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Manchester United v Swansea City

1–2
HT 0–1
Saturday 16th August 2014 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,339

Manchester United lost 1–2 to Swansea City at Old Trafford on Saturday 16th August 2014 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (53') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 24' Adnan Januzaj for Lingard
  3. 26' Nathan Dyer
  4. 28' Ki Sung-yueng 0–1
  5. 45' Luis Nani for Hernandez
  6. Half Time 0–1
  7. 48' Neil Taylor
  8. 53' Wayne Rooney 1–1
  9. 54' Jonjo Shelvey
  10. 67' Marouane Fellaini for Herrera
  11. 72' Gylfi Sigurdsson Assist: Wayne Routledge 1–2
  12. 82' Ki Sung-Yueng
  13. 82' Sung-Yueng Ki
  14. 83' Tyler Blackett
  15. 86' Ashley Young
  16. Full Time 1–2

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
1 David de Gea
4 Phil Jones
8 Juan Mata
10 Wayne Rooney 53'
12 Chris Smalling
14 Javier Hernandez
18 Ashley Young
21 Ander Herrera
24 Darren Fletcher
35 Jesse Lingard
42 Tyler Blackett
Substitutes
Adnan Januzaj
24' for Lingard
Luis Nani
45' for Hernandez
Marouane Fellaini
67' for Herrera

Swansea City Lineup

4-2-3-1
Starting XI
1 Lukasz Fabianski G
2 Jordi Amat CD-R
3 Neil Taylor LB
4 Ki Sung-Yueng RM ⚽
6 Ashley Williams CD-L
8 Jonjo Shelvey LM
10 Wilfried Bony F
12 Nathan Dyer AM-R
15 Wayne Routledge AM-L
22 Angel Rangel RB
23 Gylfi Sigurdsson AM ⚽
Substitutes
18 Bafetimbi Gomis on
19 Dwight Tiendalli on
20 Jefferson Montero on
25 Gerhard Tremmel
27 Kyle Bartley
29 Jazz Richards
30 Josh Sheehan

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

Managers

MUFC
Louis van Gaal
Manchester United
OPP
Garry Monk
Swansea City

Match Information

Man Utd
3-4-1-2
Formation
Swansea City
4-2-3-1
Man Utd Swansea City
58%
Possession
42%
10
Shots
5
5
Shots on Target
4
4
Corners
0
14
Fouls
20
1
Offsides
1

United vs Swansea City History

Meeting 24 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 24 times: 11W 5D 8L.
17 Aug 2013 W 4–1 PL 5 Jan 2014 L 1–2 FAC 11 Jan 2014 W 2–0 PL
16 Aug 2014 L 1–2 This match
21 Feb 2015 L 1–2 PL 30 Aug 2015 L 1–2 PL 2 Jan 2016 W 2–1 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 →