Watford v Swansea

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keith margam

Vital Football Legend
Watford v Swansea Wed 12 March 19:45

Next up is a mid-week match, a 384 mile round trip to Vicarage Road, Watford, Northants.

A club renowned for its huge turnover in managers, the latest is former player Tom Cleverly, who has been in charge of Watford exactly a year after taking over from Valerian Ismael on 9 March 2024 as interim head-coach before being made permanent head-coach six weeks later after just one defeat in seven games.

His record in what is his first job as manager is pretty average P49 W18 D12 L19.

Watford were relegated from the PL in 21/22 season and this is their third season back in the Championship.

Their last 6 games:

8/3 Watford 0 - Millwall 1

1/3 Stoke 0 - Watford 0

23/2 Watford 2 - Luton 0

15/2 Middlesbrough 0 - Watford 1

11/2 Watford 0 - Leeds 4

8/2 Sunderland 2 - Watford 2

In the reverse fixture on 5/11 we won 1-0 against fifth place Watford thanks to Peart-Harris’ first goal for us, to move within two points of the play-offs.

Wind the clock forward and Watford are 6 points away from the play-offs, Swansea 11.

Watford’s home record is W10 D2 L6 F23 A19
 
Tonight’s teams. Darling out injured, Delcroix replaces, the only change for the Swans:

Swans: Lawrence Vigouroux, Josh Key, Ben Cabango (c), Hannes Delcroix, Josh Tymon, Lewis O’Brien, Goncalo Franco, Ronald, Liam Cullen, Jisung Eom, Zan Vipotnik

Subs: Jon McLaughlin, Jay Fulton, Joe Allen, Josh Ginnelly, Florian Bianchini, Cyrus Christie, Kyle Naughton, Ollie Cooper, Sam Parker

Watford: Egil Selvik, Mattie Pollock, Tom Ince, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Imran Louza, Moussa Sissoko (c), Tom Dele-Bashiru, James Abankwah, Yasser Larouci, Edo Kayembe, Ryan Andrews

Subs: Jonathan Bond, Jeremy Ngakia, Francisco Sierralta, Rocco Vata, Vakoun Bayo, James Morris, Caleb Wiley, Zavier Massiah-Edwards, Leo Ramirez-Espain
 
8’ break by Franco, to Vipotnik, shot from left to far right of goal, good save by Selvik.
17’ Eom free kick for a foul on Franco just outside the box, hits the defensive wall and cleared
24’ Larouci shoots wide

26’ Sissoko unmarked 1-0, oh no, why does Franco pass the ball back straight to Ince, unbelievable error, so weak, is he colour blind, he gifted Watford a goal!!

31’ his error has turned the game, almost another goal for Watford, they’re full of confidence now.
35’ Watford bullying Swans with some rough stuff
38’ free kick, Vipotnik header way over the bar
43’ Long ball to Eom - offside
45’+1 Tymon corner, Cullen heads just over the bar

HT: 1-0
1-2 shots on target
Shame about the goal gift
 
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56’ Andrew’s shoots wide
58’ O’Brien shot straight at goalkeeper
59’ Key shot saved, narrowly offside anyway
61’ Kayembe long range shot from just inside the half-way line close but over the bar with Vigouroux off his line
65’ Tymon low cross Eom turns it just wide
68’ Key cross, outstretched Eom foot just missed
73’ Fulton on for Franco, Ginnelly for Eom, Bianchini for Vipotnik
75’ Cullen header/flick-on deflected by Watford player just over the bar
Sustained pressure from Swans, three corners but no luck tonight
78’ Tymon shot saved
So many chances but we can’t score
84’ dangerous pass into the box from Ginnelly, Selvik intercepts
86’ Cullen and Kayembe booked for scuffle
7 minutes added time. All Swans but Watford hanging on.
Relentless pressure but then Watford break, Vigouroux saves
Ronald crosses it goes behind, poor
96’ Cooper on for Cullen
97’ whistle goes
 
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FT: Watford 1 (Sissoko 26’) - Swansea 0

One sided second half, Swans did everything but score, so disappointing.
How we didn’t score 3 or 4 goals I don’t know.
Nothing much in Watford, Swans by far the better team, so unlucky, but for Franco’s crazy error and a real goal scorer we would have won that easily.
Stats show our dominance, score shows otherwise.
Sheehan really has this team playing for him they gave it everything tonight, Watford can consider themselves fortunate to win.
 
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