Crystal Palace Look for Revenge as They Travel to Old Trafford for the Second Time in a Week

Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - 30/09/2023

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We have a full round of English Premier League fixtures to enjoy on the weekend, including the meeting between Manchester United and Crystal Palace.

The game will be played at Old Trafford on the 30th of September and the hosts are currently 9th in the table on 9 points while the visitors are one place below on 8 points.

Manchester United come into the match having defeated Crystal Palace 3-0 in the English Football League Cup on Tuesday night. The Red Devils were much the better team for most of the match and opened the scoring in the 21st minute.

It took Manchester United only 6 minutes to double their advantage and they scored their third early in the second half to progress to the next round.

The win over Crystal Palace in the EFC Cup came on the back of a 1-0 win at Burnley in the Premier League. The victory at Turf Moor ended a run of 3 straight defeats for Manchester United in all competitions.

The losses came against Arsenal away and Brighton at home in the Premier League plus Bayern Munich away in the Champions League.

Trends show Manchester United are unbeaten in 33 of their 34 most recent home matches in all competitions.

They have scored at least one goal in all their last 12 home games and there have been over 2.5 goals scored in each of Manchester United’s 3 most recent home fixtures.

Crystal Palace return to Old Trafford for the second time in a week having lost at the venue in the EFL Cup on Tuesday night.

The Eagles made several changes to their starting XI from the previous weekend and did not come close to matching Manchester United throughout the 90 minutes as they were eliminated from the competition.

The defeat at Old Trafford means Crystal Palace have failed to win any of their last 3 fixtures in all competitions. They lost 3-1 away to Aston Villa in the Premier League and were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Fulham last weekend, also in the league.

Trends show Crystal Palace are undefeated in 3 of their last 4 away Premier League matches. However, they have recorded just a single win in their last 6 league games on the road.

Both teams have scored in 3 of Crystal Palace’s 4 most recent away Premier League fixtures.

Team news and Manchester United will be without Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Luke Shaw, Kobbie Mainoo, Amad Diallo, and Tyrell Malacia due to injury.

Antony and Jadon Sancho are unavailable for selection but Lisandro Martínez and Sergio Reguilón could return to fitness.

Crystal Palace have a significant injury list including Naouirou Ahamada, Odsonne Edouard, Omotayo Adaramola, Matheus França, and Michael Olise. James Tomkins, Jefferson Lerma, and Nathan Ferguson could all be available.

Crystal Palace will need to improve significantly if they are to take anything from this game. They were comfortably beaten in midweek and although they should offer more of a fight in this match, it is going to be difficult.

We expect to see both teams scoring and for Manchester United to take maximum points.

Home team
Away team

Probability %

1X2

Pred

Correct score

Avg. goals

Weather conditions

Coef.

Score

Live
coef.

EPL

Manchester United Crystal Palace 30/09/2023 16:00

423820

1

2 - 1

3.04

12°

1.57

1.57 4.20 5.50 no no no

FT

0 - 1(0 - 1)

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