Wingers Moussa Yeo and Joseph Opku have scored five goals between them in nine games for Championship leaders Swansea City [Getty Images]Swansea City will aim to keep flying at the top of the Championship at Millwall (19:45 BST) having rediscovered their wing power.The Welsh club continued their eye-catching start to the season with a 2-1 win over Norwich City on Saturday, their sixth from their opening nine games.It was the third time they have taken all three points from a losing position this season, a feat no other side in the division can match.But it is strength from wide rather than coming from behind that has arguably been key to their success so far.How Swansea refound their way as ambition returns Toshack watches on as Matos’ Swans eye own historyLast season, as Swansea hinted at gradual improvements under Portuguese head coach Vitor Matos, the goals from striker Zan Vipotnik were vital.The Championship’s leading scorer found the net 23 times, with fellow centre-forward Adam Idah next best with six. The pair accounted for more than half of the team’s goals, but support from elsewhere was lacking, especially from the flanks.A greater wide attacking threat was high on the club’s recruitment radar over the summer, with Jospeh Opoku and Moussa Yeo arriving to fit the bill.The investment already looks sound. Having managed just four goals from wide forwards last year, Swansea have already doubled that, with Yeo making it three goals in three successive games.So far the wide players have accounted for more than half of Swansea’s Championship goals – at a club who still remember fondly the impact of the likes of Scott Sinclair and Nathan Dyer the last time the club were promoted to the Premier League.”That was something that we needed to improve, of course,” said Matos of wanting more threat from wingers.”It is something that has changed for us, having more solutions helps you create more variability.”But overall the quality of the team’s play has improved and found different ways to hurt opponents.”Eom Jisung has scored twice for Swansea this season before starring for South Korea at the recent Asian Games, scoring four times on the way to the gold medal [Getty Images]’A pressing machine’Yeo is certainly doing that at the moment, the Malian worked with Matos previously at RB Salzburg and signed a four-year deal in the summer.He and Ghana international Opoku – a 21-year-old signing from Belgium’s Zulte Waregem – have added a new dimension to Swansea’s attacking options.”They are as effective as any wide players in the Championship,” former Wales defender Nia Jones said on the latest Feast of Football podcast.”They are frightening but there are also options if they can’t play every single game.”Such is the alternative of Eom Jisung, back from international duty with South Korea and surely only boosted from a period where he finished top scorer to help his nation win gold at the Asian Games.But with Yeo’s goal an exquisite example of Swansea
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