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Swansea City

vs Sheffield United. Sky Bet Championship.

3: 00pm, Saturday 16th August 2025.

Swansea. com Stadium Attendance: Attendance15, 816.

Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Swansea City and Sheffield United at the Swansea. com Stadium on Saturday; Ronald seals narrow win for Swans as pressure piles on Blades and Ruben Selles. Saturday 16 August 2025 19: 27, UK Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Brazilian forward Ronald condemned Sheffield United to a third successive defeat as Swansea claimed a 1-0 Championship win. Ronaldo struck in the 66th minute to give the home side a deserved victory against opponents who lacked any threat. Swansea were energised by second-half substitutes Melker Widell and Zeidane Inoussa and Ronald linked up with the former to score the only goal of the game. New Blades boss Ruben Selles has now started his reign with a hat-trick of losses and his docile team clearly needs strengthening. Both clubs were striving to recover from opening-day defeats a week ago. Swansea had lost 1-0 at Middlesbrough, while United's 4-1 home defeat to Bristol City was quickly followed by a Carabao Cup exit at the hands of Birmingham. The Blades looked vulnerable in the opening period, which was dominated by Swansea, with debutant Malick Yalcouye, a loan signing from Brighton earlier in the week, at the heart of their efforts in midfield.

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After the home side saw a first-minute effort from Josh Tymon whistle past a post, the best opportunity of the half fell to Yalcouye. The Ivory Coast Under-23 international collided with Djibril Soumare but recovered quickly to race towards goal. But Yalcouye delayed his shot, which was blocked, before Ronald's follow-up was saved by Michael Cooper. The Swans also had chances from headers from Liam Cullen and Cameron Burgess but were unable to take them. Selles cut a frustrated figure on the touchline but the Spaniard would have been more satisfied with the way his team finished the first half. They applied some concerted pressure, with Louie Barry twice able to get behind Swansea's defence, although his cutbacks lacked accuracy. A shot from Harrison Burrows was deflected for a United corner as the visitors ended the first half on top. It was Swansea, however, who seized back the initiative after the break and looked the more likely team to go ahead. A shot from Cullen was blocked in the Blades' goalmouth and, after the ball pin-balled around the penalty area, Burgess drove in an effort that appeared to strike an arm. Swansea's appeals for a penalty were turned down, however, but in the 66th minute they did break the deadlock. Ronald started a rapid counter-attack from halfway and then found substitute Widell. The Swede tried to thread the ball into the box, but instead it fell invitingly back to Ronald, who clipped a right-footed shot past a diving Cooper from 20 yards. Moments later Widell had a chance to make it 2-0 but poked his effort just wide of the far post. United sent on Tom Cannon and Andre Brooks to try and salvage something late on, but Swansea held firm. Swansea's Alan Sheehan: "I am really pleased. The only critical thing we can say again is not being more clinical and putting the game to bed. "This was a team that was one game away from the Premier League. The stature of the club is big, so to go toe-to-toe and come out on top deservingly is great. "My only criticism is that it wasn't by more. But to limit a team like that, with the quality they have, to zero shots on target shows a good defensive structure. " Sheffield United's Ruben Selles: "We need to find our platform, but it's the nature of football. "We know how it works and I can ask them to be calm. But they are going to tell me, probably, 'F*** off' - something like that, no? "It's how you say in English? Sorry for my English, but I didn't know any better way to express that one. "We are going to be honest, we are going to work hard, we are going to persist in what we do and we are going to give it our absolute 100 per cent. "At some point the situation will turn and we will start to win football matches. That's as much as I can say, but everyone is free to feel what they want to feel. " The £250, 000 is up for grabs with Super 6, and as always it is completely free to play. Entries by 3pm Saturday.

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