Week 38 brings us a match on May 22nd where Manchester United and Crystal Palace will play a match in London in a Premier League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 13th placed Crystal Palace, recorded a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins struck first for Aston Villa in the 69th minute, then in the 81st minute, Marc Guehi sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jeffrey Schlupp earning Crystal Palace a comeback draw. Crystal Palace is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Manchester United, recorded a 0-4 loss against Brighton & Hove Albion. Moisés Caicedo Corozo struck first for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 15th minute, then Cucurella added another in the 49th minute on a feed from Leandro Trossard In the end, Manchester United was frustrated by Brighton & Hove Albion’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Brighton & Hove Albion ended the match with the shutout victory. Manchester United is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
Crystal Palace and Manchester United last played eachother at the Old Trafford on the 5th of December. Manchester United was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Fred scored the first goal for Manchester United in the 77th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Crystal Palace was frustrated by Manchester United’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Manchester United ended the match with the shutout victory.
Manchester United’s most prolific scorer has been Cristiano Ronaldo. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Wilfried Zaha has been the most prolific scorer on Crystal Palace in the last 5 matches with 2 goals
Patrick Vieira’s squad will be without James Tomkins, James McArthur, Michael Olise and Nathan Ferguson, while Manchester United will be without Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba, Mason Greenwood, Eric Bailly and Luke Shaw.