Manchester United 2-1 Swansea City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 January 2016
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Swansea City
Premier League · Saturday 2 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Manchester United 2-1 Swansea City: match report
Manchester United defeated Swansea City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 January 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
Anthony Martial opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Anthony Martial (47') and Wayne Rooney (77'). Swansea City scored through Dejan Joksimovic (70').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Swansea City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 8th on 29 points from 19 and Swansea City 15th on 20 points from 19. Manchester United went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and Swansea City 11th with 50.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Swansea City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Wayne Mark Rooney of Manchester United (8.7), ahead of Anthony Martial (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 2 for Swansea City.
Key events
- 42'Yellow card · Chris Smalling
- 47'Goal · Anthony Martial
- 64'Yellow card · Àngel Rangel
- 70'Goal · Dejan Joksimovic
- 77'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 85'Yellow card · Daley Blind
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Ashley Young, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Morgan Schneiderlin, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Juan Mata, Ander Herrera, Anthony Martial, Wayne Mark Rooney
Swansea City line-up (4-3-3)
Lukasz Fabianski, Àngel Rangel, Federico Fernández, Ashley Williams, Neil Taylor, Jack Cork, Leon Britton, Sung-yueng Ki, Wayne Routledge, André Ayew, Gylfi Sigurdsson