In the blink of an eye a shed load of rain has started to fall down.

And West Ham have a corner - but Ashley Williams heads it clear.

First good chance.

Andre Ayew beats his own team-mate Bafetimbi Gomis to a header from Neil Taylor's cross, but it loops just over.

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Sung-yeung Ki is given the chance to run into a ton of space down the left after a pass from Leon Britton, but the opportunity goes with a poor touch.

The Swans are being ball hoggers. West Ham chasing shadows. Bafetimbi Gomis turns James Collins on the halfway line with the grace of a Christmas angel.

Swansea get a corner and are piling on the pressure.

Turn and shot from Bafetimbi Gomis, holding off Angelo Ogbonna, but it's a tight angle and is wide of the near post.

Now Swansea looking like the Swansea we've to know. Pinging it between themselves for a dozen passes or so. It finally goes down the right channel but it's too deep.

A start without fluency so far. West Ham seeing more of the ball, but very much in harmless positions.

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As the sky gets darker and darker in Wales, let's hope the Swans and the Hammers can brighten things up for us.

West Ham get us under way.

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Mark Lawrenson
BBC football expert

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Mark Lawrenson, our prince of predictions, foreseer of football, overlord of outcomes, has cast his all-seeing eye over this one.

"I looked at how well Swansea played against Manchester City last week and thought 'where has that come from?'

"Their tactics were no different to when Garry Monk was in charge, apart from they all had a go.

"If they do the same again on Sunday then I actually quite fancy the Swans to win this time."

He's gone for a 2-0 win for the Welsh side.

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic refuses to blame a run of six games without a win on the mounting injury list:

"I am really pleased with the way we have coped without our injured players. The bonding, the quality and the character we have showed are positive, of course, so I'm really confident for Sunday's game.

"If we keep that kind of team spirit when these players start to come back, it's all very positive, but we have to go through this period of two or three games without them." 

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On that West Ham injured list currently are:

Andy Carroll, Winston Reid, Victor Moses, Manuel Lanzini, Diafra Sakho and Dimitri Payet. 

Alistair Mann
MOTD commentator at Anfield

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"Last week's heart-breaking defeat at Manchester City effectively summed up Swansea's recent fortunes.

"Five defeats in the last six games points to a side lacking in self-belief, yet at the Etihad they moved the ball around with typical swagger, created good chances and on another day would have left with at least a point. That Joe Hart was the hosts' man of the match says a great deal.

"It proved that caretaker boss Alan Curtis can be safely entrusted with team responsibilities as the club moves closer to securing Garry Monk's replacement.

"Intriguingly, visitors West Ham are also without a victory in their last six games, yet with most of their best displays coming on their travels, they will represent awkward opponents for a Swansea side without a home win since August."

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But there are reports abound that Bielsa is cooling on the idea, external of taking up a post in South Wales.

So, if he is, who else is there?

Well Jose Morais, one of Jose Mourinho's former coaches at Chelsea, has emerged as a serious contender.

The Portuguese has worked with Mourinho numerous times and left Stamford Bridge alongside his manager last week.

Google you say, Mr Curtis? What a good idea.

I've given it a go, here are the search engine's suggestions.

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Hmmm. 'Marcelo Bielsa West Ham' is popular. It seems the Argentine was a contender to replace Sam Allardyce at the Hammers, but that honour went to Slaven Bilic.

Anyway, there's more....

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You've met the Special One.

We're acquainted with the Normal One.

Now there's El Loco - the Crazy One.

It's apparently the nickname Marcelo Bielsa has picked up, and this could be why: he reportedly once came out of his house to face an angry mob of Newell's Old Boys fans brandishing a hand grenade.

Here's what Swansea caretaker manager Alan Curtis has said about Marcelo Bielsa this week:

"Obviously I know his reputation.

"But I don't know a great deal about him, so I have been Googling him.

"When a new manager comes in, you're never quite sure how he's going to react or how he deals with players, training and the staff.

"But Bielsa's reputation as a coach is fantastic, and if Pep Guardiola rates him as the best coach ever then he's obviously somebody you're bound to learn from." 

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Alan Curtis will take charge of his second, and in all likelihood, final Swansea game as caretaker today, with an appointment expected soon.

And as Dafydd says, all week the front runner to replace Garry Monk has been Marcelo Bielsa.

Here's some information on him organised in a graphic that should be pleasing to the eye.

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Dafydd Pritchard
BBC Sport Wales at the Liberty Stadium

"As Swansea City’s search for a new manager continues, caretaker boss Alan Curtis takes charge of his second game as West Ham visit the Liberty Stadium today.

"Swans chairman Huw Jenkins was in South America last week as he looks for a successor to Garry Monk and, as a result of his travels, his usual column is missing in today’s match programme.

"Former Argentina and Chile manager Marcelo Bielsa is still being tipped to take over but, as Swansea’s search drags on, things seem uncertain at the Liberty."

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Here are some bullet points. They suggest that both teams could lose today, if that were indeed possible:

• Swansea have not won in six games
• Swansea have lost five of their last six
• Swansea have won once in 12 Premier League games
• Swansea have not won at home since August
• West Ham have not won in six games
• West Ham have drawn their last two games 0-0
• West Ham have never won at the Liberty Stadium (D2 L1)