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Ian Mitchelmore

Swansea City vs QPR kick-off time, TV channel, team news and referee

Swansea City return to action tonight as they host Queens Park Rangers at the Liberty Stadium.

Here's everything you need to know about the Championship fixture.

Kick-off time

The match in South Wales gets underway at 7:45pm tonight.

TV details

The game will be shown live on Sky Sports.

Coverage on their Main Event channel begins at 7pm.

Alternatively, you can follow the updates on our live blog which will be up and running from around 5pm on our Swansea City page.

Team news

The Swans are sweating on the fitness of George Byers who suffered an ankle injury during the 3-2 loss to Derby last time out.

And who missed the game against the Rams after suffering an injury in training on Friday.

Defender Mike van der Hoorn remains sidelined with a knee injury while Jordon Garrick is unlikely to be risked as he continues to return to full fitness following a lengthy lay-off with a hamstring concern.

Manager comments

Steve Cooper

"They're a good football team and they play in a good way. Like always we'll have to be aware of where their strengths are,"  

"But we've got to bounce back, we're at home and we've got to show a lot better aspects of our game than we did against Derby, and if we do that we give ourselves a better chance of winning.

"You stick to the plan. We're disappointed (with Derby), of course we are.

"But there's a game on Tuesday and we have to be strong enough to dust ourselves off and get our head around the next two games, with QPR up first, and we have to stand up and be counted."

Mark Warburton

“We have to pull together as a squad and work hard, setting standards," he said.

“You can see we’re a good team – but we have to be clinical.”

Betting odds

(Odds courtesy of The Pools, correct at time of publishing. 18+ only)

Swansea City win - 21/20

Draw - 5/2

Queens Park Rangers win - 5/2

Referee

Andy Woolmer will be the man in the middle at the Liberty Stadium.

The Northamptonshire official has taken charge of Swansea on three occasions this term. He was the referee for the 3-0 win over Birmingham, the 1-1 draw with Barnsley and the 3-1 defeat to Brentford.

He will be assisted by Daniel Leach and Mark Pottage. Antony Coggins is the fourth official.

Match facts

  • Swansea City are unbeaten in seven home league matches against QPR (W4 D3) since a 2-1 defeat back in January 1981.
  • QPR have lost five of their last seven league matches against Swansea (W1 D1) including a 3-1 defeat earlier this season.
  • Swansea’s defeat against Derby at the weekend ended a five-game unbeaten run at the Liberty Stadium in the Championship (W3 D2).
  • QPR have won just one of their last 11 away league matches in Wales (D4 L6), losing the last three in a row.
  • QPR striker Jordan Hugill has been directly involved in four goals in his two appearances against Swansea in all competitions for the Hoops (3 goals, 1 assist).
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