Swansea with some lovely touch-and-go pass-and-move around the fringes of the West Brom box, but Jefferson Montero's low cross is cleared by a Baggies defender.

That was lovely stuff though, sniffing out space behind the West Brom defence where it seemed the red shirts had them cornered.

Jonas Olsson gets the first taste of yellow as he comes sliding through the back of Andre Ayew.

He got the ball, but upended the former Marseille man in the process.

Tony 'Bomber' Brown
Former West Brom striker on BBC WM 95.6

“I know all about goalkeeping, I was substitute goalkeeper, I never let one in”    

Tony Brown's hopes of getting himself a game are over as Fabianski gets back down to business after a knock.

Lukasz Fabianski has picked up a knock in the Swansea goal. The Pole gets treatment and is eventually up and flexing off the injury.

West Brom's players headed over to boss Tony Pulis during the hold-up to get a barrage of instructions and directions.

Better from the Baggies.

Chris Brunt drives in off the left flank and gives it the laces once again.

He is off target though.

Ooohhh! Swansea fans suck in their cheeks and count their blessings.

Their side could easily have been pegged back as the Swansea defence, perhaps taking too much mind of Jonas Olsson and James Morrison, allow Craig Dawson to slip in unnoticed at a corner and he is only a foot away from connecting from a wicked delivery.

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Wayne Routledge is seeing plenty of the ball down the Swansea right.

He zips past Chris Brunt once again, but his low cross is well cleared.

West Brom are lying deep still. They have not been tempted into more adventure by conceding.

As close as West Brom have come.

Chris Brunt lines up a free-kick and, via a chunky deflection off Leon Britton, almost finds the top corner.

Lukasz Fabianski was rooted.

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A suitably scrappy, messy graphic for a scrappy, messy goal.

The run of Angel Rangel, number 22, down the Swansea right is the best thing to pick out.

Jason Roberts
Former West Brom striker on Football Focus

"You could be harsh on Boaz Myhill here but he was a bit unlucky - the ball hit him on the back of the head as he spun round to look for it. 

"The goalkeepers' union will protect him, but once he gets his hand on it, you don't expect the ball to bounce back out."

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Ki Sung-yeung scores his first goal of the season and the Swans are in front.

A hint of farce about the opening goal as Angel Rangel, bombing on into the box, sees his shot ricochet off the inside of the post, off the back of goalkeeper Boaz Myhill's head and roll tantalisingly along the goalline.

Ki wins the race ahead of Myhill to stab home from less than a yard.

James Morrison's cross is safely gathered by Swansea goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski as the visitors make their first foray forward.

Swansea have looked bright and breezy in their two matches under caretaker boss Alan Curtis after Garry Monk was sacked - an unlucky defeat away to Manchester City was followed by a decent performance in a goalless draw at home to West Ham.

The host have started well, getting their foot on the ball and penning the Baggies back.

Jefferson Montero lumps a cross in towards the West Brom box, but, with Jonny Evans, Jonas Olsson and Gareth McAuley back there, the visitors are well set up to deal with that tactic.

Olsson takes it on his chest and bangs the ball upfield.

Referee Roger East toots his whistle and we are up and running.

Rickie Lambert, making only his fourth Premier League start since joining the Baggies in the summer, is sporting a festive beard.

If lumberjacks are particularly festive.

We are ready for the off...

It is 'man versus machine' this week. Our man Mark Lawrenson takes on a state-of-the-art super-computer called SAM (Sports Analytics Machine) in his weekly prediction game - find out here what they have plumped for.