The penultimate home game of the season sees the Eagles welcome a United side that you simply do not know what you are going to get while recent fine form gives hosts an opportunity.
MATCH INFORMATION
- 8pm – 6th May 2024
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
The two sides last met each other at Selhurst in January 2023, where the points were shared. A goal right before the break from Bruno Fernandes gave the hosts the lead but a brilliant free kick from Michael Olise in injury time to take a point for the Eagles.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Bruno Fernandes (8.5)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jarred Gillett. Assistants: Lee Betts, Neil Davies. Fourth official: Graham Scott. VAR: Tony Harrington. Assistant VAR: Constantine Hatzidakis.
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Sam Jognstone, Cheick Doucoure, Jefferson Lerma, Rob Holding and Matheus Franca are expected to miss out, while Marc Guehi and Ebere Eze are set to return.
UNITED – Tyrell Malacia, Lisandro Martinez, Raphael Varane, Willy Kambwala, Luke Shaw and Victor Lindelof are unavailable. Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Jonny Evans, Bruno Fernandes, and Scott McTominay are doubts.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
RED CARDS – Jordan Ayew (1), Diogo Dalot (1)
YELLOW CARDS (7+) – Bruno Fernandes (8), Jefferson Lerma (8), Jordan Ayew (7)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 30/09/23 United 0-1 Palace
- 26/09/23 United 3-0 Palace
- 04/02/23 United 2-1 Palace
- 18/01/23 Palace 1-1 United
- 19/07/22 United 3-1 Palace
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 27/04/24 Fulham 1-1 Palace
- 24/04/24 Palace 2-0 Newcastle
- 21/04/24 Palace 5-2 West Ham
- 14/04/24 Liverpool 0-1 Palace
- 06/04/24 Palace 2-4 Manchester City
Last FIVE results for United;
- 27/04/24 United 1-1 Burnley
- 24/04/24 United 4-2 Sheffield United
- 21/04/24 Coventry 3-3 United
- 13/04/24 Bournemouth 2-2 United
- 07/04/24 United 2-2 Liverpool
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 14th in the Premier League with 40 points from 35 games played, while United are 6th have 54 from 34.
RECORD AGAINST UNITED
- Played 65
- Won 11
- Drawn 13
- Lost 41
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Michael Olise 7.45
- Bruno Fernandes 7.40
- Eberechi Eze 7.28
- Diogo Dalot 6.97
ONE TO WATCH
ALEJANDRO GARNACHO
FORMER CLUBS – Getafe, Atletico Madrid
The Argentinian international has just exceeded a half century of appearances for United and have become a real threat for the Old Trafford side this season.
KEY CLASH
DANIEL MUNOZ v DIOGO DALOT
The Colombian international have really provided a new dimension to the Eagles since joining in January and he will be likely facing up against a United full back who has had a decent season.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Mateta (11 – 13th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Ayew (7 – 16th in PL)
- PASSES – Andersen (1947 – 17th in PL)
- TACKLES – Mitchell (96 – 4th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Andersen (2437 – 17th in PL)
- SHOTS – Eze (72 – 15th in PL)
- FOULS – Ayew (45– 14th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Ayew (79 – 2nd in PL)
- SAVES – Henderson (47 – 20th in PL)
- CLEARANCES – Andersen (187– 1st in PL)
- BIG CHANCES MISSED – Mateta (7)
THE NUMBERS
Palace won 1-0 against United at Old Trafford earlier this campaign. They have never completed a league double over the Red Devils.
United won 8 of their first 11 away Premier League games against Palace (D3) but are winless in their past 3 (D2 L1).
Palace have won both of their past 2 Premier League games at Selhurst Park – they last won 3 in a row at home in the competition in October 2022. The Eagles have won as many of their 5 home Premier League games under Oliver Glasner this season (W3 D1 L1) as their 12 such matches under Roy Hodgson beforehand in 2023-24 (W3 D3 L6).
United have shipped 77 goals in 47 games all competitions this season – their most in a season since 1977-78 (80). Their current ratio of conceding (1.64 goals-per-game) is their worst since the 1962-63 campaign (1.75 per game).
Jean-Phillippe Mateta has scored in each of his 5 home Premier League appearances under Oliver Glasner (7 goals), having only netted in 5 out of his first 37 home matches for Palace beforehand (5 goals). The last player to score in his first 6 home appearances under one manager in the competition was Alan Shearer for Kevin Keegan in 1996-97 (first 9).
In April, Bruno Fernandes created 31 chances in his 6 appearances in all competitions for United – 7 more than any other Premier League player. He created 9 chances in each of his past 2 Premier League appearances (against Sheffield United and Burnley) and became the only player on record to create 9 or more chances in consecutive matches (2003-04 onwards).
TEB PREDICTION
Oliver Glasner is keen for the Eagles to continue the unbeaten run until the end of the season while United are under pressure to qualify for European competition, and they are in a battle to secure a spot. With United having only won one game in the last five, the Eagles have an opportunity this Bank Holiday are we are backing to grab at least a point.
FINAL SCORE: 1-1