Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Manchester United & Crystal Palace face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Manchester United nor Crystal Palace as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Manchester United form and stats
Last season, United went all the way and won Carabao Cup. Will they do the same again this year? Crystal Palace will try their best to defeat the reigning champions.Manchester United must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Premier League games here at Old Trafford.
Happy days for Manchester United in their previous game, a fixture away at Burnley that ended with a 1-0 victory. Onana, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.75 out of 10 in that game. Onana topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Bayern München in the Champions League.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Manchester United, as the Premier League home game vs Crystal Palace is only four days away.
A decent goal production from Manchester United in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. United have conceded 5 from these games.
Crystal Palace form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Plymouth Argyle in order to reach 3rd round of Carabao Cup. Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Crystal Palace are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Crystal Palace's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Fulham that finished 0-0. Goalkeeper Johnstone got the top player rating of the team with 8.23/10. Johnstone topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 1-3 defeat away at Aston Villa before that.The schedule is very tough for Crystal Palace now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Manchester United is waiting in only four days.
As opposed to that, Palace have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Manchester United-Crystal Palace H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Manchester United five wins, Crystal Palace three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  O. Édouard 4 goals |   B. Fernandes 2 goals |  M. Rashford 1 goals |
Manchester United missing players
Crystal Palace missing players
| Manchester United | Crystal Palace | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 35 | 24 | Scored | S | 21 | 41 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 27% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| 12.8 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Fulham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Brentford | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Chelsea | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Everton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Luton Town | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 1 |
| 19 | Burnley | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -9 | 1 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -12 | 1 |
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