Manchester United vs Crystal Palace Match Preview


In this 22nd week match, on Saturday Feb 4th, Manchester United will play host to Crystal Palace in a clash of these two mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Manchester United sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Reading. Casemiro scored the first goal for Manchester United in the 54th minute, then Casemiro added another in the 58th minute on a feed from Fred. Manchester United is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while crystal Palace sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Newcastle United. Neither Crystal Palace nor Newcastle United could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 16 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Crystal Palace is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.

Crystal Palace and Manchester United last played eachother at the Selhurst Park on the 18th of January. Crystal Palace and Manchester United battled to a 1-1 draw. Bruno Fernandes struck first for Manchester United in the 43rd minute, but Michael Olise got the equalizer for Crystal Palace in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning Crystal Palace at least a draw.

Odsonne Édouard and Michael Olise are the top scorers for Crystal Palace in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Marcus Rashford has been the most prolific scorer on Manchester United in the last five matches with 3 goals

Christian Eriksen, Casemiro and Tyrell Malacia are unavailable to play for Erik ten Hag’s team, while Patrick Vieira’s squad will be without Joachim Andersen, James McArthur and Nathan Ferguson.