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Match Stats
Home TeamSwanseaAway TeamWatford
- Possession
- Home57%
- Away43%
- Shots
- Home10
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home2
- Away2
- Corners
- Home6
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away11
Line-ups
Swansea
Formation 4-3-1-2
1Fabianski
26Naughton33Fernandez6Williams3Taylor
24Cork7Britton23G Sigurdsson
4Ki Sung-yueng
15Routledge10A Ayew
- 1Fabianski
- 26Naughton
- 33Fernandez
- 6Williams
- 3Taylor
- 24Cork
- 7BrittonBooked at 62mins
- 23G SigurdssonBooked at 90mins
- 4Ki Sung-yuengSubstituted forAmatat 87'minutes
- 15RoutledgeSubstituted forBarrowat 66'minutes
- 10A AyewSubstituted forGomisat 82'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Amat
- 11Emnes
- 13Nordfeldt
- 18Gomis
- 20Montero
- 22Rangel
- 58Barrow
Watford
Formation 4-4-2
1Gomes
2Nyom15Cathcart3Britos16Aké
29Capoue8Behrami23Watson7Jurado
24Ighalo9Deeney
- 1Gomes
- 2NyomBooked at 33minsSubstituted forParedesat 74'minutes
- 15Cathcart
- 3Britos
- 16Aké
- 29Capoue
- 8BehramiSubstituted forOularéat 87'minutes
- 23Watson
- 7JuradoBooked at 22mins
- 24Ighalo
- 9Deeney
Substitutes
- 5Prödl
- 10Oularé
- 14Paredes
- 17Guédioura
- 21Anya
- 22Abdi
- 34Arlauskis
- Referee:
- Michael Oliver
- Attendance:
- 20,430
Scores
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As It Stood
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Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Arsenal | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 44 | ||
2 | Leicester | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 44 | ||
3 | Man City | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 21 | 22 | 43 | ||
4 | Tottenham | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 20 | 39 | ||
5 | Man Utd | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 37 | ||
6 | West Ham | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 35 | ||
7 | Stoke | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 33 | ||
8 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 24 | -1 | 31 | ||
9 | Liverpool | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 28 | -3 | 31 | ||
10 | Southampton | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 30 | ||
11 | Everton | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 29 | ||
12 | Watford | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 29 | ||
13 | West Brom | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 30 | -8 | 27 | ||
14 | Chelsea | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 34 | -3 | 25 | ||
15 | Bournemouth | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 37 | -11 | 24 | ||
16 | Norwich | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 38 | -14 | 23 | ||
17 | Swansea | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 30 | -10 | 22 | ||
18 | Newcastle | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 39 | -15 | 21 | ||
19 | Sunderland | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 45 | -18 | 18 | ||
20 | Aston Villa | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 38 | -20 | 12 |
Live Reporting
Gary Rose
All times stated are UK
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HITS THE WOODWORK
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Connor Dymond has just hooked a volley onto the post for Newport. There's more goals in this game.
By the way, you can watch Ben Marshall's penalty give Blackburn the lead by clicking on the 'highlights' tab on this page. The equaliser will also be available shortly.
Guidolin 'a welcome addition'
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Swansea coach Alan Curtis: "The appointment of Francesco Guidolin is a welcome addition - we have probably been a little short on the coaching and managerial side and I've said in the past I'm quite comfortable if the club wanted to bring someone in. I haven’t met him yet, hopefully I will catch up with him afterwards.
"We are conscious of fact that it is important we don’t get beat but we really want three points to get out of the bottom three."
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BBC Sport Wales' Michael Pearlman: "Mark Byrne's thunderous effort has Rodney Parade rocking, this is probably the noisiest the ground has been for football since the Conference play-off semi final with Grimsby.
"Suddenly the Welsh club believe an upset is very much on the cards."
GOAL - Newport 1-1 Blackburn
Mark Byrne (30 mins)
Ooof! Pick that one out.
Newport equalise and equalise in style, skipper Mark Byrne powering a fierce effort in off the underside of the bar.
The man who made Sanchez?
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Apparently Francesco Guidolin is credited with turning Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez into the player he is today.
He managed the Chilean at Udinese, putting him in a central role where he flourished alongside Antonio Di Natale, the pair scoring 39 goals between them one season.
Maybe he will work his magic with Marvin Emnes?
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Team news
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Swansea City interim manager Alan Curtis makes one change from the team which lost 4-2 at home to Sunderland last Wednesday, with midfielder Jack Cork replacing forward Modo Barrow in what appears to be a switch to a midfield diamond.
Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores makes three alterations from the 2-0 defeat to Southampton, with Craig Cathcart, Nathan Ake and Valon Behrami replacing Sebastian Prodl, Jose Holebas and Almen Abdi.
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GREAT SAVE!
Newport 0-1 Blackburn
An oversized brown bear holding its head in its hands has just caught my eye on the television to my right.
That was the Newport County mascot as he just watched Blackburn keeper Jason Steele tip over Mark Byrne's fierce long-range strike. Cracking effort.
Swansea versus Watford better be as good as this game.
Setting the example
Swansea v Watford (20:00 GMT)
There's plenty of examples of when appointing a coach from abroad goes wrong, but for a success story Swansea fans need look no further than tonight's opponents.
Appointed in June last year, Quique Sanchez Flores has done a cracking job at Watford, with the Hornets comfortably in midtable with 29 points.
He's proven he can cut it in the Premier League, the only thing up for debate is whether he looks more like Hugh Laurie or Phil Brown.
Furious fans
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BBC Sport Wales' Michael Pearlman: "Newport fans reacted with fury to the award of the penalty, making their feelings known as they chanted '1-0 to the referee'. That changed in an instant though, when Rovers' Chris Brown is sent off for a straight red card for a foul on Medy Elito, who has been stretchered off and replaced by Tom Owen-Evans."
Guidolin the disciplinarian
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Former Leeds United, Bologna and Sweden defender Teddy Lucic has told World Service that his former boss in Italy, Franceso Guidolin, is “strict and short tempered, a typical Italian”.
He added: “He was quite popular at Bologna, he gets very involved in the game and doesn't just sit still on the sidelines. I think he will do good."
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RED CARD
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It's all happening in this game! Seconds after taking the lead, Blackburn are reduced to 10 men as Chris Brown is shown a straight red for a nasty challenge on Medy Elito. No need.
GOAL - Newport 0-1 Blackburn
Ben Marshall pen (8 mins)
Perfect start for the Championship side as they take the lead inside 10 minutes. Ben Marshall is brought down inside the area by Scott Barrow and the Blackburn man picks himself up to score from the spot.
'They don't know what they're doing'
Swansea v Watford (20:00 GMT)
Steve Claridge
BBC Radio 5 Live at Ten Acres
"Swansea are normally quite good with this sort of thing, but with this one, the appointment of Francesco Guidolin, they don't seem to know what they're doing. They've done things a bit not the norm in the past, but this one doesn't quite go along the same lines."
Just who is Francesco Guidolin?
Swansea v Watford (20:00 GMT)
Bar a brief and unsuccessful spell at Monaco, Francesco Guidolin has spent his entire coaching career in Italy.
He has just shy of 30 years experience in management, but what caught my eye is the fact he managed Palermo on three separate occasions between 2006 and 2008.
Apparently he was sacked by the club's chairman, but after Palermo lost their next two games he was re-instated. Bet that was an awkward telephone conversation.
Late, late line-up change
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BBC Sport Wales' Michael Pearlman: "There was a change to the Blackburn Rovers line-up from when the teams were announced, Elliott Bennett replacing Lee Williamson who is now on the bench."