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Leeds United go top with victory in south Wales Harry Darling gets on end of free-kick to give Swansea early lead Manor Solomon equalises for Leeds, converting Dan James' low cross Liam Cullen, after two goals for Wales, caps a memorable week by restoring Swansea's lead moments before half-time Ben Cabango own goal brings Leeds level for once more Solomon claims his second goal for Leeds to give visitors lead for first time In frantic finale, Florian Bianchini looks to have rescued Swansea a draw before Wilfried Gnonto restores Leeds' lead moments later Gareth Vincent Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United Goncalo Franco looks to have hurt his shoulder, but it looks like he will continue after a couple of painkillers from the club medical team. Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United A break in play as Goncalo Franco receives treatment. There was also a heavy challenge on Ronald. Swansea players are a little unhappy. Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United Lee Hendrie on Sky Sports: "Josh Key has been really good for Swansea this season. He likes to get himself into key areas. " Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United This time it is Swansea who launch a counter through Josh Key. He feeds Liam Cullen but his shot is blocked, then Goncalo Franco volleys the rebound over. Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United A clumsy touch from Joel Piroe, who slices the ball out of play. The former Swansea man has been relatively quiet so far. Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United Lee Hendrie on Sky Sports: "Swansea have got to get the ball to Cullen. Five touches so far is not good enough. " Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United Joe Allen trips Ao Tanaka to stop another Leeds counter. The Japanese international has been a thorn in Swansea's side. Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United Ian Walsh Former Wales striker on BBC Radio Wales Swansea are floating balls into the box, but who is there? Ronald and Cullen. Both of the Leeds centre-halves are 6ft-plus. Swansea are going to do well to score that way. Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United Leeds work another opportunity to cross into the area, but this time Daniel James slices wildly into the stands. Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United Swansea have not conceded more than one goal in a game this season. It will be some effort if that record remains intact this evening, based on what we have seen so far. Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United Good work from Matt Grimes sees Myles Peart-Harris do well initially to shrug off his marker, but his cross is too close to Illan Meslier. Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United Ian Walsh Former Wales striker on BBC Radio Wales Leeds have two or three players with lots of pace that can hurt Swansea, Daniel James being one of them. Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United The rain had eased briefly in Swansea this afternoon. .. but it's back. With a vengeance. Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United Lee Hendrie on Sky Sports: "Swansea have been camped in their own half. " Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United Leeds surge forward on another counter. This time Swansea recover but the visitors' pace on the break is causing problems for the home side. Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United Lee Hendrie on Sky Sports: "Leeds are asking all sorts of questions. I'm not sure what Swansea are doing defensively. " Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United Joe Rothwell whips in a Leeds free-kick but Josh Key clears. Leeds work the ball back into the box and Joel Piroe lays off for Dan James, but his low shot is hacked clear by Ben Cabango. Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United Ian Walsh Former Wales striker on BBC Radio Wales Swansea will be very disappointed with that. Losing possession again from a 50-50. It's a fantastic goal by Leeds. That's three challenges that they've lost in key areas of the pitch which has allowed Leeds to get into the box to create. Swansea City 1-1 Leeds United That's a first Leeds goal for Manor Solomon since he arrived on loan from Spurs. He may not get a simpler one than that, with the Israel international sweeping in at the far post. Manor Solomon Leeds deservedly level. Myles Peart-Harris loses possession too easily and Pascal Struijk sends Daniel James down the right flank. His low ball across goal means a simple finish for Manor Solomon. Wilfried Gnonto's strike was just his third of the season for Leeds Substitute Wilfried Gnonto scored an injury-time winner to send Leeds United top of the Championship as they beat Swansea City in a seven-goal thriller. Italy international Gnonto netted in the 91st minute moments after Swans substitute Florian Bianchini appeared to have rescued a draw for the hosts. Swansea, in their first game under a new ownership team, had led twice in the first half through Harry Darling and Wales striker Liam Cullen. But Manor Solomon's first two Leeds goals either side of an unfortunate Ben Cabango own goal had put the visitors 3-2 up after 73 minutes. The Whites go top for the first time this season on goal difference, while for Swansea it was a second successive injury-time defeat. Manor Solomon had scored five goals in English football for Fulham With both Sunderland and Sheffield United giving up late equalisers to drop two points each on Saturday, the