Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 14 December 2016
Result
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United
Premier League · Wednesday 14 December 2016, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United: match report
Crystal Palace were beaten by Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 14 December 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Paul Pogba opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Crystal Palace's goal came from James McArthur (66'). Manchester United scored through Paul Pogba (45+2') and Zlatan Ibrahimović (88').
Discipline: Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 16th on 15 points from 15 and Manchester United 6th on 24 points from 15. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Manchester United 6th with 69.
Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Pogba of Manchester United (9.5), ahead of Ander Herrera (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Crystal Palace wins, 4 draws and 5 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Marcos Rojo
- 45+1'Yellow card · M. Kelly
- 45+2'Goal · Paul Pogba
- 66'Goal · James McArthur
- 70'Yellow card · Paul Pogba
- 72'Yellow card · Damien Delaney
- 84'Yellow card · Marcus Rashford
- 88'Goal · Zlatan Ibrahimović
Head-to-head
Team news
Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-2)
Wayne Hennessey, Martin Kelly, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Joel Ward, James McArthur, Yohan Cabaye, Mathieu Flamini, Chung-yong Lee, Wilfried Zaha, Christian Benteke
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
David de Gea, Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo, Daley Blind, Ander Herrera, Michael Carrick, Paul Pogba, Juan Mata, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Wayne Mark Rooney