An unfortunate Kieran Trippier own goal proved to be enough for Swansea City to pick up a 1-0 victory against Burnley at Turf Moor.

In what was a scrappy affair, it took until the 64th minute for the deadlock to eventually be broken as Jack Cork's initial effort crossed the line following a mix-up between Trippier and Tom Heaton in the Clarets goal.

The Swans had star man Lukas Fabianski to thank for the three points, with the Polish stopper keeping out a late Sam Vokes effort to ensure that Garry Monk's men picked up back-to-back wins for just the third time this season.

Here, Sports Mole takes a closer look at how the 90 minutes of action unfolded on a blustery afternoon in Lancashire.

Match statistics

BURNLEY
Shots: 13
On target: 6
Possession: 48%
Corners: 6
Fouls: 13

SWANSEA CITY
Shots: 8
On target: 2
Possession: 52%
Corners: 4
Fouls: 8

Was the result fair?

This was anything but a classic between two sides who struggled to create any clear openings for the vast majority of the contest and, in the end, it was perhaps somewhat appropriate that a sloppy goal settled the game in Swansea's favour. Fabianski was certainly the busier of the two goalkeepers, although it was opposite number Heaton who decided which way the points would be heading when he and teammate Trippier failed to keep out Cork's prodded attempt between them.

It was not until going behind that Burnley really got at their opponents and peg them back into their own half with a 15-minute spell of pressure which saw them come close to breaching Fabianski's goal on a couple of occasions. In the end, the Pole stood firm to deny Vokes among others and ensure that the Swans, perhaps undeservedly, took home the points.

Burnley's performance

It is now no win in six for a Clarets side who missed out on the chance to climb out of the bottom three this afternoon. With Queens Park Rangers and Leicester City not due to play this weekend, and Aston Villa falling 1-0 away at Newcastle United, this was Burnley's chance to climb up to 17th place in the table with a victory against a Swans side who themselves have struggled to find consistency of late.

Having made a positive start to the game, coming close to opening the scoring through Ashley Barnes on 24 minutes, Sean Dyche's men struggled to build any real momentum as the match passed them by. A tough fixture list now awaits the Lancashire outfit, with five of the league's top seven teams to play in succession before mid-April, so these dropped points really could be costly come the end of the season. If they are to spring a surprise against the likes of Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool, then they must up their game considerably because it was not really until late on when their fans saw the best of them.

Swansea City's performance

This win takes Monk's charges up to the magic 40-point mark, often considered enough to avoid relegation, with over two months of the season still left to play. The Englishman has done a tremendous job in his first full season in management, guiding his side to a number of victories similar to the one witnessed today, and the target is now to surpass the club's previous highest Premier League points tally of 47, set back in 2011.

It was a scrappy performance from Swansea overall, in a game lacking any real quality, and Fabianski's solid goalkeeping proved the difference between one point and three. That is now 10 clean sheets this campaign for the Swans, who have seemingly turned a corner following an inconsistent start to the year. A lack of creativity in midfield can largely be explained by the injury absence of key midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson, the only change made to the starting lineup for this one, and with him to come back into the fold, the only way is up for the Welsh outfit, who have a top-eight finish in their grasp.

Sports Mole's man of the match

Lukas Fabianski: There is no question that the former Arsenal man was the busier of the two keepers, denying Burnley six times across the 90 minutes, and it was his save late on to frustrate Vokes which really caught the eye. The Welshman managed to turn George Boyd's cross goalwards, only for Fabianski to get across at his near post and palm it away to keep his side's slender lead intact.

Biggest gaffe

Sides at the bottom of any division often rue their rotten luck, and that certainly appeared to be the case this afternoon for Burnley, who were cruelly denied a potential share of the spoils due to a rather comical own goal. It has been credited to Trippier at this stage as it was he who deflected the ball towards goal, but Heaton was the man who had the last touch to essentially carry the ball over the line.

Referee performance

Jonathan Moss has handed out more red cards than any other official so far this term, but he did not go into his pocket even once at Turf Moor. The experienced official had a couple of big calls to make with the Clarets appealing for two penalties, but he seemed to get both correct by waving play on.

What next?

Burnley: The relegation-threatened club begin their horror run of fixtures with a trip to Liverpool in midweek.

Swansea City: Tottenham Hotspur provide the Swans' opponents in their next outing on Wednesday night, before they welcome former manager Brendan Rodgers and his Liverpool side to the Liberty Stadium.