Swansea City extended their unbeaten home record to 10 games with a 2-0 win against 10-man Stoke City.
The Swans took advantage of Wales international Sorba Thomas being harshly sent off for a second yellow card in the 36th minute.
Championship top scorer Zan Vipotnik lost his marker to glance in Josh Tymon’s corner seven minutes after the restart.
Gustavo Nunes wasted a golden chance to kill the game off by dithering with 12 minutes to go but Liam Cullen sealed the win in style in added time.
The Wales forward intercepted a loose pass and lobbed goalkeeper Tommy Simkin from just inside the Stoke half, adding to the Potters’ woes after they failed to take their chances in the first half.
It was goalless at the break with Swansea denied a reward for a fast start when Tymon’s shot was smartly saved by Simkin.
The Potters responded and should have been in front only for Eric Bocat to have a shot cleared off the line by Josh Key before Lawrence Vigouroux superbly kept out Ashley Phillips’ header.
Phillips’ interference with the goalkeeper from an offside position then led to a Ben Wilmot header from a corner being chalked off shortly before Thomas’ dismissal for a foul on Goncalo Franco.
The Swans have not lost at home in the league since the 25 November defeat by Derby County, the day after Vitor Matos took over, and have taken 26 points from a possible 30 in that unbeaten 10-game streak.
They sit 14th in the table, eight off the play-offs, while it is one win in 10 league games for Stoke, who are 15th with a 12-point gap to the relegation zone.
