Manchester United 2-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2023

Result

Manchester United 2-1 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 2-1 Crystal Palace: match report

Manchester United defeated Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 February 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Bruno Fernandes opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Bruno Fernandes (7', penalty) and Marcus Rashford (62'). Crystal Palace scored through Jeffrey Schlupp (76').

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 4th on 39 points from 20 and Crystal Palace 12th on 24 points from 20. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Crystal Palace 11th with 45.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United (8.0), ahead of Marcus Rashford (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Penalty goal · Bruno FernandesManchester United · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Tyrick MitchellCrystal Palace
  • 62'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 2-0
  • 67'Yellow card · AntonyManchester United
  • 67'Yellow card · Jeffrey SchluppCrystal Palace
  • 70'Red card · CasemiroManchester United
  • 76'Goal · Jeffrey SchluppCrystal Palace · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 4, draws 3, Crystal Palace 3.

Team news

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

David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Raphaël Varane, Lisandro Martínez, Luke Shaw, Casemiro, Fred, Antony, Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford, Wout Weghorst

Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)

Vicente Guaita, Nathaniel Clyne, Chris Richards, Marc Guéhi, Tyrick Mitchell, Cheick Doucouré, Will Hughes, Jordan Ayew, Michael Olise, Jeffrey Schlupp, Odsonne Édouard