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Luke Cundle scores his second goal of the season, with both strikes coming against Hull CitySwansea City's faint Championship play-off hopes were wiped out as they could only draw 1-1 at Hull City.
Swansea came from behind to earn a point as Luke Cundle's measured finish cancelled out Ben Cabango's early own goal.
But despite stretching their unbeaten run to eight games, Russell Martin's team cannot now finish in the top six.
They climb to 10th, but are five points short of sixth-placed Millwall with only one game remaining.
It has been a rousing late-season run for the Welsh side, who were 15 points adrift of the play-off spots and in miserable form in the middle of March.
A mid-table finish now beckons, as it does for 14th-placed Hull, who have lost only two of their last 10 games.
Liam Rosenior's team have been a tough nut to crack on their own patch in 2023, losing just one of 10 home league fixtures, and they seized the initiative with the first attack of the game.
Jean Michael Seri found Harry Vaughan in space down the Hull left, and the teenage winger drove forward before crossing towards Ozan Tufan.
Cabango made a sliding attempt to clear the danger but only succeeded in diverting the ball inside Andy Fisher's near post.
Swansea laboured for a while as they searched for a response, with Liam Cullen and Jamie Paterson seeing shots blocked, before a spell of pressure before half-time led to Cundle's equaliser.
It was a well-crafted goal, with Paterson collecting a pass from Manning before a clever through ball created the space for Cundle to curl a precise shot beyond Karl Darlow and inside the far post.
Still Swansea struggled to find top gear, and it was Hull who looked more likely to find a second-half winner as Tufan curled a free-kick into the side netting and then rattled the crossbar with another effort from distance which had Fisher beaten.
Swansea did apply some late pressure as they attempted to send their unlikely play-off bid to the final day of the campaign, but the closest they came was a Cundle header which was comfortably saved by Darlow.
Line-ups
Hull
Formation 4-4-2
- 12Darlow
- 2Coyle
- 5Jones
- 4Greaves
- 3Elder
- 9SayyadmaneshSubstituted forSimonsat 73'minutes
- 24SeriSubstituted forDochertyat 73'minutes
- 27Slater
- 14VaughanSubstituted forWoodsat 89'minutes
- 18Traoré
- 7TufanSubstituted forPelkasat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Ingram
- 8Docherty
- 10Ebiowei
- 15Woods
- 17McLoughlin
- 20Pelkas
- 35Simons
Swansea
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Fisher
- 22Latibeaudiere
- 5Cabango
- 23Wood
- 3ManningBooked at 43mins
- 8Grimes
- 10NtchamSubstituted forWhittakerat 84'minutes
- 20CullenSubstituted forCongreveat 84'minutes
- 18Cundle
- 12PatersonBooked at 50minsSubstituted forCooperat 68'minutes
- 17Piroe
Substitutes
- 6Darling
- 19Whittaker
- 26Naughton
- 27Söndergaard
- 29Sorinola
- 31Cooper
- 45Congreve
Referee:Geoff Eltringham
Attendance:23,036
Live Text
Match ends, Hull City 1, Swansea City 1.
Second Half ends, Hull City 1, Swansea City 1.
Foul by Nathan Wood (Swansea City).
Alfie Jones (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Xavier Simons.
Substitution, Hull City. Ryan Woods replaces Harry Vaughan.
Cameron Congreve (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewie Coyle (Hull City).
Attempt missed. Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City) with an attempt from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Manning with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Jacob Greaves.
Attempt blocked. Joël Piroe (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Cundle.
Substitution, Swansea City. Cameron Congreve replaces Liam Cullen.
Substitution, Swansea City. Morgan Whittaker replaces Olivier Ntcham.
Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Harry Vaughan (Hull City).
Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dimitris Pelkas (Hull City).
Oliver Cooper (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adama Traoré (Hull City).
Substitution, Hull City. Dimitris Pelkas replaces Ozan Tufan.
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