Huddersfield Town 0-4 Swansea City: Lowe, Ronald, Yates and Walsh on target

Jamal Lowe's goal was his ninth since rejoining Swansea on loan from Bournemouth

Huddersfield Town's hopes of avoiding relegation from the Championship were dealt a heavy blow as they were thrashed at home by Swansea City.

Swansea, already safe and with little to play for, had the better of a goalless first half as Jay Fulton and Liam Cullen wasted good chances.

Cullen hit the post after the break with a curling effort from the edge of the penalty area, before substitute Jamal Lowe cut in from the left and found the bottom corner with a firm right-footed shot.

Huddersfield substitute Danny Ward struck the post as the home side tried to salvage a point, but Ronald made sure of victory for the Swans as he finished off an incisive counter-attack.

Swansea scored twice in added time to deepen their opponents' misery, with Jerry Yates converting from close range before fellow substitute Liam Walsh found the top corner with a beautiful strike.

Huddersfield remain in the bottom three, but the extent of the damage this result will have on their bid for safety will not be known until later on Saturday.

Relegation rivals Queens Park Rangers host Preston North End in the day's late kick-off while another team towards the bottom, Birmingham City, were involved in a game at Rotherham United which was running behind schedule after it was temporarily suspended for a medical emergency in the crowd.

Whatever the outcome of those matches, the boos at the final whistle in Yorkshire were a stark illustration of Huddersfield's plight.

Whereas the Terriers came into this game in desperate need of points, Swansea had already effectively secured their place in the Championship next season with victory over already-relegated Rotherham a week earlier.

Even if there was little riding on this game for Luke Williams' men, they started positively as Brazilian winger Ronald impressed with some dangerous runs forward on the right. One such burst led to a chance for Fulton, whose low shot was well saved by Lee Nicholls.

The best opportunity of the first half fell to Cullen. Josh Tymon's cross from the left was perfect but, despite being completely unmarked just a few yards out from goal, Cullen miscued his header wide.

With Huddersfield unable to create much beyond a long-range shot dragged wide by Josh Koroma, the home crowd became increasingly agitated.

Their worries increased when Cullen's shot hit the post, before Lowe's opening goal gave the beleaguered Terriers faithful a familiar sinking feeling.

Ward's low shot which cannoned off the post gave them hope, but that was soon dashed by a clinical second Swansea goal.

Keeper Carl Rushworth launched the ball forward to Tymon, who broke into the box and played a low pass across to Ronald, who finished into an empty net.

The damage was already done when Yates hit Swansea's third in injury time, and then Walsh curled in a superb fourth to round off a dismal afternoon for Huddersfield.

Huddersfield head coach Andre Breitenreiter told BBC Radio Leeds:

"We are all disappointed and I admit the performance was not good enough today.

"The first half was very disappointing because we knew about the possession game of Swansea but we did not play with our plan.

"We tried to make it better in the second half and created two or three big chances… but you have to score and we didn't.

"It was too easy how we conceded the goals. I'm disappointed but I also spoke to the team. We have two more games. It's hard to believe after this result today but there are six more points to get."

Swansea head coach Luke Williams told BBC Radio Wales:

"I'm thrilled with the way the team played. They [Huddersfield] are a far better team than they were earlier in the season but now they have pressure and they gave us a tough game.

"That's why I'm so happy because it wasn't a walk in the park, far from it. The players had to apply themselves.

"We were knocking on the door. We defended incredibly well. People put their bodies on the line and we came away without the opposition hitting the target.

"We have a duty to the competition to play properly. We have a lot to play for. We have fans to play for, then we have professional pride."