Watford v Swansea City, 15 April 2017

Score1-0 to Watford
RefereeLee Mason
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVicarage Road
Attendance20,272

View Watford v Swansea City head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm This was Watford's second win in the last eight meetings (all league).

1 Watford

0 Swansea City

Goals:

Etienne Capoue 42 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender José Holebas
Defender Daryl Janmaat
Defender Adrian Mariappa
Defender Sebastian Prödl
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
Midfielder Tom Cleverley
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder/Forward Nordin Amrabat
Forward Troy Deeney
Forward M'Baye Niang

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Federico Fernández Defender
Alfie Mawson Defender
Kyle Naughton Defender/Midfielder
Martin Olsson Defender/Midfielder
Leroy Fer Midfielder
Jay Fulton Midfielder
KI Sung-yueng Midfielder
Luciano Narsingh Midfielder/Forward
Gylfi Sigurdsson Midfielder/Forward
Fernando Llorente Forward

Substitutions:

Christian Kabasele for Nordin Amrabat 64
Stefano Okaka for M'Baye Niang 78
Valon Behrami for Tom Cleverley 89

Substitutions:

Borja for Luciano Narsingh 58
Tom Carroll for Jay Fulton 67
Jordan Ayew for Fernando Llorente 81

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon
Defender Christian Kabasele
Defender/Midfielder Valon Behrami
Midfielder Brandon Mason
Forward Stefano Okaka
Forward Dion Pereira
Forward Isaac Success

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Defender Stephen Kingsley
Defender Mike Van Der Hoorn
Midfielder Tom Carroll
Midfielder Wayne Routledge
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Borja

Comments:

League position: 10th Watford had now kept clean sheets in three consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since September 2015. The Hornets had now won three of their last four Premier League games after failing to win any of their preceding four games. Etienne Capoue scored his first goal in 19 Premier League games having scored five in his previous 12 games in this season. Watford manager Walter Mazzarri said: "We knew it was going to be a very tough game. We could have killed the game off but we didn't and we had to suffer until the end. Until the numbers say we are safe, we are not. I don't want my players to relax and I want to play with the same formation in order to get ready for next season."

Comments:

League position: 18th Swansea City had now lost five of their last six Premier League games. The Swans had now scored only one goal in their last five Premier League games. They had now lost six consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time. Swansea City manager Paul Clement said: "The goal has come for an individual error. It's a big mistake. We had over 45 minutes to try and get out of that situation but we couldn't get the breakthrough. The next one [home versus Stoke City] is a must-win game for us. It's the biggest game the club has had in years."

1 Watford

Goals:

Etienne Capoue 42 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender José Holebas
Defender Daryl Janmaat
Defender Adrian Mariappa
Defender Sebastian Prödl
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
Midfielder Tom Cleverley
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder/Forward Nordin Amrabat
Forward Troy Deeney
Forward M'Baye Niang

Substitutions:

Christian Kabasele for Nordin Amrabat 64
Stefano Okaka for M'Baye Niang 78
Valon Behrami for Tom Cleverley 89

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon
Defender Christian Kabasele
Defender/Midfielder Valon Behrami
Midfielder Brandon Mason
Forward Stefano Okaka
Forward Dion Pereira
Forward Isaac Success

Comments:

League position: 10th Watford had now kept clean sheets in three consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since September 2015. The Hornets had now won three of their last four Premier League games after failing to win any of their preceding four games. Etienne Capoue scored his first goal in 19 Premier League games having scored five in his previous 12 games in this season. Watford manager Walter Mazzarri said: "We knew it was going to be a very tough game. We could have killed the game off but we didn't and we had to suffer until the end. Until the numbers say we are safe, we are not. I don't want my players to relax and I want to play with the same formation in order to get ready for next season."

0 Swansea City

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Federico Fernández Defender
Alfie Mawson Defender
Kyle Naughton Defender/Midfielder
Martin Olsson Defender/Midfielder
Leroy Fer Midfielder
Jay Fulton Midfielder
KI Sung-yueng Midfielder
Luciano Narsingh Midfielder/Forward
Gylfi Sigurdsson Midfielder/Forward
Fernando Llorente Forward

Substitutions:

Borja for Luciano Narsingh 58
Tom Carroll for Jay Fulton 67
Jordan Ayew for Fernando Llorente 81

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Defender Stephen Kingsley
Defender Mike Van Der Hoorn
Midfielder Tom Carroll
Midfielder Wayne Routledge
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Borja

Comments:

League position: 18th Swansea City had now lost five of their last six Premier League games. The Swans had now scored only one goal in their last five Premier League games. They had now lost six consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time. Swansea City manager Paul Clement said: "The goal has come for an individual error. It's a big mistake. We had over 45 minutes to try and get out of that situation but we couldn't get the breakthrough. The next one [home versus Stoke City] is a must-win game for us. It's the biggest game the club has had in years."