Report | Swansea City 3-1 Swindon Town

Swansea City started their pre-season programme with victory over Swindon Town in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Fairwood.

Luke Williams’ side led by two goals at the break, with Liam Cullen netting the opener and skipper Matt Grimes extended the advantage from the spot.

Jaxon Brown pulled a goal back for the visitors with a clever improvised finish, but Mykola Kuharevich bundled home a third for the Swans to re-establish the two-goal cushion.

The Swans, with new signing Gonçalo Franco watching on, started brightly with Cullen heading a Grimes cross over the bar following a Josh Tymon flick in the build-up.

Cullen then made no mistake in the 13th minute as he turned in a lovely cross from Ronald, with Joe Allen having sent the Brazilian racing into the box.

A couple of minutes later the Swindon keeper parried away a Ronald effort from an inswinging Grimes delivery, while Allen was also denied when he met a Josh Key cross.

But Swansea did double their lead when Ollie Cooper was tripped as he surged into the box from the right, and Grimes made no mistake from the spot as he fired to the keeper’s right.

The second half started more evenly, although there was little in the way of a threat to the Swansea goal until Brown opportunistically lofted a loose ball over Nathan Broome from distance to trim the home side’s lead.

But the Swans had the final word as Liam Smith cut inside his man in the box and the ball fell for Kuharevich to send a left-footed effort into the net.

Swansea City (first half): Andy Fisher, Josh Key, Ben Cabango, Filip Lissah, Josh Tymon, Matt Grimes, Joe Allen, Ollie Cooper, Ronald, Azeem Abdulai, Liam Cullen.

Swansea City (second half): Nathan Broome, Kyle Naughton, Harry Jones, Kristian Pedersen, Sebastian Dabrowski, Joel Cotterill, Jay Fulton, John Bostock, Liam Smith, Cameron Congreve, Mykola Kuharevich.