Birmingham City 2-2 Swansea City: Late Deeney strike earns hosts a point after Ntcham and Grimes goals

Troy Deeney struck a last-minute equaliser as Swansea City were held to a 2-2 draw with Birmingham City.

The Swans were lacklustre early on and fell behind to Scott Hogan's header in the 12th minute, although they soon found their rhythm and equalised through a sublime Olivier Ntcham strike.

And a slick team move was rounded off by the returning Matt Grimes at the end of the first-half as Swansea looked on course for a fourth comeback win of the season, but Deeney rifled home in the 90th minute as the points were shared in the Midlands.

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Russell Martin made three changes from the side that started Saturday's 2-2 draw with Wigan Athletic. Harry Darling and Ntcham came in for Armstrong Oko-Flex and Ollie Cooper while Grimes returned from suspension, with Michael Obafemi also dropping to the bench.

The opening stages lacked quality as the rain poured down in the Midlands, but, as has often been the case in recent matches, Swansea only had themselves to blame for gifting their opponents the opener.

The Blues did well to create space on their left flank, and Emmanuel Longelo crossed for Hogan who had the freedom of Swansea's penalty area to head beyond Steven Benda from close range.

It was the fourth successive time the Swans had conceded first, and that shambolic opener set the tone as Birmingham looked hungrier and slicker having gone ahead with what was the game's first shot on target.

Grimes put in a timely challenge to ensure Tahith Chong's effort didn't test Benda as the hosts brimmed with confidence following a bright start.

Swansea eventually showed signs of settling, with Ntcham and Ryan Manning looking to create