Good stuff from Birmingham and they should be level.

Probing passing from Blues in and around the edge of the box before it's spread wide to Tomoki Iwata who drills over a beautiful cross.

But Kyogo Furuhashi gets his legs in a tangle and it goes in between them as slides in and the ball goes behind.

A big chance for a first league goal for Blues is wasted by Kyogo.

We are going to have three more minutes before everyone can have a breather.

Chris Davies was a coach at Swansea for a couple of years as they made it to the Premier League under Brendan Rodgers.

The Swans would love to get back to the top division, and a lot of their football in this half has had the Swans' trademark about it.

After an even-ish 20 minutes, Birmingham have vanished since Zan Vipotnik's goal, but all of a sudden they have a massive chance.

Lewis Koumas gets away down the left and pulls it back to the edge of the penalty area.

Patrick Roberts can run on to it on his favoured side, but he slams his effort over Lawrence Vigouroux's goal.

The Sunderland loanee had to at least hit the target from that position.

Another opportunity for Swansea and Goncalo Franco is at the heart of things again.

He rolls the ball into Ronald, but the winger is high and wide of the near post.

Could have done better there.

From the resulting corner, Swansea's Ben Cabango gets free but he heads too much into the ground and it bounces down and over the bar.

More danger caused by Swansea's fine play and clever movement.

Goncalo Franco is released into the channel again and his delivery is so dangerous and Phil Neumann is relieved to turn it behind.

The Swans are full of it right now.

Oh Swansea, stop it!

More beautiful play as Ronald and Ethan Galbraith work it into Goncalo Franco's path in the box.

The Portuguese cracks a shot which is heading for the top corner, only for the fingertips of James Beadle to divert it onto the crossbar.

So close to a second.

It is one draw and six defeats for Birmingham since they last won an away game in the Championship.

This must be a familiar feeling for Chris Davies as he tries to plot a route back into the match.

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BBC Sport Wales at the Swansea.com Stadium

Swansea are not overly blessed with striker options with Adam Idah on the sidelines, so Vitor Matos will be delighted that Zan Vipotnik has delivered again.

That is now 13 goals this season for the Slovenia international, with his 11 league strikes making him the joint leading scorer in the Championship.

There were question marks over whether Vipotnik would cut the mustard in the English second tier throughout his first season in Wales, when he managed only seven goals.

But he has taken his game to another level in his second Swansea campaign.

That is a 13th goal of the season for Slovenia striker Zan Vipotnik.

That is a very good currency in the second tier.

Some good football from Birmingham as Lewis Koumas lays it back into the path of Marvin Ducksch.

The German shifts it from right to left and that allows Jay Fulton to throw himself into a brilliant block.

Super stuff from Swansea as they go close to their first goal.

A gorgeous ball round the back from Ronald is into the path of Eom Ji-Sung. He eyes it up, but his effort deflects off Phil Neumann and is not far past the far post.

Swansea have won their last four on home turf and there is a belief in the stands and on the pitch about what they're doing.

They will want to capitalise on that away sickness for Blues.

Only bottom side Sheffield Wednesday have a worse record than Birmingham on the road this season.

Eight points and eight goals from 13 games is very poor, given the quality they do have at their disposal.

Now a first attempt of note from the home side as Melker Widell works it to Eom Ji-Sung in space on the left.

He cuts inside on his favoured right and tries a curler but it is straight into James Beadle's chest.

Gareth Vincent
BBC Sport Wales at the Swansea.com Stadium

It's a lively atmosphere in the opening stages at the Swansea.com Stadium.

We have had an early rendition of 'Keep right on' from the healthy contingent of Birmingham fans.

Swansea's support, meanwhile, have spent most of their time singing about Ethan Galbraith and Zan Vipotnik, two of their team's star performers this season.

A first attempt as Blues' big German forward Marvin Ducksch hooks one goalwards from just inside the box.

But it's a couple of yards beyond the far post.

The German has scored three in his last two games, so he is full of confidence.

There is a really good noise in the Swansea.com Stadium in these early stages from both sets of supporters.

Despite their problems on the road, Birmingham fans have once again travelled in big numbers and are behind their team.