Swansea 3 Wolves 1 - verdict

Wolves surrendered Championship top-spot for the first time since August 30 as they suffered a second successive defeat against Swansea.

Wolves, who were without eight players through injury while keeper Wayne Hennessey was dropped, fell behind after just 26 seconds to Jordi Gomez's opener.

Although Andy Keogh equalised to cap a wonderful move involving Dave Jones and Dave Edwards, goals either side of half-time from Jason Scotland gave Wolves a mountain to climb.

Scotland beat the off-side trap to make it 2-1 with a deflected flick over keeper Carl Ikeme four minutes before the break, before giving the Swans a two-goal cushion with a powerful angled drive from 20 yards .

In fairness to the home side, they were good value for their lead, as Scotland had a shot parried before Kevin Foley cleared off the lin,e while Mark Gower had a curling effort disallowed for a marginal off-side.

Scotland also headed against the bar from close range.

Much-changed Wolves, who played a 4-5-1 formation for the first 52 minutes, had little chance to shine infront of goal.

McCarthy still sprang a surprise by making Hennessey pay the ultimate price for his own-goal clanger against Reading in mid-week.

And a thoroughly miserable afternoon was completed as Birmingham went top with a 1-0 win over QPR.