Swansea City 2-0 Cardiff City: Hosts regain South Wales derby bragging rights with superb win over dismal Bluebirds

Swansea City regained bragging rights over Cardiff City with a superb, and thoroughly deserved, victory in the 117th South Wales derby.

Liam Cullen handed his side a deserved lead with his sixth goal of the season just before half-time, before drilling wide from the spot early in the second half of a lively clash at the Swansea.com Stadium.

Cardiff seldom offered much sign of getting back into it, but any remaining Swans nerves were settled deep into stoppage time as Jamal Lowe came off the bench to slot home - and spark wild celebrations among the home faithful and the Swans bench.

In contrast, Cardiff, who brought Swansea's dominance of this fixture to a grinding halt with a deserved 2-0 win back at the Cardiff City Stadium in September, were far more insipid this time around.

Aaron Ramsey, the star of the show in the previous meeting, started from the bench here. But even his second-half introduction couldn't prevent Swansea easing their way to their eighth derby win in 11 meetings.

Boss Luke Williams was of course in the dugout for the first of Swansea's four straight victories in this fixture, having served as Russell Martin's assistant for the 3-0 win back in 2021.

Now, he has a derby win of his own to treasure.

Swansea really were excellent, and raced out the blocks from the first whistle. Nat Philips had to be alert to block a rasping Matt Grimes effort, after Cardiff failed to clear their lines following an early Jamie Paterson cross. Harry Darling then headed straight at Ethan Horvath, while Ronald's shot on the edge of the area couldn't find a way through the blue bodies.

Swansea continued to create chances in a dominant opening 10 minutes, with Cullen firing over after being teed up by Joe Allen, before drilling