Watford head coach Marco Silva: "Confidence is very important. We can do everything in the same way and I can talk good things for our players to win some confidence, but the most important thing is results.

"That's clear for all the clubs, not only us, and of course the win gives us these things. We need to show the same spirit and attitude to face Swansea.

"What can help us against them is if we play well and show the attitude and commitment as a team. That's what will give us an advantage."

Swansea manager Carlos Carvalhal: "Marco [Silva] is a good coach and their assistant coach [Joao Pedro Sousa] is my big friend. He is from my city Braga and we played together. Watford are a very organised team but we will fight for the three points.

"It will be the same against every opponent because I've never played in my career to draw any game. I always try to win, even when I was a coach in the third division in Portugal and we played teams from the top division."

John Roder
Match of the Day commentator at Vicarage Road

When Paul Clement was sacked by Swansea is there anyone who immediately thought Carlos Carvalhal would be his successor?

The Portuguese manager, having left Sheffield Wednesday last weekend, now gets his personal promotion to the Premier League. He came close with the Owls after reaching the Championship play-offs for the past two seasons.

Watford halted their poor run of form with victory over Leicester on Boxing Day, and will look to end 2017 in the top 10.

Swansea will go into the new year in the relegation zone - the question is whether Carvalhal can take them to a place outside it come the end of the season in May?

Watford make one change to the side that beat Leicester on Boxing Day, with striker Stefano Okaka replacing Roberto Pereyra.

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New boss Carlos Carvalhal makes three changes to the Swansea side that was thrashed at Anfield last time out.

Renato Sanches, Tammy Abraham and Sam Clucas are all in, with Wayne Routledge, Oliver McBurnie and Leroy Fer making way.

Swansea remain without striker Wilfried Bony with a hamstring injury.

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Dafydd Pritchard
BBC Sport at Vicarage Road

Swansea City's new manager Carlos Carvalhal chose to avoid using the word 'miracle' during his first press conference on Thursday, but the Welsh side do need an almost otherworldly transformation if they are to avoid relegation.

For the third successive season, the Swans have spent Christmas in the bottom three and now they find themselves at the foot of the table, five points adrift of safety.

Carvalhal inherits a squad short of quality and perhaps even lower in confidence so, with the January transfer window looming, the Portuguese must have his eye on signings.

It's a tricky start to his reign today as Swansea face Watford, managed by his countryman Marco Silva and reinvigorated after a Boxing Day win over Leicester which ended a run of four straight defeats.

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It's the magical, mystery, manager merry-go-round...

Carlos Carvalhal, four days after departing Championship outfit Sheffield Wednesday, was the man to get the nod for Swansea, tasked with keeping them in the Premier League.

Watford, meanwhile, have so far brushed off any approaches for their boss Marco Silva, and the two Portuguese coaches meet today at Vicarage Road in what could be an intriguing clash.

Our man Dafydd Pritchard is in Hertfordshire keeping a close eye on this one...