Crystal Palace 2-3 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Monday 5 March 2018
Result
Crystal Palace 2-3 Manchester United
Premier League · Monday 5 March 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Crystal Palace 2-3 Manchester United: match report
Crystal Palace lost to Manchester United 2-3 in the Premier League on Monday 5 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Andros Townsend opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from Andros Townsend (11') and Patrick van Aanholt (48'). Manchester United scored through Chris Smalling (55'), Romelu Lukaku (76') and Nemanja Matić (90+1').
Discipline: Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 18th on 27 points from 28 and Manchester United 3rd on 59 points from 28. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 11th with 44 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 81.
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 Andros Townsend of Crystal Palace (8.1), ahead of Christian Benteke (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Crystal Palace wins, 3 draws and 7 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Andros Townsend
- 42'Yellow card · Scott McTominay
- 48'Goal · Patrick van Aanholt
- 55'Goal · Chris Smalling
- 57'Yellow card · A. Young
- 75'Yellow card · Andros Townsend
- 76'Goal · Romelu Lukaku
- 90+1'Goal · Nemanja Matić
- 90+2'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
Head-to-head
Team news
Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-2)
Wayne Hennessey, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Martin Kelly, James Tomkins, Patrick van Aanholt, Andros Townsend, Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur, Jeffrey Schlupp, Alexander Sørloth, Christian Benteke
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Victor Lindelöf, Ashley Young, Scott McTominay, Nemanja Matić, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sánchez