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Swansea City v Manchester United

1–1
HT 1–1
Sunday 23rd December 2012 · Liberty Stadium · Att: 20,650

Manchester United drew 1–1 with Swansea City at Liberty Stadium on Sunday 23rd December 2012 in the Premiership. Patrice Evra (16') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 16' Patrice Evra Assist: Robin van Persie 0–1
  3. 27' Phil Jones
  4. 28' Michu 1–1
  5. Half Time 1–1
  6. 59' Chico
  7. 61' Javier Hernandez for Valencia
  8. 69' Wayne Rooney
  9. 76' Ashley Williams
  10. 77' Robin van Persie
  11. 78' Ryan Giggs for Rooney
  12. 85' Paul Scholes for Cleverley
  13. 90' Paul Scholes
  14. Full Time 1–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
1 David de Gea
3 Patrice Evra 16'
4 Phil Jones
6 Jonny Evans
7 Antonio Valencia
10 Wayne Rooney
15 Nemanja Vidic
16 Michael Carrick
18 Ashley Young
20 Robin van Persie
23 Tom Cleverley
Substitutes
Javier Hernandez
61' for Valencia
Ryan Giggs
78' for Rooney
Paul Scholes
85' for Cleverley

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
9 Michu F ⚽
12 Nathan Dyer AM-R
15 Wayne Routledge AM-L
20 Jonathan de Guzmán RCF
21 Dwight Tiendalli RB
26 Kemy Agustien RM
33 Ben Davies LB
Substitutes
10 Danny Graham
16 Garry Monk
17 Etey Shechter on
19 Luke Moore on
24 Ki Sung-Yueng on
25 Gerhard Tremmel
29 Jazz Richards

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

Managers

MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Michael Laudrup
Swansea City

Match Information

Man Utd
4-4-1-1
Formation
Swansea City
4-2-3-1
Man Utd Swansea City
60%
Possession
40%
21
Shots
13
13
Shots on Target
9
6
Corners
3
16
Fouls
12
0
Offsides
2

United vs Swansea City History

Meeting 19 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 19 times: 8W 5D 6L.
7 May 1983 W 2–1 D1 19 Nov 2011 W 1–0 PL 6 May 2012 W 2–0 PL
23 Dec 2012 D 1–1 This match
12 May 2013 W 2–1 PL 17 Aug 2013 W 4–1 PL 5 Jan 2014 L 1–2 FAC
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 →