Match Preview

Swansea City and Manchester United have made differing starts to the new Premier League campaign and while the EFL Cup will prove a welcome distraction for the hosts, for Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United side, it is a competition they could perhaps do without. Swansea sit 15th in the table, having lost 2-1 at home to Leicester City on Saturday. They have won just two games this term, and only one of those wins came at home, where they have struggled. Swansea City won 4-0 at MK Dons and 2-0 at Reading to reach the last 16.

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In contrast, Manchester United are on something of a roll. They maintained their 100% record in the Champions League with a 1-0 win at Benfica and sit second in the Premier League despite losing 2-1 at Huddersfield on Saturday. United have already beaten Swansea City in the league this season, scoring three goals in four second-half minutes to win 4-0 at the Liberty Stadium in August.

Our Swansea City vs Manchester United preview suggests that the visitors, despite fielding a weakened side, will progress to the next round, as the hosts continue to struggle at home. We also highlight in our Swansea City vs Manchester United predictions that United have an unhappy knack of conceding against the Welsh side and given their makeshift side, they may well be a little unsteady at the back.

Swansea City vs Manchester United Prediction and Betting Advice

Swansea have managed to score goals away from home, as their two previous EFL Cup wins prove. Yet goals have been in short supply in the Premier League, as the Swans have failed to register in five of their opening nine games, including their first two at home.

Manchester United have had no such trouble, netting in all but one of their road games (at Liverpool last week) including at Huddersfield on Saturday. Mourinho is looking to make a few changes to the side that lost at the John Smith’s Stadium and that may put a little pressure on the Red Devils defensively. United are expected to win and the odds are a little too restrictive to be confident. Better, perhaps, to put faith in a historical trend that has seen both sides find the net in 10 of their last 12 meetings and five of the last six meetings in Swansea.

United have scored at least once in their last seven trips to Swansea City. With such strong trends, perhaps, it is one of the best Swansea City vs Manchester United betting tips that both sides will find the net. Betfred offer massive value in this market and they should be taken up on their generous double-your-money odds.

Trying to predict the amount of goals and the correct outcome may be getting a little greedy, yet given Manchester United’s current form, there is a bit of value in this market. Four goals were scored in five of the United’s first nine Premier League games and while only two games involving Swansea City saw three goals or more scored, history and soccer predictions show this is a fixture that invariably delivers the goods.

No less than nine of the last 11 meetings between the Swans and Red Devils yielded three goals or more, including this season’s league meeting at the Liberty. Furthermore, the last five meetings in Swansea all yielded three goals or more. This looks a trend to follow.

At the current EFL Cup odds and given the current form that Manchester United are in, backing both the visitors to win and for there to be over 2.5 goals in the game appears a fair combination bet. In fact, this appears to provide one of the better Swansea City vs Manchester United bets on offer. Ladbrokes offer a shade of odds-against and this looks a little too big to ignore.