Match ends, Swansea City 2, Leicester City 0.
Swansea City 2-0 Leicester City
- From the section Football
- Swansea win first league game in six attempts
- Bony has scored four times in three games
- Swansea up to sixth in the table
- Leicester without a win in four league games
- Foxes have one clean sheet in nine league games
Two Wilfried Bony goals helped Swansea City overcome Leicester to end a five-match winless Premier League run.
Bony opened the scoring after a fine exchange of passes with Gylfi Sigurdsson, the Ivory Coast striker tucking past Foxes keeper Kasper Schmeichel.
The 25-year-old made it 2-0 by side-footing Jefferson Montero's cross home, his fourth goal in the last three outings.
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Leicester struggled to create any chances of note, and defeat leaves Nigel Pearson's side without a victory in their last four matches.
The Foxes are two points above the relegation zone in 16th spot with nine points from as many games.
In contrast, Swansea climb two places, above Manchester United and Liverpool, into sixth ahead of a tough run of games that includes a home match with Arsenal sandwiched between trips to Everton and Manchester City.
Against Leicester, it took Swansea a while to settle but, when they eventually clicked, they did so with a flourish.
They went ahead 11 minutes before the interval when Bony back-heeled a pass from Angel Rangel into the path of Sigurdsson.
The Iceland international returned the favour by threading the ball through for Bony to curl a fine finish beyond Schmeichel.
Having only managed one away goal all season, it was not surprising Leicester posed such little threat in the first half.
The hosts were given a fright after the restart when Liam Moore's throw-in bounced on to the bar - but they soon doubled their advantage.
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Sigurdsson was again the architect, playing a through ball for Montero, whose squared pass gave Bony the simple task of slotting into an empty net.
And the Swans came close to scoring a spectacular third when former Liverpool player Jonjo Shelvey smacked the Leicester crossbar with a fierce, dipping 40-yard shot.
Leicester should have reduced the deficit in the dying moments, substitute Esteban Cambiasso hitting the post with a bundled effort from close range.
But Swansea were full value as they held on for their first Premier League win since 30 August.
Swansea manager Garry Monk:
"I said to the players afterwards, when teams come at you like that in the second half because they've got nothing to lose, we just have to be that little bit braver with the ball, pass it a little bit better.
"Our decision making has to be that little bit sharper and we'll be able to catch teams on the counter or keep the ball for longer periods.
"That's something that we'll work on but the players have done very well and deserve the three points.
"It was important, there was a little bit of pressure on us and they reacted well."
Leicester manager Nigel Pearson:
"Our quality let us down. I look at the first half in particular, unforced errors in possession.
"We put ourselves under too much pressure, because we constantly gave the ball away and that's where we have to improve.
"Our performance has not reflected what we are capable of.
"But for the most part this season we've applied ourselves exceptionally well."
Line-ups
Swansea
- 1Fabianski
- 22Rangel
- 33Fernández
- 6Williams
- 3Taylor
- 4Ki Sung-yueng
- 8Shelvey
- 15RoutledgeSubstituted forDyerat 83'minutes
- 23G SigurdssonSubstituted forCarrollat 58'minutes
- 20Montero
- 10BonySubstituted forGomisat 83'minutes
Substitutes
- 11Emnes
- 12Dyer
- 14Carroll
- 18Gomis
- 25Tremmel
- 27Bartley
- 32Shephard
Leicester
- 1Schmeichel
- 2de Laet
- 5Morgan
- 18Moore
- 3Konchesky
- 7HammondSubstituted forKingat 68'minutes
- 4DrinkwaterSubstituted forCambiassoat 68'minutes
- 26Mahrez
- 35Nugent
- 9VardySubstituted forJamesat 67'minutes
- 23Ulloa
Substitutes
- 8James
- 10King
- 15Schlupp
- 19Cambiasso
- 27Wasilewski
- 31Smith
- 39Wood
- Referee:
- Mike Jones
- Attendance:
- 20,259
Match Stats
Home TeamSwanseaAway TeamLeicester
- Possession
- Home49%
- Away51%
- Shots
- Home7
- Away9
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away4
- Corners
- Home2
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home7
- Away10
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Swansea City 2, Leicester City 0.
Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City).
Esteban Cambiasso (Leicester City) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box.
Attempt saved. Andy King (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Leonardo Ulloa with a cross.
Foul by Wes Morgan (Leicester City).
Ashley Williams (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ritchie de Laet (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City).
Offside, Swansea City. Jefferson Montero tries a through ball, but Nathan Dyer is caught offside.
Offside, Leicester City. Kasper Schmeichel tries a through ball, but Leonardo Ulloa is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Wes Morgan (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonardo Ulloa.
Substitution
Substitution, Swansea City. Bafétimbi Gomis replaces Wilfried Bony.
Substitution
Substitution, Swansea City. Nathan Dyer replaces Wayne Routledge.
Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Wes Morgan.
Foul by Liam Moore (Leicester City).
Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ritchie de Laet (Leicester City).
Jefferson Montero (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matthew James.
Substitution
Substitution, Leicester City. Esteban Cambiasso replaces Daniel Drinkwater.
Substitution
Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces Dean Hammond.
Substitution
Substitution, Leicester City. Matthew James replaces Jamie Vardy.
Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Liam Moore (Leicester City).
Attempt missed. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Daniel Drinkwater.
Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Ki Sung-Yueng.
Attempt saved. Liam Moore (Leicester City) header from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dean Hammond with a cross.
Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Liam Moore (Leicester City).
Attempt missed. Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution
Substitution, Swansea City. Tom Carroll replaces Gylfi Sigurdsson because of an injury.
Goal!
Goal! Swansea City 2, Leicester City 0. Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jefferson Montero.
Attempt saved. Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
Foul by Angel Rangel (Swansea City).
Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Neil Taylor.
Attempt missed. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.