West Brom 0-2 Swansea City: Joel Piroe and Cyrus Christie strikes earn Russell Martin's men fine victory

Joel Piroe and Cyrus Christie both struck in the second-half to earn Swansea City an impressive 2-0 win over West Brom at The Hwathorns Stadium.

The Swans have endured some torrid moments on the road of late but looked far more like the side Russell Martin would like during the contest with Steve Bruce's outfit.

Piroe notched his 15th goal of the campaign to put Swansea ahead late on before January signing Christie put the icing on the cake six minutes later as the Swans earned a huge three points while keeping their 13th Championship clean sheet in the process.

A nine-day break afforded Swansea the chance to pick the bones out of the wretched 4-0 loss to Sheffield United ahead of the trip to the Midlands.

Prior to the contest, head coach Martin revealed Kyle Naughton and Hannes Wolf were available following thigh and hamstring injuries respectively, with both being thrown straight into the starting line-up against the Baggies.

The other alteration from the Bramall Lane battering saw Michael Obafemi start, with Finley Burns, Joel Latibeaudiere and Olivier Ntcham all dropping to the bench.

Having started so many away games poorly of late, the Swans will have been pleased with the levels of control they enjoyed in what were grim conditions owing to the continuous rain.

Clear cut openings were at a premium early on, but it was West Brom who had the best chance as Dara O'Shea's cross found Callum Robinson unmarked on the edge of Swansea's six-yard box, although his header struck the base of Andy Fisher's post.

While there were no rewards when it came to the scoreboard, the visitors were able to take plenty of encouragement from their boldness in building attacks from the back.

Goalkeeper Johnstone remained untested, although the