Planet Swans ArchivesHere on Planet Swans we will bring you the news as we can for our Premier League opponents pre-season games so you can see how other teams are shaping up for the new season
St Albans City 0 Watford 4
He had been linked with a move to the Swans in the summer and Odion Ighalo was on target for Watford in their pre-season friendly, scoring twice in a 4-0 win at St Albans.
Another reported Swans target in Troy Deeney – fresh from his new contract – and Connor Smith completed the scoring as Watford started their pre-season campaign with an easy win.
New Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores said รขโฌลThis is our first match and we have been training for a week so at the moment important thing is to take an impression of how the players can compete.
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Southampton 4 RB Leipzig 5
Southampton were edged out in their first pre-season game, losing out to the odd goal in nine during an entertaining encounter.
Two late goals though did give the scoreline some credibility with the Saints goals coming from Jay Rodriguez (2) and debut strikes from Juanmi and Cรยฉdric Soares.
As they prepare for their own return to Europe this year, Saints boss Ronald Koeman said
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รขโฌลThe most important is we get minutes, and of course we had a lot of under-21 players.
รขโฌลYou saw the difference between Leipzig and Southampton about the physical stage at the moment. They started three weeks earlier than us and they have already played two friendlies.”
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Red Bull Salzburg 3 West Brom 1
West Brom were beaten in their opener by the Champions of Austria.
The Baggies fielded 21 different players during the game with one of the Salzburg goals coming from Jonatan Soriano who the Swans tried to sign back in 2011.
Adil Nabi grabbed a consolation goal for West Brom
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