Swansea City deputy skipper, Andre Ayew helped his team to move to automatic promotion spot with a narrow win over Luton Town FC on Saturday afternoon.
The Ghana international featured prominently and saw full 90 minutes as the Swans extended their unbeaten run at Kenilworth Road.
The Ghanaian came up against Elijah Adebayor who was in action for Luton as Swansea City secured a 1-0 victory in Saturday’s Championship game.
Ayew had scored in his last four games for the Swans and was afforded his 33rd league start at Kenilworth Road.
The 31-year-old gave a good account of himself in the pulsating game but could not continue his impressive form in front of goal, although his effort was still enough to help Steve Cooper’s men secure all three points.
Anglo-Nigerian Adebayo made just his seventh appearance since teaming up with the Hatters in February but could not help his side avoid defeat at home to the Jack Army’s.
Swansea City started the game on a blistering pace and hit the ground running in the encounter when Conor Hourihane opened the scoring after receiving an assist from Yan Dhanda in the third minute.
Luton Town made several efforts to try and level proceedings before the end of the game but the Swans held on to their lead to clinch the victory.
Ayew had 40 touches on the ball, struck one shot and had a 77 percent successful pass rate in the encounter.
The Black Stars captain featured for the duration of the game in his 35th appearance for Swansea across all competitions this campaign.
Adebayo was also on parade for the entirety of the game for Luton Town, made 45 touches on the ball and had a 44 percent successful pass rate while his teammate and the Democratic Republic of Congo midfielder Kazenga LuaLua played for seven minutes after replacing Matthew Pearson.
The victory moved Swansea City to the second spot on the Championship table after gathering 69 points from 35 games.
Luton Town dropped to the 16th position on the log with the defeat after their inability to add to their existing 44 points.
Ayew has bagged 14 goals and provided two assists in 34 league appearances this season, amid other dazzling displays.
Adebayo, meanwhile, has found the back of the net two times and provided one assist since his arrival at Kenilworth Road in the championship this season.
