Crystal Palace vs Manchester United Competition – Barclays Premier League Stadium: Selhurst Park Date: 18th January 2023 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
The English Premier League returns this Wednesday with in-form Manchester United travelling to London to face an out-of-sorts Crystal Palace side. The Eagles come into this tie on the back of a narrow 1-0 loss to London rivals Chelsea. Despite putting up a decent performance, the visitors were beaten at Stamford Bridge by the Blues who scored through Kai Havertz in the second half. That loss was Crystal Palace’s fourth in their last five Premier League games (W1), putting them seven points ahead of the drop zone. While that points gap is healthy and won’t cause much concern for even the most pessimistic fan, Patrick Vieira knows that things must change immediately otherwise, his side could become fully embroiled in a relegation battle. But given that his men have lost their last three home games in all competitions, scoring just once and conceding nine goals, it doesn’t look very reasonable to back them against an in-form Manchester United side. However, with three wins and two losses in their last six meetings with United, they will be hopeful. Meanwhile, Manchester United will look to make it ten straight wins in all competitions when they travel to Selhurst Park. The Red Devils recorded their ninth consecutive win last time when they defeated their fierce rivals Manchester City in the derby. After falling behind in the game courtesy of a header by Jack Grealish, United rallied back to score two goals in under two minutes to win the game. That win means they have scored 2+ goals in six of their last seven competitive games. While they couldn’t keep a clean sheet against City, Erik ten Hag’s side have kept five clean sheets in their previous seven games. They come into this round just one point behind Manchester City in the Premier League table. However, talk of a title chase has begun with many Red Devils fans now dreaming of the title, given that their side are now just nine points behind league leaders Arsenal with half of the season still to play. They can even narrow that gap to eight points and overtake second-placed City, who play Tottenham on Thursday if they win here. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures: Premier League Table
May 6, 2024
Crystal Palace
20:00
Manchester United
May 11, 2024
Fulham
12:30
Manchester City
AFC Bournemouth
15:00
Brentford
Everton
15:00
Sheffield United
Newcastle United
15:00
Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur
15:00
Burnley
West Ham United
15:00
Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers
15:00
Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest
17:30
Chelsea
May 12, 2024
Manchester United
16:30
Arsenal
May 13, 2024
Aston Villa
20:00
Liverpool
May 14, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur
20:00
Manchester City
May 15, 2024
Brighton & Hov…
19:45
Chelsea
Manchester United
20:00
Newcastle United
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Arsenal
36
26
5
5
88
28
+60
83
2
Manchester City
35
25
7
3
87
33
+54
82
3
Liverpool
36
23
9
4
81
38
+43
78
4
Aston Villa
36
20
7
9
73
53
+20
67
5
Tottenham Hotspur
35
18
6
11
69
58
+11
60
6
Newcastle United
35
17
5
13
78
56
+22
56
7
Chelsea
35
15
9
11
70
59
+11
54
8
Manchester United
34
16
6
12
52
51
+1
54
9
West Ham United
36
13
10
13
56
70
-14
49
10
AFC Bournemouth
36
13
9
14
52
63
-11
48
11
Brighton & Hov…
35
12
11
12
53
57
-4
47
12
Wolverhampton Wanderers
36
13
7
16
49
60
-11
46
13
Fulham
36
12
8
16
51
55
-4
44
14
Crystal Palace
35
10
10
15
45
57
-12
40
15
Everton
36
12
9
15
38
49
-11
37
16
Brentford
36
9
9
18
52
60
-8
36
17
Nottingham Forest
36
8
9
19
45
63
-18
29
18
Luton Town
36
6
8
22
49
78
-29
26
19
Burnley
36
5
9
22
39
74
-35
24
20
Sheffield United
36
3
7
26
35
100
-65
16
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