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Notts County vs Swansea City; The FA Cup Fourth Round

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Notts County vs Swansea City. The FA Cup Fourth Round.

Meadow LaneAttendance9,802.

Notts County 1

  • J Stead (62nd minute)

Swansea City 1

  • L Narsingh (45th minute)

Notts County v Swansea preview: Swans aim to avoid FA Cup upset

Wilfried Bony celebrates after restoring Swansea's lead
Image: Wilfried Bony scored in the last round of the FA Cup for Swansea

Swansea will be looking to continue their positive form under Carlos Carvalhal when they travel to Notts County in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday.

The Premier League side have only lost once since Carvalhal was appointed in late December and have won their last two matches against Wolves in the FA Cup and Liverpool in the league.

However, Notts County are second in League Two and manager Kevin Nolan hopes they can bring Swansea back down to earth after their win over Liverpool on Monday Night Football.

"Hopefully we can ruin their week," he said. "They will come here on a high after that victory. Their players and supporters will be absolutely buzzing.

"Why can't we win? It's 90 minutes. I don't fear anybody playing here at the Lane.

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Carlos Carvalhal is hopeful Swansea can still bring in signings this month

"Make no mistake, this is a tricky tie for them. They will be on the up just at the minute but we're ready and if we can get a bit of a help from Lady Luck who knows?"

Notts County will be looking to avoid a third straight home defeat, having lost their previous two matches to Exeter and Crawley.

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Goalkeeper Ross Fitzsimons and defender Matty Virtue are both banned for Notts County after being sent off against Crawley.

Matt Tootle is also out after missing the last two games through illness.

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Goalkeeper Ross Fitzsimons cost Notts County dear after kicking out at a Crawley player in a moment of madness in the penalty box

Swansea will check on Tammy Abraham (hip) and Renato Sanches (hamstring) while Federico Fernandez will also be assessed after needing two stitches in a nose injury during Monday's win against Liverpool.

Carvalhal has promised changes and goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Kyle Bartley, Tom Carroll and Luciano Narsingh are all likely to start.

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Notts County have reached the fifth round on just one occasion this century, beating Wigan Athletic 2-0 in a fourth-round replay in 2009/10.

The last time Swansea reached the fourth round was in 2014/15, losing to Championship side Blackburn 3-1 at Ewood Park. In fact, the Swans have been eliminated from two of their last three ties against lower league opponents.

After being eliminated in eight successive FA Cup ties against top-flight opposition, the Magpies have progressed in two of the last four - beating Wigan in 2010 and Sunderland in 2011.

Swansea City have won just eight competitive games all season so far - three of which have come against lower-league opposition in domestic cup competitions.

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