Moore and Dyer start for Swansea

Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers left leading scorers Danny Graham and Scott Sinclair out of his side to face European hopefuls Newcastle at the Liberty Stadium.

Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers left leading scorers Danny Graham and Scott Sinclair out of his side to face European hopefuls Newcastle at the Liberty Stadium.

Striker Graham dropped to the bench as Luke Moore came into the starting line-up, while Nathan Dyer was handed a first start since returning from suspension in place of Sinclair.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew made one change from the win over Liverpool as defender Davide Santon replaced injured midfielder Danny Guthrie, with Jonas Gutierrez moving forward after playing at left-back last week.

Swansea: Vorm, Rangel, Williams, Caulker, Taylor, Dyer, Britton, Allen, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Moore.

Subs: Tremmel, Tate, Graham, Sinclair, Monk, McEachran, Gower.

Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Williamson, Perch, Santon, Gutierrez, Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Tiote, Cisse, Ba.

Subs: Elliot, Abeid, Gosling, Ryan Taylor, Shola Ameobi, Ferguson, Tavernier.

Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)

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