Manchester United vs Crystal Palace preview: Away team in for a strenuous task at Old Trafford

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 05.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

Manchester United are all set for a new challenge after their 3-2 against Arsenal last time. Crystal Palace are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Manchester United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

United have less rest than Crystal Palace in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Arsenal, was also a home game here at Old Trafford. The away team is better rested.

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Manchester United form and stats

Manchester United have played 7 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

United's last game was hosting Arsenal (placed 5th) and winning 3-2. The striker Cristiano Ronaldo was declared "man of the match" for United with a rating of 8.45/10. Ronaldo scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Before that, United played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Chelsea.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for United, as the Champions League home game vs Young Boys is only three days away.

The United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Manchester United defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

Crystal Palace have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-3-3 (7 played).

There might be some fixture complaints from Palace as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Premier League match against Leeds United (0-1). Late heartbreak for Palace in the Leeds United match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime. Defender Tyrick Mitchell was the best team player with a rating of 7.33. Mitchell won 10 of 14 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Aston Villa.

Palace have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Palace have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Manchester United wins - draws - Crystal Palace wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedC. Ronaldo
C. Ronaldo
6 goals
Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
5 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Greenwood
M. Greenwood
4 goals

Manchester United missing players

Crystal Palace missing players

Manchester United Crystal Palace
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 0 7 14
6 3 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 3 7
5 3 1 Lost L 0 3 4
24 13 0 Scored S 0 9 19
24 13 1 Conceded C 0 14 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 93%
86% 86% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 86% 86%
57% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 71% 57%
43% 57% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 29%
43% 57% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
64% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 50%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 29%
21% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 29%
 
5.1 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.4 4
6 4.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.1 5.3
2.4 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.6 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.6 15.6 28 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 11
5.1 5.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.4 3.6
34% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 38%
 
14.4 13.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16.1 12.1
4.9 4.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.9 4.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Crystal Palace haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Manchester United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chelsea 14 10 3 1 33 6 7 4 2 1 18 4 7 6 1 0 15 2 27 33
2 Manchester City 14 10 2 2 29 8 7 5 1 1 17 3 7 5 1 1 12 5 21 32
3 Liverpool 14 9 4 1 43 12 7 4 3 0 18 5 7 5 1 1 25 7 31 31
4 West Ham United 14 7 3 4 25 17 7 3 2 2 13 10 7 4 1 2 12 7 8 24
5 Arsenal 14 7 2 5 17 20 7 5 1 1 12 6 7 2 1 4 5 14 -3 23
6 Tottenham Hotspur 13 7 1 5 13 17 7 5 0 2 8 8 6 2 1 3 5 9 -4 22
7 Manchester United 14 6 3 5 24 24 7 3 1 3 13 13 7 3 2 2 11 11 0 21
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 6 3 5 12 12 7 3 1 3 5 6 7 3 2 2 7 6 0 21
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 14 4 7 3 13 15 7 2 3 2 6 8 7 2 4 1 7 7 -2 19
10 Leicester City 14 5 4 5 22 25 7 3 1 3 11 12 7 2 3 2 11 13 -3 19
11 Crystal Palace 14 3 7 4 19 20 7 2 4 1 10 6 7 1 3 3 9 14 -1 16
12 Brentford 14 4 4 6 17 19 7 2 1 4 8 9 7 2 3 2 9 10 -2 16
13 Aston Villa 14 5 1 8 19 23 7 3 1 3 12 10 7 2 0 5 7 13 -4 16
14 Everton 14 4 3 7 17 24 7 3 1 3 11 12 7 1 2 4 6 12 -7 15
15 Leeds United 14 3 6 5 13 20 7 2 3 2 7 9 7 1 3 3 6 11 -7 15
16 Southampton 14 3 6 5 13 20 7 2 4 1 7 6 7 1 2 4 6 14 -7 15
17 Watford 14 4 1 9 19 26 7 2 1 4 9 14 7 2 0 5 10 12 -7 13
18 Burnley 13 1 7 5 14 20 6 1 3 2 8 8 7 0 4 3 6 12 -6 10
19 Norwich City 14 2 4 8 8 28 7 1 2 4 5 11 7 1 2 4 3 17 -20 10
20 Newcastle United 14 0 7 7 16 30 7 0 4 3 11 17 7 0 3 4 5 13 -14 7

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.