Swansea vs Sunderland

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Joel Latibeaudiere makes his first start since returning from a shoulder injury as one of four changes to the Swansea City line-up for this afternoon's ...

Latibeaudiere and Ryan Manning occupy the wing-back slots, while Jay Fulton and skipper Matt Grimes are once again paired together in midfield. Steven Benda continues in goal, with Darling joining Nathan Wood and Ben Cabango in the Swansea defence. Harry Darling, Luke Cundle and Ollie Cooper are the other players handed recalls by head coach Russell Martin; the former making his first start since the draw at Stoke.

Sunderland take on Swansea City this afternoon in what should be a good game to watch given where the two sides are in the league.

Both will be looking to maintain that top six challenge over the course of the campaign, then, and that is why this clash is going to be important for both to try and win. Both have had solid starts to the campaign with the Black Cats sitting in 8th on 17 points and Swansea just a point ahead of them with them in 6th and therefore in the play-offs. Sunderland take on Swansea City this afternoon in what should be a good game to watch given where the two sides are in the league.

But Russell Martin's men held on to clinch all three points and cement their grip on sixth spot in the league standings having won three fixtures in a week for ...

Martin switched to a back four for the final stages as Sorinola replaced Wood, and Benda was alert to smother Amad Diallo's deflected strike with 10 minutes left on the clock. But the visitors continued to press in search of an equaliser, with Nathan Wood, Darling and Cabango all being forced to throw their bodies on the line. Swansea came within a whisker of restoring their two-goal lead as Fulton curled an effort towards the top corner, only for Patterson to tip the ball over his crossbar. Sunderland's intensity improved though, and the home side had to do more defending than they had done in the opening 45 as a result. A poor delivery from Ntcham as Swansea got into a great position. And Swansea doubled their advantage on the stroke of half-time in what was another joyous moment for set-piece coach Andy Parslow. And they extended their record of being the division's top scorers in the opening 15 minutes of league matches this season with a sublime move. It ensured Sunderland had precious little opportunity to threaten, with Patrick Roberts firing wide from a swift counter in what was a rare opening for the visitors. Manning's dinked ball over the top found Matt Grimes who cut back for Cooper to drill home his first goal of the campaign. Tony Mowbray's men took time to grow into the match, although, while they ended the first-half strongly, they failed to trouble Steven Benda. There were no signs of fatigue as the Swans started on the front foot. Joel Latibeaudiere, Darling, Cooper and Luke Cundle came in for Matty Sorinola, Kyle Naughton, Olivier Ntcham and Michael Obafemi who all dropped to the bench.

Swansea made it four Championship wins on the bounce as they held on for a nervy 2-1 win against Sunderland at the Swansea.com Stadium.

It got worse for the visitors on the stroke of half-time. When the breakthrough came it was no surprise. For the 2,000 Sunderland fans who made the 700-mile round trip, much of the remainder of the first half was painfully one-sided.

Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship clash between Swansea and Sunderland at the Swansea.com Stadium as goals from Oliver Cooper ...

We got no points but we deserve credit for the way we performed in the second half. "Ultimately with this team, I don't think anyone is expecting us to go and win every away game in the league. It got worse for the visitors on the stroke of half-time. "The challenge is to remain consistent and relentless. We wanted to go toe-to-toe with them but they got through us too easily in the first half. When the breakthrough came it was no surprise.