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Premiership · Matchday 20

Manchester United v Swansea City

2–1
HT 0–0
Saturday 2nd January 2016 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,415

Manchester United beat Swansea City 2–1 at Old Trafford on Saturday 2nd January 2016 in the Premiership. Anthony Martial (47') and Wayne Rooney (77') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 42' Chris Smalling
  3. 45' Matteo Darmian for Jones
  4. Half Time 0–0
  5. 47' Anthony Martial Assist: Ashley Young 1–0
  6. 64' Angel Rangel
  7. 70' Gylfi Sigurdsson Assist: Modou Barrow 1–1
  8. 77' Wayne Rooney Assist: Anthony Martial 2–1
  9. 78' Paddy McNair for Young
  10. 85' Daley Blind
  11. 90' Michael Carrick for Herrera
  12. Full Time 2–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
1 David de Gea
4 Phil Jones
8 Juan Mata
9 Anthony Martial 47'
10 Wayne Rooney 77'
12 Chris Smalling
17 Daley Blind
18 Ashley Young
21 Ander Herrera
28 Morgan Schneiderlin
31 Bastian Schweinsteiger
Substitutes
Matteo Darmian
45' for Jones
Paddy McNair
78' for Young
Michael Carrick
90' for Herrera

Swansea City Lineup

4-1-2-1-2
Starting XI
1 Lukasz Fabianski G
3 Neil Taylor LB
4 Ki Sung-Yueng LM
6 Ashley Williams CD-L
7 Leon Britton CM
10 André Ayew F
15 Wayne Routledge RF
22 Angel Rangel RB
23 Gylfi Sigurdsson LF ⚽
24 Jack Cork RM
33 Federico Fernández CD-R
Substitutes
2 Jordi Amat
13 Kristoffer Nordfeldt
18 Bafetimbi Gomis on
20 Jefferson Montero on
21 Matt Grimes
26 Kyle Naughton
58 Modou Barrow on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC
Louis van Gaal
Manchester United
OPP
Alan Curtis
Swansea City

Match Information

Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
Swansea City
4-1-2-1-2
Man Utd Swansea City
56%
Possession
44%
12
Shots
7
6
Shots on Target
4
4
Corners
2
14
Fouls
10
1
Offsides
0

United vs Swansea City History

Meeting 27 of 32
32
Played
16
Won
6
Drawn
10
Lost
54
Goals For
34
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 5th September 1931. After this match United had played Swansea City 27 times: 12W 5D 10L.
16 Aug 2014 L 1–2 PL 21 Feb 2015 L 1–2 PL 30 Aug 2015 L 1–2 PL
2 Jan 2016 W 2–1 This match
6 Nov 2016 W 3–1 PL 30 Apr 2017 D 1–1 PL 19 Aug 2017 W 4–0 PL
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 161132 311368.8
Away 16538 232131.3
All 32 meetings with Swansea City →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →