Liverpool 5-0 Swansea City: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2017

Result

Liverpool 5-0 Swansea City

Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Liverpool 5-0 Swansea City: match report

Liverpool defeated Swansea City 5-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Philippe Coutinho (6'), Roberto Firmino (52'), Trent Alexander-Arnold (65'), Roberto Firmino (66') and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (82'). Swansea City did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Swansea City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 5th on 35 points from 19 and Swansea City 20th on 13 points from 19. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 75 points, and Swansea City 18th with 33.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Swansea City in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Roberto Firmino of Liverpool (9.2), level with Philippe Coutinho (9.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 2 for Swansea City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Philippe CoutinhoLiverpool · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 2-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Martin OlssonSwansea City
  • 65'Goal · Trent Alexander-ArnoldLiverpool · 3-0
  • 66'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 4-0
  • 82'Goal · Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainLiverpool · 5-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 6, draws 2, Swansea City 2.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Simon Mignolet, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joël Matip, Ragnar Klavan, Andrew Robertson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Emre Can, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho

Swansea City line-up (4-5-1)

Lukasz Fabianski, Kyle Naughton, Federico Fernández, Alfie Mawson, Martin Olsson, Wayne Routledge, Leroy Fer, Roque Mesa, Tom Carroll, Jordan Ayew, Oli McBurnie