Swansea v Watford

[jackaway]

New manager Xisco Munoz couldn’t have had a better start to his Watford tenure, beating leaders Norwich 1-0 last Saturday with only 34% possession and one shot on target.
A week of rest due to Covid in the Millwall camp postponing their mid-week fixture, gives them an advantage. Their other advantages are new manager bounce and having kept most of their PL squad together after relegation last season.
Having said that, they have just lost experienced midfielder Etienne Capoue to Villarreal. To compensate, they’ve signed free scoring Danish winger Philip Zinckernagel from Norwegian club Bodo/Glimt (he was recently linked to us), although he is ineligible to play this weekend.
Our advantages are that we are at home, we are strong at home, and we have a mean defence, only conceding 2 goals in the last 6 home matches.
Not so good for us was our defensive rock Ryan Bennett limping off against Reading with a hamstring injury, although substitute Joel Latibeaudiere slotted in well and was unlucky not to score on the night

[Estoban]

Bennett out injured, Latibeaudiere in -

Swansea City: Freddie Woodman; Joel Latibeaudiere, Ben Cabango, Marc Guehi; Connor Roberts, Korey Smith, Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes (captain), Jake Bidwell; Jamal Lowe, Andre Ayew.

Substitutes: Steven Benda, Ryan Manning, Morgan Gibbs-White, Viktor Gyokeres, Wayne Routledge, Yan Dhanda, Cameron Evans, Jordon Garrick, Kasey Palmer.

Watford: Ben Foster, Jeremy Ngakia, Ben Wilmot, Tom Cleverley, Troy Deeney (captain), Ken Sema, Nathaniel Chalobah, Andre Gray, Kiko Femenia, Ismaila Sarr, Francisco Sierralta.

Substitutes: Daniel Bachmann, William Troost Ekong, Adam Masina, James Garner, Will Hughes, Marc Navarro, Sam Dalby, Joseph Hungbo, Kane Crichlow.

[Estoban]

HT: Swansea 1 Lowe 43’ - Watford 1 Cleverley 20’
Both goals from shots outside the box

[Estoban]

FT: 2-1
Brace from Lowe 43’, 67’
Second place on 43 points!

[Iolo]

Probably the best we’ve played this season and a great start to the new year.

https://www.swanseacity.com/news/rep...ty-2-watford-1

[Estoban]

Extended -
https://www.swanseacity.com/news/ext...city-v-watford

[Estoban]

Match highlights -
https://www.swanseacity.com/news/hig...city-v-watford