Squad sheets: Swansea City v Manchester United

Manchester United welcome back the fit-again midfielder Ashley Young for their trip to Swansea
  
  


This promises to be a fascinating fixture. Swansea are unbeaten at home in the Premier League and have conceded only one goal in 450 minutes of football at the Liberty Stadium but the visit of Manchester United represents the first major test on their own patch. United will be boosted by the return of Ashley Young but Danny Welbeck joins Michael Owen, Tom Cleverley and Chris Smalling on the sidelines. Brendan Rodgers must decide whether to restore the fit-again Scott Sinclair to a team that has enjoyed more possession than United this season. Stuart James

Venue Liberty Stadium, Saturday 5.30pm

Tickets Sold out

Last season n/a

Referee Mike Dean

This season's matches 8 Y28, R1, 3.62 cards per game

Odds Swansea 7-1 Manchester Utd 6-11 Draw 10-3

Swansea

Subs from Moreira, Tremmel, Bodde, Orlandi, Dobbie, Routledge, Cotterill, Lita, Moore, Bessone, Agustien, Richards, Moras

Doubtful Dobbie (ankle), Sinclair (hamstring)

Injured Caulker (knee, 27 Nov), Tate (broken leg, Jan)

Suspended None

Form guide DWDLWL

Disciplinary record Y16 R0

Leading scorer Graham 4

Manchester Utd

Subs from Amos, Lindegaard, Evans, Diouf, Fryers, F da Silva, R da Silva, Giggs, Berbatov, Valencia, Gibson, Anderson

Doubtful F da Silva (calf), R da Silva (thigh)

Injured Smalling (foot, 26 Nov), Welbeck (hamstring, 26 Nov), Cleverley (ankle, Jan), Owen (thigh, Jan)

Suspended None

Form guide WWLDWD

Disciplinary record Y15 R1

Leading scorer Rooney 9

Match pointers

• Theses sides have met 16 times in all competitions and none of those matches have ended with an away win

• United are the only team in the division who have not had a single player start all of their games this season

• Swansea have let in fewer goals at home (one) than any other side in the top flight

• Only in 1993-94 and 2006-07 did United have more points after 11 games than they do this season

• After failing to score in his first five appearances, Danny Graham has since scored four times in his last five games

 

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