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Watford 1-2 Swansea City: Ntcham and Cabango goals earn Russell Martin's men sensational comeback win

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Ben Cabango headed home in injury-time as Swansea City came from behind to win for the second game running at Watford.The Swans dominated long spells of the first-half at Vicarage Road without overly testing the Hornets, but they fell behind to Ismaila Sarr's fourth strike of the season.

They levelled shortly after half-time as Olivier Ntcham drilled home his second goal in as many matches. And Cabango's bullet header in the eighth minute of additional time earned the Swans their fourth win in five matches.Following Saturday's dramatic comeback win over West Brom, Russell Martin made two changes to his starting line-up.

Michael Obafemi and Ntcham both played from the outset after their impressive substitute appearances against the Baggies, with Ollie Cooper and Luke Cundle dropping to the bench.READ MORE:Swansea City legends unite to raise funds in memory of Lenny JohnroseThe switches saw top scorer Joel Piroe drop back into an advanced attacking role next to Ntcham which allowed Obafemi to lead the line.

Watford were unchanged from their 4-0 demolition job of Stoke City, and in his first home match in charge of the Hornets, Slaven Bilic will no doubt have been looking to put on a show for his new club's supporters.But Swansea started well, with Ntcham drilling an early free-kick into the Watford wall before Ryan Manning lashed wide as the visitors pressed at every opportunity and showed a real boldness in possession.

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