English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 16, 2014
Swansea City WLWWW 2
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Manchester United WWDWW 1
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SWA112
MAN011
Old Trafford · 75,339 att.

Match Report

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Van Gaal suffers nightmare start

Manchester United began their season with a whimper as Gylfi Sigurdsson gate-crashed Louis van Gaal's Premier League bow at Old Trafford.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
14
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
40.4
Possession
59.6
5
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
5
0.8
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
307
Accurate Passes
482
383
Passes
558
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
4
9
Crosses
28
0.2
Cross %
0.1
60
Long Balls
65
28
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
4
19
Effective Tackles
13
19
Tackles
13
1.0
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
35
Effective Clearances
12
35
Clearances
12

Head to Head

MAN leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MAN · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 12Chris SmallingCD
  3. 42Tyler BlackettCD-L
  4. 4Phil JonesCD-R
  5. 21Ander HerreraCM-L
  6. 24Darren FletcherCM-R
  7. 8Juan MataAM
  8. 18Ashley YoungLM
  9. 35Jesse LingardRM
  10. 10Wayne RooneyCF-L
  11. 14Javier HernándezCF-R

SWA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 6Ashley WilliamsCD-L
  3. 2Jordi AmatCD-R
  4. 3Neil TaylorLB
  5. 22Angel RangelRB
  6. 23Gylfi SigurdssonAM
  7. 8Jonjo ShelveyLM
  8. 4Ki Sung-YuengRM
  9. 10Wilfried BonyF
  10. 15Wayne RoutledgeAM-L
  11. 12Nathan DyerAM-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Substitution, Manchester United. Adnan Januzaj replaces Jesse Lingard because of an injury.
  2. 26' Nathan Dyer (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 28' Goal! Manchester United 0, Swansea City 1. Ki Sung-Yueng (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gylfi Sigurdsson.
  4. 45' Substitution, Manchester United. Nani replaces Javier Hernández.
  5. 48' Neil Taylor (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 53' Goal! Manchester United 1, Swansea City 1. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  7. 53' Substitution, Swansea City. Dwight Tiendalli replaces Neil Taylor.
  8. 54' Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 67' Substitution, Swansea City. Jefferson Montero replaces Nathan Dyer.
  10. 67' Substitution, Manchester United. Marouane Fellaini replaces Ander Herrera.
  11. 72' Goal! Manchester United 1, Swansea City 2. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wayne Routledge.
  12. 77' Substitution, Swansea City. Bafétimbi Gomis replaces Wilfried Bony.
  13. 82' Ki Sung-Yueng (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 83' Tyler Blackett (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 86' Ashley Young (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Premier League News

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