David Cotterill has said that the Swans are to try and keep the momentum up after beating Preston on Saturday

Games come thick and fast at this stage of the season and Swansea City travel to Crystal Palace on Tuesday, host Newcastle on Saturday and then follow up with away games at Plymouth and Derby in the seven days after that in a period that will very much test their promotion credentials.

Three road trips in four mean that the league table could make very pleasant reading if the Swans can secure a couple of victories in that period.

And Cotterill, who scored one and created one on Saturday believes that they can push on from the Preston win and keep their momentum going.

“I think it was a good performance, but we need to keep hitting those levels," he told the Western Mail

“We’ve not been at our best recently, but we stayed in the top six which is important – and getting the win here has meant there’s a few points between us and seventh now.

“So we have to use the confidence from this result and look to push on again, starting with Tuesday and Palace.

“There’s been a lot of talk about the lack of goals and its fair because we haven’t scored enough at times this season.

“But we’ve taken a step in the right direction, played well and got our goals so it’s up to us to keep building. And if we can hit the same kind of levels we showed against Preston we can do a lot in this league.”

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