Swansea hit by Idah hamstring injury blow

Swansea City are waiting to hear how long they will be without Adam Idah after the striker missed their defeat at Coventry City with a hamstring problem.

Idah scored a 90th-minute winner as Swansea claimed a thrilling late win over Wrexham last weekend.

But the Republic of Ireland international's hopes of building on that goal have been ruined after he picked up an injury prior to Friday's 1-0 reverse against Coventry.

"He got injured in the last training session," Swansea head coach Vitor Matos said.

"He is being assessed to see the extent of that."

Idah's absence is especially disappointing for Swansea given that they are in the midst of the busiest spell of the season.

Matos' team go to fellow Championship strugglers Oxford United on Monday, 29 December before games against West Bromwich Albion on 1 January and Millwall three days later.

Swansea were beaten at Coventry despite competing admirably with the leaders, with Zan Vipotnik and Liam Cullen among those to miss chances as Ephron Mason-Clark struck the only goal of the game shortly before half-time.

Swansea's fourth defeat in seven matches under Matos – and a fifth in succession on the road – means they are only four points clear of the relegation places at the midway point in the Championship season.

"We are building," Matos said. "Every game is feedback. Every situation is something we need to analyse and see what we need to improve.

"Step by step we need to keep going. I was really proud to see us playing against Coventry in their stadium, in this way, trying to dominate them and trying to be competitive against one of the best teams.

"We need to keep pushing ourselves to start climbing the table."