Man Utd vs Swansea - FA Premier League - Kick-off - 15:00 - SkySp PL

Bret Hart

TEAM NEWS

Manchester United trio Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones and Ander Herrera are in contention to face Swansea but Ashley Young is a doubt with a knee problem.

Midfielder Scott McTominay is set to be available despite suffering a calf injury on international duty but Daley Blind remains sidelined.

Swansea have no fresh injury concerns for the trip to Old Trafford.

Jordan Ayew serves the second game of a three-match ban, while Renato Sanches and Angel Rangel remain out.

WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho: "I spoke with him (Carlos Carvalhal)last night - he said I was the king of the coaches, not the king of football. But I speak with Carlos a couple of times every week. This week was not different.

"So last night we spoke a little and I thanked him for his nice words because one thing is to think, and one thing is to say."

Swansea City manager Carlos Carvalhal on Mourinho: "He is an inspiration, our king of football. He opened the door for me to see training at Real Madrid and Chelsea and there might be similarities in methodology.

"But I don't follow what he's doing and he would be frustrated with me if I follow him. We have our own ideas.

"For this game 99.99% of people will see [United] as favourites. But the 0.01% - me and my team - think we can achieve points."

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

United have beaten Swansea in South Wales twice this season without conceding a goal - a 4-0 league win in August and October's 2-0 League Cup victory.

The Swans have avoided defeat in three of their last five games at Old Trafford (W2, D1).

Manchester United have scored in all 15 of their home matches against Swansea.

Manchester United

They have won three consecutive league fixtures by a single-goal margin, coming from behind in two of those victories.

United have scored a joint league-high 18 goals from set pieces this season - level with Manchester City.

Their tally of 15 clean sheets is unsurpassed, and matched only by neighbours City.

Jose Mourinho has never lost a game against Swansea, winning seven and drawing two.

Romelu Lukaku is one goal shy of becoming the 28th player - and first Belgian - to score 100 Premier League goals.

Paul Pogba has scored in both of his Premier League appearances against Swansea.

Swansea City

Swansea have lost just one of their last eight league matches (W4, D3).

They have only suffered one defeat in eight away games in all competitions since Carlos Carvalhal took charge (W1, D6).

However, the Swans have earned only two points out of a possible 21 in away fixtures this season against teams currently in the top half of the table.

Their tally of 235 shots this season is a Premier League low.

Prediction : 2-1

Bret Hart

Manchester United XI: De Gea,Valencia,Lindelof, Smalling,Young,Matic,Pogba,Mata,Lingard, Alexis,Lukaku.

Subs: J. Pereira,Bailly,Shaw,Herrera, McTominay,Martial,Rashford.

Swansea City XI: Fabianski,Van Der Hoorn, Mawson,Fernandez,Olsson,Naughton,Clucas, King,Ki,Dyer, A Ayew

Subs: Nordfeldt,Abraham,Narsingh,Carroll, Routledge,Bartley,Roberts

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This could be a cricket score the way this game has started.

Utd playing some lovely stuff.

Agent Coulson

Bret Hart on a one poster mission to keep the match thread alive on Boards.ie.

Mars Bar

Ayew did similar to lindelof earlier

Mars Bar

Sánchez with a great kick at fresh air :pac:

Bret Hart

Need too grab a third too kill this game off.

blueser

Bret Hart wrote: »

Need too grab a third too kill this game off.

Behave. They could be out there until midnight and Swansea wouldn't score twice.

Mars Bar

:eek:

Unearthly

Comfortable win.

Bret Hart

Very good football in the 1st half. 2nd half was
ok. Alexis with his best game in a Utd shirt.