Manchester United 1-2 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 24 August 2019

Result

Manchester United 1-2 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 24 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester United 1-2 Crystal Palace: match report

Manchester United were beaten by Crystal Palace 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 August 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Jordan Ayew opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Manchester United's goal came from Daniel James (89'). Crystal Palace scored through Jordan Ayew (32') and Patrick van Aanholt (90+3').

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 4th on 4 points from 2 and Crystal Palace 16th on 1 point from 2. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 66 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 43.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick van Aanholt of Crystal Palace (7.7), ahead of Harry Maguire (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 0 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Jordan AyewCrystal Palace · 0-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace
  • 41'Yellow card · Gary CahillCrystal Palace
  • 46'Yellow card · Aaron Wan-BissakaManchester United
  • 70'Missed penalty · Marcus RashfordManchester United
  • 71'Yellow card · Daniel JamesManchester United
  • 79'Yellow card · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace
  • 86'Yellow card · Vicente GuaitaCrystal Palace
  • 89'Goal · Daniel JamesManchester United · 1-1
  • 90+3'Goal · Patrick van AanholtCrystal Palace · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 7, draws 3, Crystal Palace 0.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Victor Lindelöf, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Daniel James, Scott McTominay, Anthony Martial

Crystal Palace line-up (4-5-1)

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, Patrick van Aanholt, Gary Cahill, Martin Kelly, Luka Milivojevic, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Wilfried Zaha, Jeffrey Schlupp, James McArthur, Jordan Ayew