The Swans poor run of form continued as they were beaten by Stoke City at the Swansea.com stadium on Tuesday evening.
Despite Morgan Whittaker giving the Swans the lead inside the opening two minutes, it was an all too familiar story, as the visitors were in front after just 20 minutes thanks to Josh Laurent’s brace.
With the Swans chasing the all important equaliser, Stoke secured all three points when Lewis Baker finished off a swift counter-attack in injury time.
The latest defeat means the Swans have now won just 3 league games in the last 19 outings and despite sitting in 12th place in the Championship table, they must surely be looking over their shoulders at the teams behind them.
Russell Martin felt his side paid for the way they failed to manage the opening 20 minutes of the game, but the reality is that the Swans defence needs to be sorted out and quickly, as the same mistakes are being made game after game.
The Swans next game is against Rotherham United, who arrive in SA1 on Monday evening for the live televised game on Sky (8pm).
Team Lineups
Swansea City: Andy Fisher; Nathan Wood, Ben Cabango, Harry Darling (Olivier Ntcham 31); Matty Sorinola (Liam Cullen 79), Joe Allen (Liam Walsh 71), Matt Grimes (captain), Ryan Manning; Ollie Cooper, Morgan Whittaker; Joel Piroe.
Unused Substitutes: Andreas Søndergaard, Joel Latibeaudiere, Kyle Naughton, Cameron Congreve.
Stoke City: Matija Sarkic, Morgan Fox, Jacob Brown, Tyrese Campbell (Jordan Thompson 56), Dwight Gayle, Ben Wilmot, Ki-Jana Hoever, Will Smallbone, Dujon Sterling, Ben Pearson (Lewis Baker 76), Josh Laurent (captain).
Unused Substitutes: Jack Bonham, Connor Taylor, Nathan Lowe, Kahrel Reddin, Gabriel Adebambo.
Referee: Andy Woolmer
Attendance: 15,817
Match Highlights
Watch highlights of the Swans defeat against Stoke at the Swansea.com stadium.
Feature Image Credit: Swansea City Football Club