Another Swansea change.

Corey Smith replaces Olivier Ntcham. Just over half an hour left on the clock.

Well it's very much advantage Blackburn now as the visitors look to make their player advantage count over Swansea.

Can they equalise or are the Swans going to hold on?

Ryan Bennett is sent on for Swansea in place of goalscorer Michael Obafemi as the hosts make an immediate substitution after Ryan Manning's sending off.

Shoring up the back line as they try to see this one out.

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Swansea are down to 10 and it's Ryan Manning who's off having been shown a second yellow card.

It comes as he puts in a high foot on Darragh Lenihan as he's looking to the sky in order to meet the ball.

I'm not sure how I feel about that, but it certainly is careless if he's on a yellow card.

Blackburn win a corner which is sent into the box but Swansea are awarded a free-kick after it's delivered in towards goalkeeper Andrew Fisher who is fouled.

End-to-end second half so far.

Swansea could so easily be 2-0 up, here.

Michael Obafemi tees up Joel Piroe as they race in on goal but Blackburn's Darragh Lenihan is on hand to make a fine tackle to deal with the danger.

Blackburn put the ball about the box a number of times in the opening stages as they chase an early equaliser.

John Buckley tries to curl in but Swansea are wise to it before they eventually clear.

Right then, Swansea get this second half under way.

Can the second half live up to what was an entertaining first 45 minutes?

This one's about to restart. Can Swansea hold onto their lead or will Blackburn keep pace in their pursuit of Championship promotion?

And that just about does us for the first half in this one.

A strange match that Swansea lead, yet Blackburn have dominated.

Michael Obafemi's fine header separates these two sides, but Rovers don't look down and out just yet.

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Three minutes added on.

And just as it's announced at the ground Ryan Hedges fires a shot from a tight angle across the face of goal as Blackburn continues to search for a leveller.

Joe Rothwell delivers a ball to Scott Wharton after Swansea cheaply give away possesion deep in their own half.

Wharton, with plenty of work to do and under pressure from his marker, tries to head home but he can't quite work it into danger, with Swans keeper Andrew Fisher easily collecting.

Ryan Giles' free-kick sails into the box and looks to be heading into the bottom left-hand corner having sailed over a crowded box.

Swansea clear it away and work it up the other end but can't work an attack before Blackburn regain possession.

Olivier Ntcham goes into the book for Swansea's first yellow card of the night for a cynical foul.

Soon after, Ryan Manning sees yellow for a similar foul of his own.

Blackburn win a free-kick on the right wing soon after.

Ryan Giles spent the first half of the season on loan at Swansea's rivals Cardiff.

He almost finds the net on his debut for Blackburn having joined Rovers on deadline day, but the Wolves loanee fires straight at Swans keeper Andrew Fisher.

Blackburn call for a penalty as John Buckley goes down on the edge of the box having struggled to get space away to find a shot.

He's held briefly in the build-up to him working the ball away, but he does go to ground easily soon after and is given a yellow card for making a meal of it.

Half an hour gone and Blackburn are stringing together a fair few passes as they look to get back on level terms against Swansea.

Darragh Lenihan sends a speculative ball into the box which is cleared away by the hosts.

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How are Blackburn not level?!

Darragh Lenihan's header cannons against the left-hand post having beaten Swansea keeper Andrew Fisher.

But on the rebound, with an open goal ahead of him, John Buckley fires over the bar.

Blackburn's Joe Rothwell goes into the book for a foul on Joel Piroe.

Can the visitors work a bit of possession and put the pressure on Swansea? Or are the hosts on a pathway to a half-time lead?

Gareth Vincent
BBC Sport Wales at the Swansea.com Stadium

Even without their frontline strikers, Blackburn Rovers looked the more menacing side in the early stages against a very attacking Swansea line-up.

But almost as soon as Russell Martin's side got a grip of possession, they made the breakthrough.

There had been questions about how Swansea's fans would respond to Jamie Paterson on his return to the side, but they sang his name early on and he duly delivered.

Paterson's sweet cross was a reminder of what Swansea have been missing, with Michael Obafemi finishing well with his head.