opportunity was there for Leeds to climb above them with victory in south west Wales. But they had not won any of their previous four away games, with those dropped points hampering their push to get into the automatic promotion spots. Daniel Farke, on his 200th game as a Championship boss, made two changes to his team, bringing back in two more Swansea old boys in Dan James and Joel Piroe to go alongside Joe Rodon. And James made amends for an early miss by setting up the first equaliser for Solomon as the Israel international scored his first goal since joining on a season’s loan from Tottenham Hotspur by sweeping in at the back post. The Wales international was involved again with his second assist 10 minutes after the break. Released again in the right-wing position, his low ball was aimed for Piroe, but Cabango slid it past Lawrence Vigouroux in desperation to make it 2-2. Solomon then had the visitors ahead for the first time as he fired in after Sam Byram had broken the Swans' offside trap. Leeds' route to the top looked to have been halted by Bianchini's goal, only for Gnonto to provide an incredible finale as they leapfrogged the Black Cats and Blades on goal difference, with all three sides locked on 32 points from 16 games. Liam Cullen scored his fourth Swansea goal of the season to go with his two for Wales This game was the first under Swansea's new ownership structure after American Andy Coleman along with fellow shareholders Brett Cravatt and Nigel Morris and businessman Jason Cohen bought out the majority shareholding of Jason Levein and Steve Kaplan. Their eight-year tenure saw the club drop out of the Premier League in 2018 and become marooned largely in mid-table in the division below since. Coleman’s vision is for a return to the top flight and more than £20m will be brought into the club. It was only eight minutes into the new era when the Swans celebrated their first goal as centre-back Darling cushioned his volley from six yards beyond the reach of Illan Meslier. Cullen had been rewarded for his first two Wales goals in the Nations League triumph over Iceland by regaining his place in Swansea's goal-shy attack. And right on half-time, he restored his team’s lead as his finish from the edge of the box took a slight deflection off Jayden Bogle and found the bottom corner via the post for his third goal of the week. After Leeds scored twice in 14 minutes to turn things around in the second half, the Swans showed a mix of quality and character to fight back. Josh Tymon’s left-wing cross was inviting for French striker Bianchini to get in front of his marker and steer home, as Luke Williams' side scored three times in a game for the first time since August. They were undone immediately at the other end by Gnonto’s winner, but with no Swansea game having more than three goals this season, if this match is a blueprint of how things will go from now on, Swans fans could be in for a treat. Swansea City head coach Luke Williams: "I think it was a very high level game. Both sides played a very high level of football. "But I think the quality of Leeds was the difference. "If you watch the replay [of the Bianchini goal], you will notice I don’t celebrate too much because I know the quality of opposition we are against and we have conceded a lot of late goals unfortunately. "I am not so much frustrated, disappointed really because I thought we may be able to hold out to get a point but Leeds made a brilliant action and punished us. " Leeds United manager Daniel Farke: "It feels great [to be top], especially after such a game. It's an advertisement for this league – I think Sky Sports will be pretty happy and also we are happy after a massive win. "I didn’t see that coming. I expected a tight game, never a 4-3 because it's so difficult to score goals against Swansea. "But it was an excellent game for the supporters and for the neutrals as well. I think in the end we deserved to win because we won more or less every statistic. "We were a bit sleepy in added time at the end of the first half and a bit sleepy in added time at the end of the second half, but in between we were excellent. " Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 24th November 2024 at 19: 06 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Luke Williams Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Daniel Farke Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Luke Williams Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Daniel Farke Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions Swansea City have lost each of their last three league games against Leeds United, only ever enduring a longer run of defeats against them once before – five defeats between 1962 and 1964. Leeds United have won each of their last two away league games against Swansea City and will be looking to record three victories against the Welsh side in succession for the first time in club history. Swansea are the Championship’s lowest scorers this season (11 goals), converting just 6. 8% of their shots, the second worst conversion rate ahead only of QPR (6. 5%). Leeds have completed the most passes in the Championship this season (7, 366) and are averaging the most possession (62. 4%), while Swansea average the second-most possession (60. 1%). Leeds also average the most possession when they are winning in games (60. 3%) and have faced the fewest shots per 90 minutes when ahead (5. 8). Leeds have faced just 96 shots in 15 Championship matches this season, the fewest by a team after 15 games in a Championship campaign on record since 2013-14. © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.