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Good evening and welcome to our LIVE coverage of tonight’s Europa League Group A clash between Swansea and St Gallen.

Europa League / Group Stage
Swansea.com Stadium / 03.10.2013
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Updated 03/10/2013 at 20:57 GMT


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De Guzman’s corner from the left bamboozles everybody at the near post and pops up to Michu on the edge of the six yard box. He’s not expecting it at all and can only head his effort over the bar.
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Clever play from Bony. The Swansea front man receives the ball on the edge of the penalty area and drops a shoulder to lose his man before teeing up Michu. The Spaniard hits his first-time effort hard and low but Lopar is equal to it.
3'
Lenjani bombs down the left wing and skips past Tiendalli to whip in a superb ball that fizzes across the face of the goal and out for a goal kick.
2'
High tempo start from the visitors. They’ve seen all of the ball in the opening two minutes and look confident going forward.
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The match is underway. The visitors kick off.
20:00
West Ham fan Douglas Ronald Stone has been in touch on Twitter and thinks that Swansea will romp to victory tonight with Wilfried Bony scoring at least two goals. We'll find out if that is the case shortly. The players are currently in the tunnel, we're just minutes away from kick-off.
19:55
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How do you think the match will go tonight? Can Swansea continue their European fairytale and claim another win or will the Swiss underdogs cause an upset? Let me know either on the comments section at the bottom of the page or on Twitter @JoshuaHayward99
19:50
Swansea have never faced a side from Switzerland in the club's history but their opponents have previously come up against a side from the UK. St Gallen faced Chelsea in the 2000/2001 UEFA Cup and, after losing 1-0 at Stamford Bridge, were able to overturn the deficit to eliminate the Blues.
19:45
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"They drew in Switzerland and were 1-0 down after 51 seconds in the second leg and were then outplayed for 20 minutes,” he continued. "But suddenly they went 3-1 up, so it shows they have a lot character, it will be a difficult game and a game where even if we're doing well we have to keep an eye on the spirit in their squad."
19:40
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Swansea manager Michael Laudrup will definitely fancy his side’s chances tonight, but will certainly not underestimate the Swiss outfit. He said: “I've seen their game against Kuban and against Spartak Moscow in the play-off (won 5-3 on aggregate). They don't have the big stars but they really work hard. They were underdogs against Spartak, a side who have played in the Champions League.”
19:35
The Swans are without captain Ashley Williams who is suffering from an ankle ligament injury. Pablo Hernandez and Garry Monk are also absentees. Roland Lamah has recovered sufficiently from a toe injury to make the bench, though Angel Rangel misses out.
19:30
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The teams are in - SWANSEA: Tremmel, Tiendalli, Chico Flores, Amat, Davies, Britton, De Guzman, Michu, Routledge, Pozuelo. Bony...SUBS: Vorm, Taylor, Shelvey, Dyer, Lamah, Canas, Vazquez /// ST GALLEN: Lopar, Montandon, Karanovic, Besle, Vitkieviez, Mutsch, Martic, Mathys, Lenjani, Janjatovic, Rodriguez...SUBS: Nushi, Nater, Keita, Wuthrich, Herzog, Demiri, Russo
19:25
Tonight’s opponents St Gallen also secured a solid victory on matchday one, defeating Kuban Krasnodar 2-0 to join the Swans atop the group.
19:20
The hosts will go into this match high on confidence after their superb 3-0 win away to Valencia a fortnight ago. Wilfried Bony, Michu and Jonathan de Guzman were all on target that night, sending the Swans to the top of the group.