Swansea vs Bournemouth live: Jonjo Shelvey penalty draws home side level after falling behind early on
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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Swansea City vs Bournemouth, one of today’s 3.00pm Premier League kick-offs.
Preview: Swansea vs Bournemouth
Key stats
- Bournemouth’s last League win came on September 19th
- Swansea have won one game in their last nine games in all competitions
- The Swans have only scored in 50% of their league games this season
- Bournemouth have scored 67% of their goals in the opening 30 minutes of games, the highest proportion in the top flight
- The Cherries have conceded at least 2 goals in their last 5 away matches in the Premier League
- Swansea have had the fewest different goalscorers of any team in the Premier League this season (three)
- Bafetimbi Gomis, who scored in his first four this season, is without a goal in his last nine.
Team news
Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Bartley, Williams, Taylor, Britton, Ki, Shelvey, Ayew, Routledge, Eder.
Subs: Tremmel, Fernandez, Rangel, Cork, Sigurdsson, Montero, Gomis
Bournemouth: Federici, Francis, Distin, Cook, Daniels, Stanislas, Surman, Arter, Gosling, Ritchie, King
Subs: Allsop, Cargill, Smith, MacDonald, O’Kane, Kermorgant, Murray
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