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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 | |||
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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 |
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It's all going on.
We've had managerial appointments, back-room staff appointments, and now a player signing. This one's for Watford, who have completed the signing of Nordin Amrabat from Malaga.
He's previously played for PSV and Galatasaray and is the chap flying gracefully through the air in the picture above.
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BBC Sport Wales' Michael Pearlman: "Wales manager Chris Coleman could be watching Swansea City in a huge Premier League game, but he's here at Rodney Parade to see Tom Lawrence who starts for Blackburn and Adam Henley, who is among the Rovers substitutes."
Ambrosetti joins the Swans
Swansea v Watford (20:00 GMT)
Dafydd Pritchard
BBC Sport Wales at the Liberty Stadium
"It's a day of new arrivals at Swansea City. Just a couple of hours after Francesco Guidolin's appointment as head coach, former Chelsea midfielder Gabriele Ambrosetti has taken to Twitter to announce he has joined the Swans' coaching staff.
"The 42-year-old played under Guidolin at Italian club Vicenza in the 1990s, and both are here to watch Swansea take on Watford tonight."
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Swansea v Watford (20:00 GMT)
Despite Swansea's shocking run of form, they can climb out of the relegation with a win tonight.
They might be playing Watford at just the right time, with Watford's impressive run of form in the first half of the season faltering slightly in recent weeks - they have lost their last three Premier League matches.
Six more wins will do it?
Swansea v Watford (20:00 GMT)
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BBC Radio 5 Live
From 19:00 GMT, tune into BBC Radio 5 live for The Monday Night Club with Mark Chapman, before live commentary Swansea versus Watford gets under way at 20:00 GMT.
Steve Claridge is in Swansea with Ian Dennis. Mark Lawrenson is in the studio in Salford with Chappers.
Needless to say, they'll be discussing the new Swans boss.
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BBC Sport Wales' Michael Pearlman: "We've been denied the prospect of defender going in goal as Newport goalkeeper Joe Day plays despite missing Saturday's League Two win at York for personal reasons.
"He's one of two changes for the Welsh side who replace Matt Partridge with Scott Barrow.
"Rovers make four changes from their weekend loss at home to Brighton, with Lee Williamson, Chris Taylor, Corry Evans and Tom Lawrence coming into the side."
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BBC Sport Wales' Michael Pearlman: "There is speculation that Newport County could field defender Matt Taylor in goal tonight for their FA Cup third round clash with Blackburn.
"County’s regular goalkeeper Joe Day missed Saturday’s win at York for personal reasons and loan replacement Mitchell Beeney is ineligible.
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"Former Cheltenham defender Taylor started his career as a goalkeeper with Preston North End Boys."
You'll be able to see the goals from this game online shortly after they go in.
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Right then, enough about shenanigans off the pitch because there's football to be played tonight.
Our main focus is on struggling Swansea's clash with Watford in the Premier League but there's also FA Cup action, as League Two Newport County host Championship Blackburn in a re-arranged third-round tie. That game kicks off at the pretty unusual time of 19:15 GMT, with the action at Swansea getting under way 45 minutes later.
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Swansea v Watford (20:00 GMT)
Plenty of names were linked, but the one that has got the gig at Swansea has left plenty of people scratching their heads and asking 'who?'
Francesco Guidolin, who has previously managed several clubs in Italy including Palermo and Udinese, was just a few hours ago confirmed as the new Swansea head coach.
He won't be in the dugout for tonight's game against Watford, but will be in attendance.
Go get me Guidolin!
Imagine the scenario. Your team is in the relegation zone, they've won just one game in the last 12 and are seemingly hurtling towards the Championship.
The rot needs to be stopped, so what do you do? Appoint a 60-year-old Italian who has barely managed outside of Italy and has no experience of Premier League football.
That is what Swansea have done by bringing in Francesco Guidolin. OK, it's not Edgar Davids managing Barnet, but it's pretty left field.
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