Swansea vs Watford live: Latest score, team news and updates
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New Swansea manager Bob Bradley will hope to take a first step towards dragging the side out of the relegation zone following last weekend’s defeat by Arsenal, with Watford set to visit the Liberty Stadium with hopes of closing the gap to the European places. Follow all the action here.
- Swansea vs Watford kicks off at 15:00
- Home side have Fernando Llorente back after missing last two matches
- Modou Barrow set to retain place with Jefferson Montero absent
- Odion Ighalo set for recall with Isaac Success out injured
- Jerome Sinclair fit for Hornets but Craig Cathcart struggling with groin injury
Teams:
Swansea: Fabianski, Kingsley, van der Hoorn, Mawson, Naughton, Ki Sung-yueng, Britton, Routledge, Sigurdsson, Barrow, Bastón.
Watford: Gomes, Zuñiga, Prödl, Kaboul, Britos, Holebas, Capoue, Behrami, Pereyra, Deeney, Ighalo.
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This weekend’s Premier League matches
Saturday:
Bournemouth vs Tottenham – 12:30
Arsenal vs Middlesbrough – 15:00
Burnley vs Everton – 15:00
Hull vs Stoke City – 15:00
Leicester City vs Crystal Palace – 15:00
Swansea City vs Watford – 15:00
West Ham vs Sunderland – 15:00
Liverpool vs West Brom – 17:30
Sunday:
Manchester City vs Southampton – 13:30
Chelsea vs Manchester United – 16:00
71 mins: Have Tottenham settled for a point? Mauricio Pochettino has moved to replace the man who looked most likely to win the match for them. Dele Alli has gone off and on has come the £30m man Moussa Sissoko.
78 mins: The £30m man is on and now the £30m man should be off. After tangling with Harry Arter on the touchline, the French substitute flung an elbow into the face of the Bournemouth midfielder as he attempted to retrieve the ball for the resulting throw-in. Arter is absolutely incensed at the act and needs to be calmed down by officials and teammates alike, but after lengthy consultation with his assistant, Craig Pawson takes no action. Spurs should be playing the final 12 minutes with nine men.
Nine games.
Funnily enough, nine is the same number as the amount of players they should have ended this contest with.
There are six more Premier League games at three o'clock. Here's news of those fixtures, teams and officials...
Arsenal v Middlesbrough
Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Elneny, Walcott, Ozil, Iwobi, Sanchez
Subs: Ospina, Gibbs, Gabriel, Perez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Reine-Adelaide, Maitland-Niles
Middlesbrough: Valdes, Barragan, Ayala, Gibson, Friend, De Roon, Forshaw, Clayton, Traore, Negredo, Ramirez
Subs: Guzan, Fabio, Bernardo, Stuani, Downing, De Sart, Nugent
Referee: Mike Dean
Burnley v Everton
Burnley: Heaton, Lowton, Keane, Mee, Ward, Berg Gudmundsson, Arfield, Marney, Hendrick, Kightly, Vokes
Subs: Robinson, Flanagan, Bamford, Tarkowski, Darikwa, Long, O'Neill
Everton: Stekelenburg, Coleman, Williams, Jagielka, Oviedo, Gueye, Barry, Mirallas, Barkley, Bolasie, Lukaku
Subs: Robles, Deulofeu, Lennon, Cleverley, Valencia, Funes Mori, Holgate
Referee: Mike Jones
Hull v Stoke
Hull: Marshall, Meyler, Davies, Dawson, Elmohamady, Huddlestone, Snodgrass, Livermore, Mason, Clucas, Keane
Subs: Jakupovic, Maguire, Hernandez, Maloney, Weir, Diomande, Tymon
Stoke: Grant, Bardsley, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters, Whelan, Cameron, Shaqiri, Allen, Arnautovic, Bony
Subs: Given; Muniesa, Adam, Diouf, Walters, Crouch, Bojan
Referee: Kevin Friend
Leicester v Crystal Palace
Leicester: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs, Mahrez, Drinkwater, King, Musa, Okazaki, Slimani
Subs: Zieler, Vardy, Albrighton, Amartey, Schlupp, Gray, Ulloa
Crystal Palace: Mandanda, Kelly, Tomkins, Delaney, Ward, McArthur, Ledley, Townsend, Cabaye, Zaha, C. Benteke
Subs: Hennessey, Flamini, Campbell, Lee, Fryers, Wickham, Sako
Referee: Michael Oliver
Swansea v Watford
Swansea: Fabianski, Kingsley, Van der Hoorn, Mawson, Naughton, Ki, Britton, Routledge, Sigurdsson, Barrow, Borja
Subs: Nordfeldt, Amat, Taylor, Fer, Llorente, Rangel, Cork
Watford: Gomes, Kaboul, Prödl, Britos, Zuniga, Pereyra, Behrami, Capoue, Holebas, Deeney, Ighalo
Subs: Pantilimon, Mariappa, Kabasele, Watson, Amrabat, Guedioura, Sinclair
Referee: Paul Tierney
West Ham v Sunderland
West Ham: Adrian, Reid, Kouyate, Lanzini, Zaza, Obiang, Noble, Ogbonna, Payet, Antonio, Fernandes
Subs: Spiegel, Nordtveit, Feghouli, Collins, Fletcher, Calleri, Oxford
Sunderland: Pickford, Manquillo, Kone, O'Shea, Van Aanholt, Watmore, Rodwell, Ndong, Pienaar, Khazri, Defoe
Subs: Mika, Jones, Djilobodji, McNair, Anichebe, Honeyman, Gooch
Referee: Robert Madley
12 mins: Leicester 0 Crystal Palace 0: No goals in the Premier League, but it's not for a want of trying from Christian Benteke. The Crystal Palace striker has just clattered the crossbar with a header from ten yards out after he had got up highest to meet Martin Kelly's cross; Kasper Schmeichel was well beaten.
Earlier in the game, Shinji Okazaki - in for Jamie Vardy - had fluffed a great chance to lob into Steve Mandanda's empty net after the visiting goalkeeper had gone walkabout.
14 mins: Arsenal 0 Middlesbrough 0: Marten de Roon has just challenged Mesut Ozil from behind as he worked his way on to Theo Walcott's pass in the box and Mike Dean doesn't give the penalty. Wonders will never cease.
20 mins: Arsenal 0 Middlesbrough 0: The game has been played almost entirely in Middlesbrough's half, but it's the away side who should be ahead. Out of nowhere, Adama Traore found himself through one-on-one with Petc Cech, but as he tried to be the Arsenal goalkeeper at the near post, he was denied by the home stopper's parry. The ball rebounded out to Alvaro Negredo, but the striker's follow up strike was also blocked.
33 mins: Arsenal 0 Middlesbrough 0: Another chance for Middlesbrough! Adama Traore turned creator this time with his wicked cross to the far post from the left met by Gaston Ramirez. The Uruguayan arrives well placed to head home, but his effort was kept out on the goalline by a recovering Petr Cech.
39 mins: GOAL! BURNLEY 1 EVERTON 0:
Burnley have already seen off one Merseyside team at Turf Moor this season in Liverpool and now they're on their way to defeating another. Everton's hero last weekend, Maarten Stekelenburg, has had a howler and Sam Vokes has taken full advantage. The Dutch goalkeeper should have comfortably dealt with Scott Arfield's trundler, but inexplicably pushed the ball back into the danger area where Burnley's Welsh striker was on hand to tap home from close range.
SECOND HALF KICK-OFF: The action is back underway around the Premier League. We had it all in the first half except goals, action and incident. Let's see who can put that right in the following 45 minutes.
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