Summary

  • Swansea will survive if they win and Hull lose to Palace on Sunday

  • Relegated Sunderland are without a win in nine home league games

  1. Postpublished at 22 mins

    Sunderland 0-1 Swansea

    Over 60% possession for Swansea so far. I don't think Jermain Defoe has touched the ball yet.

  2. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 19 mins

    Sunderland 0-1 Swansea

    Off goes Jason Denayer, on comes Darron Gibson. That could be the end of Denayer as a Sunderland player. He is currently on loan from Man City. Not sure he'll fancy a return for a season in the Championship.

  3. Postpublished at 18 mins

    Sunderland 0-1 Swansea

    Gylfi does shoot, but it curls over the wall and into Jordan Pickford's grasp.

    More bad news for Sunderland, though. Jason Denayer has been struggling for the past 10 minutes and he is going to have to come off.

  4. Postpublished at 17 mins

    Sunderland 0-1 Swansea

    Sunderland look to have given up already. Not a sentence Hull fans want to read.

    Jordan Ayew dances his way into the box but just fails to find a team-mate with a poked cross.

    O-oh... Gylfi Sigurdsson is over another free-kick. It is within shooting distance...

  5. What has that done?published at 15:16 British Summer Time 13 May 2017

    Sunderland 0-1 Swansea

    A four-point lead with two to play (for Hull)?

    A relative chasm. 

    tableImage source, bbc
  6. Postpublished at 16 mins

    Sunderland 0-1 Swansea

    Swansea's 'Sigurdsson cross, Llorente header' move is the equivalent of one of your mates latching on to Chun-Li's spinning bird kick and just repeating it over and over to devastating effect.

    You know it is coming but defending against it is a completely different matter.

  7. Postpublished at 13 mins

    Sunderland 0-1 Swansea

    All the noise in the stadium is coming from the 3,000 Jacks, who are understandably ecstatic at this turn of events. 

    Their side is bossing it now. Fernando Llorente goes down in the box under presure from Lamine Kone but there is no chance it is a penalty.

    Swansea fansImage source, Reuters
  8. goal

    GOAL - Sunderland 0-1 Swanseapublished at 8 mins

    Fernando Llorente

    Massive moment for Swansea! 

    No two players have done more to boost Swansea's battle against the drop than Gylfi Sigurdsson and Fernando Llorente, and they combine as supplier and scorer to give the Swans a priceless lead.

    Sigurdsson's free-kick from deep is swung in from the right and met by the head of Llorente, and with Jordan Pickford having left his goal but failed to collect, it finds the empty net.

    Fernando LlorenteImage source, Getty Images
  9. Postpublished at 5 mins

    Sunderland 0-0 Swansea

    The fifth minute is greeted with stadium-wide applause and chants in support of young Bradley Lowery - the terminally ill Sunderland fan, who was carried on to the pitch before kick-off by Jermain Defoe.

    The minute of applause is almost capped with a goal but Didier Ndong fires wide. 

    Bradley LoweryImage source, Reuters
  10. Postpublished at 4 mins

    Sunderland 0-0 Swansea

    Swansea seeing plenty of the ball early on. No action in and around the Sunderland box yet, though.

  11. Postpublished at 3 mins

    Sunderland 0-0 Swansea

    The Black Cats come forward and down the left before a ball is chipped into the box. Martin Olsson does really well to dive in and get his head to the ball first to clear.

    Victor AnichebeImage source, Reuters
  12. Postpublished at 1 min

    Sunderland 0-0 Swansea

    Lots of empty seats in the home stands. It's been a long and painful old season for Sunderland.

    Empty seatsImage source, Reuters
  13. KICK-OFFpublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 13 May 2017

    Sunderland v Swansea

    The last Premier League game at the Stadium of Light, for a season at least, is under way. There is nothing riding on this for the home side, but it means an awful lot to the visitors and onlookers from Hull and Palace.

