Swansea City pulled further away from relegation trouble in the Premier League on Saturday with a 1-0 victory at home to struggling Norwich City.

Gylfi Sigurdsson struck just past the hour mark at the Liberty Stadium to hand Swansea only their third home win in 13 matches and consign Norwich to an eighth defeat in their last nine.

Swansea moved nine points clear of the bottom three after a second win in four days, but Norwich remain mired in the drop zone, one point adrift of 17th-place Sunderland.

Swansea were without head coach Francesco Guidolin again, with the Italian still recovering in hospital from a chest infection, as the hosts made six changes to the side that beat Arsenal 2-1 in midweek.