Preview | Watford v Swansea City
Swansea City will look to further extend their unbeaten run when they take on Watford at Vicarage Road tonight (7.45pm).
The Swans have taken two wins and a draw from their last three games, and kept clean sheets in all three.
They face a Watford side who still harbour play-off aspirations, with the Hornets sitting just six points off the top six heading into this midweek round of fixtures.
But the hosts have won just once on their own turf since Boxing Day, having previously gone unbeaten in their own back yard up to the festive period.
Team news
The Swans are waiting on the fitness of Harry Darling after the centre-half suffered a hip injury against Middlesbrough.
But Myles Peart-Harris will definitely be missing for a number of weeks due to the back injury that forced him from the field in the draw at Preston.
Kristian Pedersen is the only other absentee for the visitors.
Pre-match views
Alan Sheehan: “I was really satisfied with Saturday against Middlesbrough, there were a lot of aspects of the game to be incredibly pleased about.
“But everything we do now, in terms of debriefing the game and recovering and preparing has to be focused on Watford.
“We cannot have one eye on the weekend or looking too far ahead, we need to go to Watford and try to put on another positive display.
“We take every game as it comes, this is another challenge and if you look too far ahead you can get blinded to the task at hand sometimes.
“I think we can be pleased to have found a positive way to navigate our way through the last few games.
“We have to be positive and appreciate the work everyone has been doing at the football club. It’s been a good three games but we want to carry it on.”
Tom Cleverley: “Me and the lads are going to have to dig deep to look at what went wrong against Millwall, and look at ourselves because there are six points to play for this week starting with Wednesday night.
“We have to show a reaction. It for sure hurts, and we’re probably going to have to probably dig deeper than we have done all season to make sure we still achieve our goals.”
Meet the officials
Experienced EFL official Jeremy Simpson is the man in the middle for tonight's game.
You can find out more about Simpson and his team below.
Remember the last time?
Swansea City extended their unbeaten run in the Championship to three as they played out a draw with Watford on their last visit to Vicarage Road.
A Ryan Andrews own goal gave the Swans the lead their first-half performance deserved, and they could have had a greater advantage with Ronald and Ben Cabango drawing good stops from Daniel Bachmann.
But the home side upped their intensity in the second period and Wesley Hoedt's header appeared to be turned in by Ryan Porteous for the equaliser shortly before the hour mark.
Cabango and Nathan Wood were then called into action to make essential blocks to ensure the visitors would take home a point.
Prime numbers
1 - There has been just one draw in the last 11 meetings between the sides, who have recorded five wins apiece over that period.
11 - Swansea City have kept three clean sheets in a row for the first time in 11 months. Last achieving the feat in wins over Stoke, Rotherham and Huddersfield in April 2024.