Abigail Davies travels up north with Swansea to see if they leapfrog Nottingham Forest in one of the tightest Championship races for years.  You can follow Abigail at Twitter.com/swanabi

Brendan Rodgers Swansea City should have gone into Tuesday nights game against Coventry full of confidence following back to back league victories over Middlesbrough and Doncaster.

The Swans had found themselves 3-1 down at the Riverside before showing great resilience and spirit to turn around the deficit and bring all three points back to South Wales, scoring 4 goals in the league for just the second time this season. This was a vast contrast to Saturday’s win over struggling Doncaster Rovers – a game where The Swans were in control from the outset taking only 6 minutes to make their dominance count as Angel Rangel’s cross into the box picked out the run of Scott Sinclair who turned the ball in for his 19th goal of the season. Swansea continued to apply the pressure and control the pace of the game with Rangel, Dyer and Dobbie’s link up play causing Doncaster numerous problems out on the right wing. Ashley Williams was on hand to double the home sides lead minutes before the interval with his second goal in as many games as his instinctive reaction header beat Neil Sullivan after his initial shot was parried away by the Doncaster keeper. Williams constantly provided long balls from defence, spreading the play and giving Nathan Dyer even more chance to use his pace and skill.

With the home side in cruise control, it seemed a perfect chance for Luke Moore to break his Swansea City duck and with 12 minutes of the match remaining he did just that- after a surging run through midfield from second half substitute Darren Pratley, he threaded the ball through to Moore who’s shot fired into the net and capped off a great afternoon for the Swans who ended the weekend 3rd in the Championship table.

The South Wales side made three changes to face the Sky Blues from the eleven that eased to victory over Doncaster, as there were starts for Craig Beattie and Leon Britton in place of Luke Moore and Joe Allen. Whilst in my opinion the most shocking exclusion for the game was that of Stephen Dobbie, who dropped to the bench following his man of the match winning performance on Saturday with Darren Pratley returning to the line up. Still without skipper Garry Monk – who has been absent from the side for almost a month, the Swans continued with Alan Tate partnering Ashley Williams at the heart of the defence with full back’s Angel Rangel and Neil Taylor. Taylor relishing his opportunity in the side since Monk’s injury.

Swansea knew they would be in for a tough evening against a Coventry City side who sat 15th in the Championship table prior to the fixture, as Aidy Boothroyd’s men are an extremely physical side with two big strong centre forwards.

As we have seen so often this season from Swansea City, the build up play was often flawless in the opening exchanges, but balls in and around the final third were below par and attacks often broke down before our striker became active.

Nathan Dyer seemed to be carrying on from where he left off against Doncaster, commanding the right wing with some great link up play he caused ex-Swans loan defender O’Halloran numerous problems. After 10 minutes of play Dyer’s trickery and quick feet got the better of O’halloran once again, who’s foul on Swansea’s wide man earned him an early booking. Despite slick passing and one two’s the away side failed to create any clear cut chances in the opening 20 minutes of the game.

Just before the half hour mark the Swans back line were dealt their first test of the match, as 4 throw ins in quick succession provoked a Coventry attack which saw them pressurise the Swans defence with striker Jutkiewicz rustling Ashley Williams who seemed uncharacteristically flustered under the pressure.

The Swans continued to ride their luck into the second half, as the home side had their appeal for a penalty waved away after Dorus De Vries seemingly brought down Coventry’s Jutkiewicz inside the area.

13 minutes into the second half Coventry were awarded a free kick which Marlon King stepped up to take- and the striker who has provided 6 goals this season came close to adding to his tally but was denied by a superb save from De Vries who palmed the ball away to safety. After some speculation surrounding the selection of Craig Beattie, he displayed through his defensive abilities why he may have been preferred on this occasion to Luke Moore as he stepped up to make some crucial clearances. Coventry continued to have the upper hand as the Swans struggled to gain and hold onto possession.

With 18 minutes left on the clock Brendan Rodgers made two bold changes as Stephen Dobbie and Luke Moore were introduced into the attack in place of Darren Pratley and Craig Beattie.

Dobbie instantly proved a threat, working his way from the right wing into the area before seeing his shot hit the post. However just four minutes after being introduced into the game Stephen Dobbie found himself latching onto Nathan Dyer’s pass, and having spotted Westwood off his line chipped the ball over the keeper scoring his fifth goal of the campaign.

The Swans now move into second spot after Nottingham forest dropped points at home to Preston and the Welsh side have now won more games on the road than any other side in the division. Victory at the Ricoh Arena also saw the Swans complete their third league double of the season, having already beaten Middlesbrough and Reading home and away this season.