Michael Obafemi's Swansea City expectation as team-mate reveals exactly what has happened to him

Michael Obafemi took his goal tally to 11 for the season with his strike for Swansea City against Middlesbrough.

The frontman has excelled in recent months while a tactical tweak has ensured both he and top scorer Joel Piroe have been able to do maximum damage in the final third. You can read more on that here. It represents a remarkable turnaround for ex-Southampton man Obafemi who only netted once in his first 14 appearances for the club.

And Joel Latibeaudiere has revealed the 21-year-old has let his guard down of late after initially struggling to settle in south Wales.

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"I think it was mainly just him, being himself around the boys," said Latibeaudiere. "I think it was quite hard for him when he first came to Swansea, being a London boy, coming all the way to Wales.

"He's let his guard down. You can see it when he comes into training, he's happier and I just think it's showing on the pitch what he can do because he's got so much ability. He's been great in the last few games. I just hope he finishes the season on a high and scores more goals."

Obafemi boasts an impressive shot accuracy of 66 per cent, a figure bettered only by team-mate Piroe (68 per cent), Viktor Gyokeres (67 per cent) and Matt Godden (71 per cent) when it comes to players in the Championship who have reached double figures for goals this season.

It's perhaps telling that 10 of his 11 goals for the Swans have come since February, with the striker himself admitting his target was to hit double figures this term - an achievement he reached in the 4-4 draw at Reading earlier this month.

And Russell Martin says Obafemi now goes into matches expecting to score goals, such