Match Preview: Swansea vs Manchester United

James. M
Aug 17, 2017
2 min read

We are back in action this time on Saturday lunchtime with an early trip to South Wales to face a Sigurdson-less Swansea side looking for their first goal and win of the season.

It's a feel-good mood especially after the 4-0 drubbing of West Ham in our first game of the season, highlighted by a Lukaku double and Matic's master class.

In what will be our first away game this season, United will be buoyed by the fact that we were able to turn chances into goals at the weekend and also that we comfortably beat Swansea in our last meeting.

The match starts at 2:30 EAT and will be broadcast live on SkySports in the UK, but worry not, we have a link you can access all those channels: http://cricfree.sc/football-live-stream

Latest team news?

Well, Jose Mourinho is a happy man with all his stars fully fit and ready to fire with only the exception of long-term absentees Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo and Ashley Young who are back in light training.

We can expect to see Ander Herrera make his first start after missing out last weekend but it remains to be seen how Jose will want to line up away from home.

Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan can also expect to see some more playing time after their heroics at the weekend, but the boss will provide hint during his press conference on Friday.

Swansea City will be boosted by the return of their leading goalscorer last season in the shape of Spaniard Fernando Llorente.

The Swans will have to do without Ki-Sung and Nathan Dier who are still injured, while their star man Icelandic midfielder Sigurdson has already left the club for Everton.

Last match against Swansea?

It was a one-sided affair in our last meeting where United put three past Swansea at the Liberty Stadium courtesy of a wonderful Paul Pogba volley and a Zlatan Ibrahimovic double.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was on target twice at the Liberty Stadium last season

In the return fixture at Old Trafford, United was left to rue missed chances as Sigurdson's late free-kick salvaged a 1-1 draw for the Welsh side.

John Moss will be the referee on the day. He hasn't officiated a United game since the 2-1 loss at Tottenham last May.

What's the weekend other matches?

As always, there's a full programme across the weekend from Saturday to Monday as the Premier League season continues.

Here's the fixture list:

Saturday 19 August (5:00 PM EAT unless stated otherwise)

Bournemouth v Watford Burnley v West Bromwich Albion Leicester City v Brighton Liverpool v Crystal Palace West Ham United v Southampton Stoke City v Arsenal (7:30)