Swansea City 1-2 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 October 2016

Result

Swansea City 1-2 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 1 October 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Swansea City 1-2 Liverpool: match report

Swansea City lost to Liverpool 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Leroy Fer opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Swansea City's goal came from Leroy Fer (8'). Liverpool scored through Roberto Firmino (54') and James Milner (84', penalty).

Discipline: Swansea City received 2 yellow cards; Liverpool received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swansea City were 17th on 4 points from 6 and Liverpool 5th on 13 points from 6. Swansea City went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Liverpool 4th with 76.

Swansea City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Philippe Coutinho of Liverpool (8.2), ahead of Leroy Fer (7.8).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Leroy FerSwansea City · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Jordan HendersonLiverpool
  • 38'Yellow card · J. CorkSwansea City
  • 39'Yellow card · Daniel SturridgeLiverpool
  • 53'Yellow card · Leon BrittonSwansea City
  • 54'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 1-1
  • 84'Penalty goal · James MilnerLiverpool · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swansea City 2, draws 3, Liverpool 5.

Team news

Swansea City line-up (4-3-3)

Lukasz Fabianski, Àngel Rangel, Mike van der Hoorn, Jordi Amat, Kyle Naughton, Leroy Fer, Leon Britton, Jack Cork, Wayne Routledge, Borja Bastón, Gylfi Sigurdsson

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Loris Karius, Nathaniel Clyne, Joël Matip, Dejan Lovren, James Milner, Adam Lallana, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Sadio Mané, Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho