Eckert had warned that Julien Stéphan's side pressed aggressively and were comfortable sitting in a block. They were, for most of the first half. But Southampton had already found a way through.

On 11 minutes Léo Scienza's shot was deflected into Kuryu Matsuki's path, and he struck it home from close range into the bottom left corner. He had scored at the London Stadium last week, too.

QPR answered with their best spell. Paul Smyth headed two crosses off target and then forced a save from Daniel Peretz from distance, and Kwame Poku shot just past the post. Southampton's threat came from set pieces. Keven Schlotterbeck's header from Ryan Manning's cross was turned behind by Pierce Charles, and Saints won corner after corner without adding to the lead.

The second half belonged to the left-back. He forced a save from Charles two minutes after the restart and was twice caught offside, but on 55 minutes he picked out Cameron Bragg, whose left-footed shot went in off the foot of QPR captain Jimmy Dunne.

Charles kept QPR alive with saves from Scienza and Lewis Dobbin, but from Dobbin's effort came a corner. Manning swung it in and Schlotterbeck, at the back post, headed it high into the net. Three-nil on 66 minutes.

Stéphan had already sent on Karamoko Dembélé and Koki Saito, and it was Dembélé who set up Richard Kone two minutes later. Kone, from the right of the box, hit a thumping shot that flew in off the post.

That was as close as QPR came. Kone had another shot blocked, and they managed only two efforts on target all afternoon. Jonathan Varane, Kealey Adamson and Jimmy Dunne were all booked as their frustration grew; QPR committed 15 fouls to Southampton's six.

Eckert sent on Flynn Downes, back from injury, for James Ward-Prowse, then Samuel Edozie and Divin Mubama. QPR finished with ten men when Alfie Lloyd went off injured after Stéphan had used all his substitutes, and Southampton made them pay.

In the second minute of stoppage time Eckert sent on Barnaby Williams and Welington, the latter for Manning. Three minutes later the ball fell kindly for Welington in the area and he swept it in for 4-1. Southampton finished with 19 shots, nine on target, and nine corners.

Before the game Eckert had said a win over West Ham was only worth something if they followed it up. They did, and he was quick to credit the opposition.

He saved his warmest words for Bragg, back in the side after the derby.

Stéphan did not hide from the spell after half-time that cost his side the game.

Matos left Zan Vipotnik and Adam Idah on the bench and gave Ross Stewart his first start up front. Twenty minutes in, Blackburn had yet to muster a shot. By then they were already behind.

Eleven minutes in, Joseph Opoku beat Harry Pickering on the outside and rolled the ball across the face of goal, and Stephen Eustaquio tapped into an empty net. It was his second goal since his summer move from Porto. Swansea were playing with tempo and sharpness, and Tony Mowbray's side looked timid. Todd Cantwell lashed over when it was still 1-0, but Pickering soon went off injured, Moussa Baradji was booked, and things got worse.

On 32 minutes Tom Atcheson cut out Stephen Welsh's through ball, only to tee up Opoku. He took a touch and rolled it beyond Balazs Toth into the bottom corner. It was his third goal since joining from Zulte Waregem in July, and his first since August.

Four minutes later it was three. Welsh's fine diagonal pass sent academy product Filip Lissah in behind, and his low shot was too powerful for Toth despite the goalkeeper getting a touch. It was Lissah's first Swansea goal in his 14th senior appearance.

Toth did keep out Melker Widell, and twice denied Eom Ji-Sung before half-time. At the break Swansea had had 12 shots to Blackburn's one, and the home fans were buzzing.

Mowbray changed things at half-time, sending on Augustus Kargbo and Hayden Carter. Kargbo forced a save from Lawrence Vigouroux from a tight angle and drilled narrowly wide late on, but Rovers never really threatened a revival.

On 59 minutes Eom's clever free-kick sent Ross Stewart running into the area, and the Scotland striker unleashed a fierce left-foot drive that flashed inside Toth's near post. It was the goal of the day, and his first since arriving from Southampton in the summer. He was replaced by Vipotnik soon after.

From there Matos was thinking of Tuesday's trip to Portsmouth. Widell, Josh Tymon and Lissah were all taken off, and Eustaquio went off injured, replaced by Idah. Vipotnik went close twice late on and Opoku blazed over, but it stayed at four.

It matched the biggest win of the Matos era and brought a sixth clean sheet of the season. Swansea were a goal short of turning last week's 5-0 on its head. They'll take this, though.

Matos wanted a response to Loftus Road and said he got one.

Mowbray had talked up a "free hit" beforehand. He was in no mood to hide behind it afterwards.

It was end to end from the start. Bristol City worked it nicely down the right on 13 minutes, Jason Knight put a dangerous low ball into the box, and Dom Ballard, totally unmarked in the six-yard box, tapped in. Where were the Bolton defenders?

The lead lasted three minutes. City backed off Josh Sheehan, Thierry Gale rolled it to him, and he picked out the bottom corner from long range. Bradley Collins had no chance.

Lorent Tolaj forced a great save from Jack Bonham and then had the ball in the net, only for the flag to go up. At the other end Collins brilliantly kept out a left-footed shot from Atsuki Ito.

Luke McNally headed Rio Cardines' free-kick against the post, and Sheehan was booked. Then Samuel Iling-Junior picked out Ito, and his low shot cannoned back off the frame of the goal. Iling-Junior slid one just wide before the break as well.

Tolaj had a second goal ruled out for offside early in the second half. Then, on 57 minutes, Bolton broke. Ito's shot was heading in, and Sam Dalby was alert enough to stick out a foot and divert it past Collins.

Bonham kept them ahead, beating away a McNally shot at his near post and then making a big save from Jed Wallace's low strike. City sent on Yu Hirakawa, Wallace, Scott Twine, Sam Bell and Adam Randell, and won three corners back to back.

With six minutes left, they got in behind on the left. Cameron Pring's cross found Bell all on his own, and he tapped in from close range.

Bolton went for it. Collins saved from Ruben Rodrigues and Kyliane Dong, and seven minutes were added on.

City had already seen a penalty appeal waved away when Hirakawa went to ground chasing a bouncing ball, and the bench were furious. Three minutes into stoppage time, they broke. Wallace worked it down the right and cut it back, and Twine slammed it first time into the bottom right corner.

Bolton had led with six minutes left. They were left with nothing, and Michael Skubala's side had their first win in five games.

Steven Schumacher, who had made eight changes after the Middlesbrough defeat, felt his side had the game where they wanted it.

Michael Skubala, celebrating his 44th birthday, credited the substitutions that won it.