Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 21 May 2017

Result

Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Sunday 21 May 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace: match report

Manchester United defeated Crystal Palace 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 May 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Josh Harrop opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Josh Harrop (15') and Paul Pogba (19'). Crystal Palace did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 66 points from 37 and Crystal Palace 13th on 41 points from 37. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 69 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 41.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crystal Palace in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Pogba of Manchester United (8.3), ahead of Demetri Mitchell (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 0 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Josh HarropManchester United · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · Paul PogbaManchester United · 2-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Scott McTominayManchester United
  • 74'Yellow card · Michael CarrickManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 6, draws 4, Crystal Palace 0.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)

Joel Pereira, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Demetri Mitchell, Scott McTominay, Axel Tuanzebe, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Wayne Mark Rooney, Josh Harrop

Crystal Palace line-up (4-3-3)

Wayne Hennessey, Joel Ward, Martin Kelly, James Tomkins, Jeffrey Schlupp, James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic, Jason Puncheon, Wilfried Zaha, Christian Benteke, Patrick van Aanholt