Football preview: Home fans have high expectations when Manchester United greet Crystal Palace

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 30.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

Closing in on the top teams is the subject when these two mid-table teams fight it out. Both will be targeting to better their league table standing, Manchester United in 9th and Crystal Palace in 10th position.

Insights:
  • Manchester United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Crystal Palace have scored in all their away matches so far.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for United and Crystal Palace.

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Manchester United form and stats

Manchester United have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Premier League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

Manchester United's previous fixture was a Carabao Cup game also played at their own stadium, ending 3-0 against Crystal Palace. The home team hope to to repeat that performance. Midfield player Casemiro got a match rating of 9.02 in that game, the max score being 10. Casemiro scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 100 successful passes (of 113 total).

Before that match, a Premier League win away at Burnley.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Galatasaray are coming to town in three days.

The United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Manchester United have conceded 5 from these games.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

Things could have gone better for Crystal Palace in their Premier League away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.

Two away games in a row for Crystal Palace, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 vs Manchester United in the Carabao Cup.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Fulham.

4 goals have been conceded by Crystal Palace in these games.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Crystal PalaceO. Édouard
O. Édouard
4 goals
Manchester UnitedB. Fernandes
B. Fernandes
2 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
1 goals

Manchester United missing players

Crystal Palace missing players

Manchester United Crystal Palace
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 3 6
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
7 5 3 Scored S 1 3 6
10 5 2 Conceded C 1 4 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 50%
50% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 33%
50% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 33%
17% 33% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 50%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
6.8 9 11 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.3 3.5
6.2 3.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.7 4.8
2.7 2.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 15.7 18 Shots (avg) S ( 15 15 13.7
4.8 5.3 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.3 5.3
24% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 19% 19%
 
14.7 14 9 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12 12
5.7 6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2.3 3.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Crystal Palace have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Crystal Palace have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Manchester United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Manchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 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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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.