Swansea City and Birmingham City shared the points in a 1-1 Championship draw that swung on missed chances, the woodwork and a moment of redemption for Kai Wagner. Zan Vipotnik's first-half strike appeared set to deliver Swansea a fifth successive home league win, but Patrick Roberts' late equaliser secured a rare away point for the Blues.
Vitor Matos' side, who had been chasing a first victory in three games in all competitions, dominated long spells and struck the woodwork three times. Yet their failure to find a decisive second goal left the door ajar and Roberts, on loan from Sunderland, walked through it with a 72nd-minute finish that extended Birmingham's run without an away win to eight league matches but crucially halted a sequence of six straight defeats on the road.
The result leaves Chris Davies' Birmingham two points and two places ahead of Swansea in mid-table. Both teams are well adrift of the promotion picture and clear of immediate relegation danger, but this contest underlined why consistency has been elusive: Swansea for their profligacy, Birmingham for their capacity to invite trouble before rallying.
Swans seize early initiative as Vipotnik punishes Wagner's lapse