Swansea kept the pressure on the Championship pacesetters ahead of next weekend's much-anticipated derby with Cardiff with a comfortable 3-0 win at Crystal Palace. Goals from Scott Sinclair, Darren Pratley and Joe Allen mean Brendan Rodgers' side are four points outside the automatic promotion places in third, and six behind their Welsh rivals who moved to the summit with victory over Norwich. By contrast Palace have won just once in their last seven league games and their worst start to a season for a decade has seen them slip to the bottom of the Championship. Influential midfielder Darren Ambrose returned to the Palace squad for the first time since picking up a foot injury in August and was named among the substitutes. Sinclair opened the scoring in the sixth minute with his 11th of the season on his return to the ground where he spent time on loan in 2008. Davids handled a cross from Angel Rangel and the referee's assistant flagged for a penalty, but advantage was played and Sinclair poked home from close range. Swansea doubled their lead from a second-half corner when Alan Tate flicked on Orlandi's delivery to leave Pratley with a simple finish and Allen combined with Pratley to roll home the third in the 80th minute.
Source: PA
Source: PA