Sunderland vs Swansea

Joel Piroe (50) opens the scoring for Swansea with a close-range finish; * Dan Neil (65) equalises with a first-time volley after Danny Batth nods down Jack ...

Swansea City win for just the second time in 11 Championship matches as Joel Piroe, Liam Cullen and Ollie Cooper strike in a 3-1 win over 10-man Sunderland.

Post update It will be a big step for a lot of the young lads." "The players weren't smiling enough when we went into the dressing room. - Shots The sending off's a sending off - it's clear as day. We knew it was going to be a tough game and they started really well. "Then the game changes on a sending off. - Possession It's such a tough place to come, a really good team. "It felt as if it was going to be a good day for us. "When it was 11 v 11, I think we were very good. Swansea were struggling to get the ball over the halfway line.

Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship clash between Sunderland and Swansea at the Stadium of Light as Joel Piroe, Liam Cullen and ...

It took us a little while to manage the emotion of that because the crowd was so up, and we've got so many young players experiencing that kind of atmosphere for the first time. There was no need for that intent, yet you can imagine if he had made real clean contact and the ball had flown 50 yards up the field, the crowd would have roared and it would have kept the momentum going. "Luke was stepping out from a central-defensive position into a midfield area, where their number nine had dropped down, and we'd talked about how the centre-halves had to drop in with them because they play in the spaces. My job today was to try to make sure these players played with intensity against this team that were coming to try to dominate the ball, and I thought we did it brilliantly well for however long it was before the sending off. "I'm really pleased with the players. The incident sparked a bout of pushing and shoving involving players from both sides, which was halted by Stroud brandishing a straight red card to O'Nien.

Harry Darling returns to the Swansea City starting line-up as Russell Martin makes one change to his side for this afternoon's meeting with Sunderland.

Swansea City: Steven Benda; Joel Latibeaudiere, Ben Cabango, Harry Darling, Ryan Manning; Jay Fulton, Joe Allen, Matt Grimes (captain), Ollie Cooper; Liam Cullen, Joel Piroe. Liam Cullen and Joel Piroe lead the line for the visitors at the Stadium of Light. Steven Benda continues in goal, while Darling joins Ben Cabango, Joel Latibeaudiere and Ryan Manning in the Swansea defence.

The Swans scored three goals in the second-half to claim all three points against the Black Cats.

Swansea keeping the ball with ease now. But Swansea put the game to bed in stunning style. Stewart rose to head Clarke's cross into the path of Neil who lashed home from close range. Then the offside flag goes up. A few sloppy moments here and Sunderland have some of the ball. A cheap foul from Sorinola, and he then blocks a quick free-kick. Latibeaudiere is booked for a cynical foul. However, the Swans struck gold just five minutes after the restart. Swansea back on the ball and high up the pitch now. Sunderland whip in a corner, and Cooper makes a block on the edge of the box. Pass. Swansea went on to dominate possession and slowly grew in confidence in the final third, with Darling testing Anthony Patterson with a drilled effort from distance.