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This video can not be played West Brom fight back to beat Swansea on penalties Managerless West Bromwich Albion ended a run of 10 successive away defeats as they came from behind to win their FA Cup third-round tie at Championship rivals Swansea City on penalties. After a tepid goalless first half in regular time, the game burst into life as Jisung Eom put the Swans ahead with a fine curling effort three minutes after the restart, only for Josh Maja to scramble the Baggies level five minutes later. Swansea missed several chances as the match entered extra time, with Malick Yalcouye hitting the post before Jed Wallace's powerful first-time hit gave West Brom the lead. But another swift reply saw Zeidane Inoussa score his first goal for the Swans to take the game to a shootout. The first 10 penalties were all scored: Ben Cabango, Jay Fulton, Ethan Galbraith, Cameron Burgess and Zeidane Inoussa for Swansea; Aune Heggebo, Isaac Price, Callum Styles, Karlan Grant and Jed Wallace for West Brom. The three misses came at the sudden death stage, with Swansea's Bobby Wales seeing his spot-kick saved by Josh Griffiths before he was given a reprieve when Chris Mepham blazed over. But after Malick Yalcouye followed suit by clearing the bar, Ollie Bostock blasted his penalty into the top left corner to take the Baggies through to the fourth round. They will discover their opponents when the draw is made on Monday evening. West Bromwich Albion match-winner Ollie Bostock (right) is a Wales youth international This was a repeat of a league fixture here only 10 days earlier – Jay Fulton's second-half strike giving the Swans a 1-0 win – and it was far more memorable. A week and a half is a long time in football. In that time, West Brom had sacked head coach Ryan Mason and put former Baggies midfielder James Morrison back in charge temporarily. Having fulfilled the same role following Tony Mowbray's dismissal last season, Morrison was this time tasked with ensuring his side avoided an 11th successive away win for the first time since the 1926-27 campaign. Both he and his Swansea counterpart Vitor Matos named strong line-ups, but this was a slow burner. A lack of intensity on the pitch reflected the patchy crowd at the Swansea. com Stadium, and it took half an hour for Eom to register the game's first shot on target. There were other first-half efforts which went fairly close – Daryl Dikey's strike for West Brom, Zan Vipotnik glancing wide for the Swans – but this looked like a match that neither club particularly wanted. Luckily, the second half was a different story. Whereas the first period produced only two shots on target, the opening 10 minutes after the interval yielded twice as many, including two goals. Eom opened the scoring with a flourish, receiving the ball just inside the penalty area, shifting it on to his right foot and bending a fabulous finish into the top far corner. West Brom equalised five minutes later, as Swansea failed to deal with Callum Styles' corner and Maja bundled in from close range. Melker Widell almost restored Swansea's lead swiftly and in spectacular style but his sweetly struck overhead kick was straight at Baggies goalkeeper Griffiths. The Swans squandered further opportunities in normal time and extra time, most notably with Yalcouye hitting the base of the post. That looked costly when Wallace whipped in a confident finish from Bostock's low cross but Inoussa converted Josh Key's cutback to take the game to penalties. The first 10 spot-kicks were scored and, after Yalcouye's miss, it was left to West Brom academy product Bostock to win the game for his team. This was only a second FA Cup meeting between the teams, with Swansea winning the other 3-2 in the 1986-87 third round Swansea head coach Vitor Matos: "It was emotional because of the two goals in extra time. From our side, I think we had the chances to close the game. "Especially in cup games when you don't finish the game, you give them the opportunity, and that's what happened. "The team showed resilience, and I think that's quite important to see and I really like to see that. Then of course you go to penalties and that's what it is. " West Brom interim head coach James Morrison: "It was good chaos, but I think one of the worst games of football you could watch really. It was hurting me on the sideline. "But I've said before the game about being together, digging in, and we certainly got that because we were under pressure at times. "We had to dig in, we had to defend balls in the box, get blocks in, and in that sense it was pleasing, then taking the goals like we did. "But other than that, it was a bad game of football. " Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Manager: Vitor Matos Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1 Manager: James Morrison Formation: 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 Manager: Vitor Matos Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1 Manager: James Morrison Formation: 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 FA Cup All competitions All competitions All competitions This is just the second ever FA Cup tie between Swansea and West Brom, with the Swans winning 3-2 in the 1986-87 third round previously. West Brom have won just one of their last 11 away games against Swansea in all competitions (D2 L8) and have already lost there in the league this season on New Year’s Day. Swansea have lost their last two FA Cup games by an aggregate score of 8-0. They last failed to score in three consecutive matches in the competition between February 1980 and January 1982. West Bromwich Albion have lost their last two FA Cup away games by an aggregate score of 8-1. They last lost more consecutively on the road between January 1996 and January 2001 (6). Swansea have progressed from just four of their last 12 FA Cup ties when facing a side from the same division as themselves. Match ends, Swansea City 2(5), West Bromwich Albion 2(6). Penalty Shootout ends, Swansea City 2(5), West Bromwich Albion 2(6). Goal! Swansea City 2(5), West Bromwich Albion 2(6). Oliver Bostock (West Bromwich Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal. Penalty missed. Malick Yalcouyé (Swansea City) right footed shot is too high. Penalty missed. Chris Mepham (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot is just a bit too high. Penalty saved. Bobby Wales (Swansea City) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by Josh Griffiths (West Bromwich Albion). Goal! Swansea City 2(5), West Bromwich Albion 2(5). Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal. Goal! Swansea City 2(5), West Bromwich Albion 2(4). Zeidane Inoussa (Swansea City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. Goal! Swansea City 2(4), West Bromwich Albion 2(4). Karlan Grant (West Bromwich Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. Goal! Swansea City 2(4), West Bromwich Albion 2(3). Cameron Burgess (Swansea City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. Goal! Swansea City 2(3), West Bromwich Albion 2(3). Callum Styles (West Bromwich Albion) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal. Goal! Swansea City 2(3), West Bromwich Albion 2(2). Ethan Galbraith (Swansea City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. Goal! Swansea City 2(2), West Bromwich Albion 2(2). Isaac Price (West Bromwich Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. Goal! Swansea City 2(2), West Bromwich Albion 2(1). Jay Fulton (Swansea City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. Goal! Swansea City 2(1), West Bromwich Albion 2(1). Aune Heggebø (West Bromwich Albion) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. Goal! Swansea City 2(1), West Bromwich Albion 2. Ben Cabango (Swansea City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. Penalty Shootout begins Swansea City 2, West Bromwich Albion 2. Second Half Extra Time ends, Swansea City 2, West Bromwich Albion 2. Attempt missed. Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. 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