Swansea City v Brighton and Hove Albion, 04 November 2017

Score1-0 to Brighton and Hove Albion
RefereeMike Dean
CompetitionPremier League
VenueLiberty Stadium
Attendance20,822

View Swansea City v Brighton and Hove Albion head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm This was Brighton and Hove Albion's first win at Swansea City since 16 October 2001; a 2-1 success at Vetch Field in the LDV Vans Trophy in front of a crowd of 2,851.

0 Swansea City

1 Brighton and Hove Albion

Goals:

Goals:

Glenn Murray 29 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabiański
Defender Federico Fernández
Defender Alfie Mawson
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Naughton
Midfielder Tom Carroll
Midfielder Sam Clucas
Midfielder Leroy Fer
Midfielder KI Sung-yueng
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Dyer
Forward Tammy Abraham
Forward Jordan Ayew

Starting lineup:

Mat Ryan Goalkeeper
Gaëtan Bong Defender
Bruno Saltor Defender
Shane Duffy Defender
Lewis Dunk Defender/Midfielder
Pascal Gross Midfielder
Davy Pröpper Midfielder
Dale Stephens Midfielder
José Izquierdo Midfielder/Forward
Anthony Knockaert Midfielder/Forward
Glenn Murray Forward

Substitutions:

Luciano Narsingh for Tom Carroll 59
Ollie McBurnie for Jordan Ayew 79
Wayne Routledge for Sam Clucas 79

Substitutions:

Solly March for José Izquierdo 66
Tomer Hemed for Glenn Murray 79
Izzy Brown for Pascal Gross 85

Cards:

Federico Fernández 29 Y
Sam Clucas 66 Y

Cards:

Lewis Dunk 37 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Defender Mike Van Der Hoorn
Midfielder Jay Fulton
Midfielder Roque Mesa
Midfielder Wayne Routledge
Midfielder/Forward Luciano Narsingh
Forward Ollie McBurnie

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Tim Krul
Defender Connor Goldson
Defender Markus Suttner
Defender/Midfielder Solly March
Defender/Midfielder Ezequiel Schelotto
Midfielder/Forward Izzy Brown
Forward Tomer Hemed

Comments:

League position: 18th Swansea City had now kept one clean sheet in their six games at the Liberty Stadium so far in this Premier League season. This was the first time that the Swans had now lost five of their first six home games in a league season. They had now lost two home games against newly-promoted teams in a Premier League season for the first time. Swansea City manager Paul Clement said: "My summary of that is if we play at that level and that standard, you cannot be expected to win a game. At the moment we are in a really bad moment. A really bad moment. Together, with me in front, we have to find a way to get a victory. We might have to grind a result out somewhere. We might have to win ugly to stop this vicious circle of poor performance, bad results, poor performance, bad result."

Comments:

League position: 8th After failing to score in their first three games in the Premier League, Brighton and Hove Albion had now scored in seven of their last eight games in the competition. The Seagulls had now won consecutive away games in the top division for only the second time in their history (also at Crystal Palace and Sunderland in April 1981). Glenn Murray had now scored in three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since 11 April 2015. Brighton and Hove Albion manager Chris Hughton said: "We're in quite a nice rhythm at the moment and sometimes that carries you through to the next game. There's no better feeling than winning games and we weren't sure how the season was going to unfold. All we knew it was going to be a very difficult season with the quality we'd be up against. Eighth has surpassed our expectation, most newly promoted teams would say the same, but we've got to be guarded against any type of complacency."

0 Swansea City

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabiański
Defender Federico Fernández
Defender Alfie Mawson
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Naughton
Midfielder Tom Carroll
Midfielder Sam Clucas
Midfielder Leroy Fer
Midfielder KI Sung-yueng
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Dyer
Forward Tammy Abraham
Forward Jordan Ayew

Substitutions:

Luciano Narsingh for Tom Carroll 59
Ollie McBurnie for Jordan Ayew 79
Wayne Routledge for Sam Clucas 79

Cards:

Federico Fernández 29 Y
Sam Clucas 66 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Defender Mike Van Der Hoorn
Midfielder Jay Fulton
Midfielder Roque Mesa
Midfielder Wayne Routledge
Midfielder/Forward Luciano Narsingh
Forward Ollie McBurnie

Comments:

League position: 18th Swansea City had now kept one clean sheet in their six games at the Liberty Stadium so far in this Premier League season. This was the first time that the Swans had now lost five of their first six home games in a league season. They had now lost two home games against newly-promoted teams in a Premier League season for the first time. Swansea City manager Paul Clement said: "My summary of that is if we play at that level and that standard, you cannot be expected to win a game. At the moment we are in a really bad moment. A really bad moment. Together, with me in front, we have to find a way to get a victory. We might have to grind a result out somewhere. We might have to win ugly to stop this vicious circle of poor performance, bad results, poor performance, bad result."

1 Brighton and Hove Albion

Goals:

Glenn Murray 29 G

Starting lineup:

Mat Ryan Goalkeeper
Gaëtan Bong Defender
Bruno Saltor Defender
Shane Duffy Defender
Lewis Dunk Defender/Midfielder
Pascal Gross Midfielder
Davy Pröpper Midfielder
Dale Stephens Midfielder
José Izquierdo Midfielder/Forward
Anthony Knockaert Midfielder/Forward
Glenn Murray Forward

Substitutions:

Solly March for José Izquierdo 66
Tomer Hemed for Glenn Murray 79
Izzy Brown for Pascal Gross 85

Cards:

Lewis Dunk 37 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Tim Krul
Defender Connor Goldson
Defender Markus Suttner
Defender/Midfielder Solly March
Defender/Midfielder Ezequiel Schelotto
Midfielder/Forward Izzy Brown
Forward Tomer Hemed

Comments:

League position: 8th After failing to score in their first three games in the Premier League, Brighton and Hove Albion had now scored in seven of their last eight games in the competition. The Seagulls had now won consecutive away games in the top division for only the second time in their history (also at Crystal Palace and Sunderland in April 1981). Glenn Murray had now scored in three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since 11 April 2015. Brighton and Hove Albion manager Chris Hughton said: "We're in quite a nice rhythm at the moment and sometimes that carries you through to the next game. There's no better feeling than winning games and we weren't sure how the season was going to unfold. All we knew it was going to be a very difficult season with the quality we'd be up against. Eighth has surpassed our expectation, most newly promoted teams would say the same, but we've got to be guarded against any type of complacency."