    Paul ClementImage source, Reuters
  14. Hope springspublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 13 May 2017

    Sunderland v Swansea (15:00 BST)

    Jermain DefoeImage source, Getty Images

    Here is a stat to instill optimism in Swansea fans... Sunderland have only claimed one home win against them in the past 53 years - 2-0 victory in a Premier League match in January 2012.

    On top of that, Sunderland are without a victory in their past nine league games at the Stadium of Light (D4, L5), the longest current winless home run in the division, and have failed to score in six of their past seven league games on Wearside.

    And one more for good measure - David Moyes' team have earned 14 points at home this season, fewer than any other Premier League side.

  15. 'We hope Jermain stays'published at 14:57 British Summer Time 13 May 2017

    Sunderland v Swansea (15:00 BST)

    Sunderland

    Jermain DefoeImage source, Getty Images

    Sunderland boss David Moyes on the future of Jermain Defoe: "We hope Jermain stays. Everybody at the club wants him to stay, all the supporters want him to stay, but it has to be Jermain's decision what he does.

    "Yes, there's a clause in the contract, which is hard to take, I think. I would hope that in my time, if I had been the manager, I wouldn't have allowed a clause like that to be in there.

    "But it is, and obviously we have to honour the contract."

  16. Postpublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 13 May 2017

    Sunderland v Swansea (15:00 BST)

    No offence to the other four teams involved in 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League today but this is the game that will court most attention. A Swansea win puts them in the box seat to escape relegation and allows them to relax a bit and watch Palace and Hull slug it out tomorrow.

    Here come the teams...

  17. Premier League predictionspublished at 14:55 British Summer Time 13 May 2017

    Sunderland v Swansea (15:00 BST)

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    Predictions
  18. Lawro's predictionspublished at 14:54 British Summer Time 13 May 2017

    Sunderland v Swansea (15:00 BST)

    Mark Lawrenson
    BBC football expert

    It is amazing how often a team's form improves once they have been relegated, and we saw it again when Sunderland beat Hull.

    This is a far from straightforward game for Swansea, who could put some breathing space between themselves and the Tigers with a win.

    I don't think they will get it - I am backing Sunderland to get a point, and make it two games unbeaten - equalling their longest run this season.

    Prediction: 1-1

  19. Team newspublished at 14:51 British Summer Time 13 May 2017

    Sunderland v Swansea (15:00 BST)

    Sunderland make one change from the side that won at Hull last weekend. Midfielder George Honeyman, who injured his back in training, is replaced by Seb Larsson.

    Lee Cattermole, Darron Gibson and Bryan Oviedo are not yet fit enough for a first-team return.  

    Sunderland: Pickford, Jones, Kone, O'Shea, Manquillo, Larsson, Denayer, Ndong, Borini, Defoe, Anichebe. 

    Subs: Mannone, Oviedo, Djilobodji, Rodwell, Khazri, Gibson, Gooch. 

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    Swansea start with the same XI that won against Everton. Wayne Routledge and Angel Rangel are fit again but neither feature in the matchday squad. 

    Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Mawson, Fernandez, Olsson, Ki, Britton, Carroll, Sigurdsson, Llorente, Ayew. 

    Subs: van der Hoorn, Fer, Borja Baston, Nordfeldt, Cork, Narsingh, Kingsley.

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  20. Hopepublished at 14:45 British Summer Time 13 May 2017

    Sunderland v Swansea (15:00 BST)

    Paul ClementImage source, Reuters

    Swansea boss Paul Clement can see light at the end of what has been a very long and dark tunnel...

    "If you look right back to the start of the season and say Swansea are going to stay up and there's going to be massive celebrations, people would tell you 'that's not great, we don't want to hear that'," he said.

    "But in the context of the situation - three managers in one year, bottom at the halfway point with only 12 points, massive goals conceded - I think, absolutely yes, we can celebrate if we stay in the league."