Bafetimbi Gomis performs his panther celebration after scoring his eighth goal for Swansea City in his last nine Premier League games.
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Venue: Liberty Stadium Date: Sunday, 30 August |
TEAM NEWS
Ki Sung-yeung could come back into the Swansea starting line-up, having proved his fitness with 81 minutes of League Cup action in midweek.
That is likely to be Garry Monk's only selection quandary, with no other injury concerns in the squad.
Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini is available having served his three-match league suspension.
Marcos Rojo may come back into the squad but Phil Jones will miss out again with mild thrombosis.
MOTD COMMENTATOR’S NOTES
Guy Mowbray: "Louis van Gaal's 50th match as Manchester United boss comes against the same opposition as his first and which has inflicted two of his 10 defeats so far.
"Game 49 couldn't have gone better for him or Wayne Rooney, whose hat-trick in Bruges showed up any doubts about his striker role as nonsense. Sir Alex Ferguson said more than once that Rooney gets his goals in bursts.
"United must beware Bafetimbi Gomis, who has been enjoying his own burst of goals since the end of last season when asked to step into the void left by the departure of Wilfried Bony.
"Garry Monk's men are looking good. This should be a very good game."
Twitter: @Guymowbray
WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY
Swansea City manager Garry Monk: "It's always very difficult when you face the big clubs," he said. They (United) have added a lot of quality and depth to their squad and have world-class players.
"We are the underdogs, but we're at home and we want to put on a performance in front of our own fans.
"There is plenty of motivation for the players after our two wins last season and we'll use that going into this game. We will probably have to produce our best performance of the season so far to come away with the result."
LAWRO’S PREDICTION
Defensively, United have been really good so far and that is one of their strengths, but I think Swansea have got the tools to beat them.
Lawro's full predictions v Olympic gold medallist Darren Campbell.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Swansea City won both Premier League meetings last season. They were the only team to do the league double against United in 2014-15.
- Swansea have won three of the last four meetings with United in all competitions, all by a 2-1 scoreline.
- Manchester United have won only two of their 12 league matches at Swansea (D3, L7).
Swansea City
- Swansea haven't won successive home Premier League games since November 2014.
- The Swans could remain unbeaten in their opening four matches of a top-flight season for the first time.
- Swansea have won only one of their last 12 Premier League home matches played on a Sunday (D5, L6).
- Bafetimbi Gomis has scored eight goals in his last nine Premier League games for Swansea.
- Gomis could become the first Swansea player to score in each of their opening four games of a Premier League season.
- Jonjo Shelvey has created 13 goal scoring chances so far this season, which is more than any other player in the Premier League.
Manchester United
- Manchester United have failed to score in three of their last five Premier League away games.
- United have scored more than once in only one of their last nine Premier League matches, the 2-1 win at Palace on 9 May.
- Only once before have Manchester United started a Premier League season with four clean sheets (1997-98).
- The Red Devils have only allowed their opponents five shots on target in the Premier League this season, which is fewer than any other side.
- Wayne Rooney has now gone nine Premier League games without scoring. Only once in his Premier League career has he gone 10 games without a goal (between August and December 2003 while at Everton).
- Sergio Romero has started his Premier League career with three clean sheets – the last goalkeeper to keep four in his first four Premier League appearances was Anders Lindegaard in 2011.