Manchester United 2-0 Swansea City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2018

Result

Manchester United 2-0 Swansea City

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 2-0 Swansea City: match report

Manchester United defeated Swansea City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 March 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Romelu Lukaku (5') and A. Sánchez (20'). Swansea City did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 65 points from 30 and Swansea City 14th on 31 points from 30. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Swansea City 18th with 33.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Swansea City in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexis Sánchez of Manchester United (8.5), ahead of Paul Pogba (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 2 for Swansea City.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Swansea City's D-W-L-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Romelu LukakuManchester United · 1-0
  • 20'Goal · A. SánchezManchester United · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 5, draws 3, Swansea City 2.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Victor Lindelöf, Chris Smalling, Ashley Young, Antonio Valencia, Paul Pogba, Alexis Sánchez, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Nemanja Matić, Romelu Lukaku

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

Lukasz Fabianski, Mike van der Hoorn, Alfie Mawson, Martin Olsson, Kyle Naughton, Federico Fernández, Sung-yueng Ki, Nathan Dyer, Sam Clucas, Andy King, André Ayew