Aston Villa vs Swansea live: Latest score, team news and live updates

Follow the action live from Villa Park

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Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of the Premier League clash between Aston Villa and Swansea City.

Team news

Aston Villa: Guzan; Hutton, Richards, Lescott, Richardson; Bacuna, Gueye, Grealish, Ayew; Agbonlahor, Gestede

Substitutes: Bunn, Amavi, Westwood, Traore, Sanchez, Gil, Crespo

Swansea City: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor, Ki Sung-Yueng, Shelvey, Sigurdsson, Ayew, Montero, Gomis.

Substitutes: Nordfeldt, Rangel, Bartley, Britton, Cork, Barrow, Eder

Kick off: 3.00pm

Match preview

• Under-pressure Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood has a clean bill of health
• Gabriel Agbonlahor and Ciaran Clark are at his disposal after returning from injury
• Jores Okore, who underwent knee surgery during the summer, could feature for the first time this season
• Sherwood's side have not won a league game since the opening day of the season and have lost seven matches already, more than any other side
• They have also failed to score in four of their last five home league matches
• After starting the season so well, Garry Monk's Swansea City have fallen somewhat out of form
• They have only won two of their last 11 league games
• The Swans have also failed to keep a clean sheet in six of their last seven league games
• The fitness of winger Wayne Routledge will be assessed, after he was ruled out of Monday's defeat against Stoke with a calf injury

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