Manchester United vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Red Devils host Eagles for second time in five days – kick-off time, team news and how to follow
Manchester United welcome Crystal Palace to Old Trafford for the second time in five days on Saturday afternoon.
The two sides met in the Carabao Cup in midweek, with the hosts coming away 3-0 winners to progress through to the fourth round.
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That win made it two in a row in all competitions for United who have needed some positivity, and now they have the chance to keep building some form.
Erik ten Hag’s side are ninth in the Premier League after a poor start to the season but can move themselves up the table with another victory.
They take on the Eagles who have experienced a mixed start to the campaign and Roy Hodgson will be out for revenge after the cup defeat.
Manchester United vs Crystal Palace: How to follow
This Premier League clash will take place on Saturday, September 30.
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Kick-off at Old Trafford is scheduled for 3pm.
Unfortunately, the game will not be broadcast live on TV in the UK due to the 3pm blackout rule.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace: Team news
Ten Hag fielded a much-changed team in midweek, meaning his first-team players will be fit to start this weekend.
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Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes didn’t play a single minute to allow Hannibal Mejbri and Alejandro Garnacho some game time.
Mason Mount returned from injury and played 45 minutes while Sofyan Amrabat made his full debut, filling in at left-back and impressing.
However, Luke Shaw, Tyrell Malacia, Aaron Wan-Bisska, Lisandro Martinez, Antony and Jadon Sancho remain out of action.
As for Palace, they also gave minutes to fringe players on Tuesday with stars Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi coming off the bench.
New summer signing Rob Holding made his debut and so did Dean Henderson, but his first start was cut short by injury.
He will now join Michael Olise, Matheus Franca, James Tomkins and Jefferson Lerma on the sidelines.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace: What has been said?
Amrabat starred for United in the Carabao Cup in midweek and manager Ten Hag has been speaking about his new signing.
He said: "Sofyan is a player - and that is one of the reasons we signed him - where the team needs him, he will play and he can play in more positions.
"Every player has his best position but he gives a certain dynamic in the game. We have seen today but also for him and many players, we just started.
"That process was a little bit interrupted by the many injuries we have because when you can play a long time with the same team then you get routines, the players learn each other and it's more automatic.
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“You see Mason [Mount], Amrabat, you see also others, they can contribute to our game and they will do."
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace: Match facts
- Manchester United rank 12th for possession in the Premier League this season (48%), with this season the only one that Opta has on record since 2003-04 in which they are averaging less than 50%. With exactly 400 successful passes per game, this is their lowest such average since 2007-08 (369 per game).
- Crystal Palace are one of two teams, along with Luton, yet to score in the first half of a Premier League game this season, attempting 35 shots without success. In 2023 overall, the Eagles have only scored six times in the first half in 28 league games, with half of those coming against West Ham in April (3-2 at HT).
- Manchester United have conceded five goals in their last two home Premier League matches (two vs Nottingham Forest, three vs Brighton), only one fewer than in their previous 17 such home games combined (6). The Red Devils have only conceded 2+ goals in three home games in a row twice before in the competition, doing so in runs ending in March 2014 and December 2021.
- Crystal Palace have had just 13 shots in their last two Premier League games (six vs Aston Villa, seven vs Fulham), after having had at least 10 shots in 13 of their previous 14 league games since Roy Hodgson returned in April. Their average across those 14 games was 15.6 shots per game, compared to 6.5 in their last two.
- Manchester United suffered a defeat in their last home Premier League game, losing 3-1 against Brighton. The Red Devils haven’t lost consecutive home games since losing to Liverpool and Manchester City in October and November 2021, their last two home league games under Ole Gunnar Solskjær.
- Having won 16 of their first 20 Premier League games against Crystal Palace (80%), Manchester United have won just three of their last eight against the Eagles (37.5%).
- Manchester United won this exact fixture 2-1 in February last season but haven't managed to win consecutive league games against Crystal Palace since March 2018 (a run of five).
- Man Utd’s Bruno Fernandes registered his 80th Premier League goal involvement when scoring the winner against Burnley (46 goals, 34 assists), the fourth-most of any player since his debut. It was the 25th time he’d either scored (16) or assisted (9) a winning goal, behind only Mohamed Salah and Harry Kane (31 each) since February 2020.
- In their 0-0 draw with Fulham, Eberechi Eze had three shots and created three chances for Crystal Palace, meaning he was involved in 86% of their efforts at goal in the game (6/7). Eze has the most shots and chances created combined (42) in the Premier League this season (26 shots, 16 chances created).
- Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson is unbeaten in his last four trips to Old Trafford in the Premier League (W2 D2) having lost each of his first seven visits beforehand. No manager has gone unbeaten in five consecutive away Premier League games against Man Utd previously.
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