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Swansea City v Manchester United

1–4
HT 0–2
Saturday 17th August 2013 · Liberty Stadium · Att: 20,733

Manchester United beat Swansea City 4–1 at Liberty Stadium on Saturday 17th August 2013 in the Premiership. Robin van Persie (34', 72') and Danny Welbeck (35', 90'+2') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 3' Jose Canas
  3. 3' José Cañas
  4. 9' Antonio Valencia
  5. 34' Robin van Persie Assist: Ryan Giggs 0–1
  6. 35' Danny Welbeck Assist: Luis Antonio Valencia 0–2
  7. 40' Michael Carrick
  8. 45' Tom Cleverley
  9. Half Time 0–2
  10. 62' Wayne Rooney for Giggs
  11. 72' Robin van Persie Assist: Wayne Rooney 0–3
  12. 82' Wilfried Bony 1–3
  13. 86' Oliveira Anderson for van Persie
  14. 90+2' Danny Welbeck Assist: Wayne Rooney 1–4
  15. Full Time 1–4

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
1 David de Gea
3 Patrice Evra
4 Phil Jones
5 Rio Ferdinand
11 Ryan Giggs
15 Nemanja Vidic
16 Michael Carrick
19 Danny Welbeck 35', 90'+2
20 Robin van Persie 34', 72'
23 Tom Cleverley
25 Antonio Valencia
Substitutes
Wayne Rooney
62' for Giggs
Oliveira Anderson
86' for van Persie

Swansea City Lineup

4-2-3-1
Starting XI
1 Michel Vorm G
4 Chico CD-R
6 Ashley Williams CD-L
7 Leon Britton LM
8 Jonjo Shelvey AM
9 Michu F
12 Nathan Dyer AM-R
15 Wayne Routledge AM-L
21 José Cañas RM
22 Angel Rangel RB
33 Ben Davies LB
Substitutes
2 Jordi Amat
3 Neil Taylor
10 Wilfried Bony on ⚽
11 Pablo Hernández on
17 Ki Sung-Yueng on
24 Alejandro Pozuelo
25 Gerhard Tremmel

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

Managers

MUFC
David Moyes
Manchester United
OPP
Michael Laudrup
Swansea City

Match Information

Man Utd
4-4-2
Formation
Swansea City
4-2-3-1
Man Utd Swansea City
48%
Possession
52%
11
Shots
16
8
Shots on Target
7
4
Corners
7
10
Fouls
13
5
Offsides
2

United vs Swansea City History

Meeting 21 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 21 times: 10W 5D 6L.
6 May 2012 W 2–0 PL 23 Dec 2012 D 1–1 PL 12 May 2013 W 2–1 PL
17 Aug 2013 W 4–1 This match
5 Jan 2014 L 1–2 FAC 11 Jan 2014 W 2–0 PL 16 Aug 2014 L 1–2 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 →