a better team."

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The Ayew brothers of Andre and Jordan are on opposing sides today. Andre has been impressing at Swansea, while Jordan has found life difficult at struggling Aston Villa.

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The managers have shaken hands, Swnasea have had their huddle and we're under way at Villa Park...

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Pat Murphy
BBC Radio 5 live at Villa Park

"Former owner Doug Ellis being helped into his seat at Villa Park. He's a regular to home games here despite being in his 90s now. A penny for his thoughts on things at the Aston Villa at the moment?"  

Asked about speculation Swansea chairman wants to bring in a more experienced figure to work alongside him, the club's manager Garry Monk played down such reports.  

"The chairman is fantastic," said Monk.

"He is very supportive of what I do and lets me get on with it.

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"The good thing about this club and working with him is that he allows me to grow as a manager. He's done that since day one.

"We have regular chats about numerous things because he is the chairman of the club.

"He likes to see what's going on, but he sees how I work, he sees the commitment and effort I put in and the quality of what we are doing and he supports it."