CPFC vs MUFC -FA Premier League- Kick-off :20:00- SkySp PL @ MainEv

Bret Hart

Defenders Martin Kelly and Jeffrey Schlupp are available for Crystal Palace after recovering from injury but the game comes too soon for forward Wilfried Zaha.

Kelly (hamstring) and Schlupp (ankle) returned to training last week but Zaha remains unavailable with a knee injury.

Manchester United have six first-team players missing.

Ander Herrera (muscle) misses out whilst injured defenders Daley Blind, Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo are absent.

WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson on possible relegation: "At the moment there is no need for any of us, certainly not the players or myself, to give that any thought.

"We think about each day as it comes, we think about how we are going to approach the next game, how we will do our very, very best to get points from that game and how we are going to make certain that in getting points from the game we accumulate enough so at the end of the season we are not one of the unfortunate three."

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho on the future of Zlatan Ibrahimovic: "For Zlatan, we all think it's his last season at Manchester United.

"And it will be a very personal decision for him to play or to stop.

"I think he won the right of choosing his life, his future, such an amazing player with such an amazing career that only that awful injury in the wrong moment broke a fantastic couple of seasons that he could and should have had with us."

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

Crystal Palace haven't won any of their 17 Premier League meetings with Manchester United (D3, L14) - a Premier League record for most games against an opponent without winning.

Palace have only scored five goals during that 17-game run.

The Eagles' last top-flight win came at Selhurst Park in May 1991, with Ian Wright scoring once and John Salako twice.

Crystal Palace

The Eagles are winless in five league matches and have lost consecutive games for the first time since they were beaten in their opening seven fixtures of the season.

Crystal Palace have lost all eight Premier League games this season without Wilfried Zaha, scoring once and conceding 18 goals.

Palace have lost seven of their nine Premier League fixtures this season against top-six teams, with the exceptions being a 2-1 home win over Chelsea and 0-0 home draw with Manchester City.

Manchester United

United could lose three consecutive Premier League away games for the first time since January 1996.

Jose Mourinho has only once lost three away league games in a row as a manager, while with Chelsea in 2006.

United have already equalled last season's tally of 18 league wins, and only need a point to match their final total of 54 for 2016-17.

They have the best Premier League record of any side in matches played on a Monday, winning 42 of their 61 games (69%).

Anthony Martial has been involved in a league-high six goals as a substitute in 2017-18.

Prediction : 1-1

gimli2112

Was thinking this was a banker for Utd and then saw Liverpool still had to play Palace and thought "That could be tricky" Your perspective alters once it's your team involved.
I can't stand Roy Hodgson so am happy with a massacre either way.
0-0

Bret Hart

Crystal Palace

Hennessey,Wan-Bissaka,Kelly,Tomkins,van Aanholt,Townsend,McArthur,Milivojevic,Schlupp,Benteke, Sørloth

Substitutes: Lee Chung-yong,Cavalieri,Souaré,Delaney,Rakip,Jach,Riedewald

Man Utd

deGea,Valencia,Smalling,Lindelöf,Young,McTominay,Matic,Pogba,Sánchez,R Lukaku,Lingard

Substitutes:Bailly,Mata,Carrick,Rashford,Shaw,Darmian,Castro Pereira

Can see this being a proper rout.

KERSPLAT!

Get in! Lovely goal!

Missed the deflection but still

Agent Coulson

There's 1.

ollie1

Great finish that

martyos121

Lovely goal and fully deserved. Only one team showing up so far.

Mars Bar

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Can see this being a proper rout.

In favor of who?!

chupacabra

Savage goal by Lindelof

niallo27

Poor for lindelof. Needs to be stronger and block that.

TitianGerm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Can see this being a proper rout.

Theres the first :pac:

Mars Bar

Mars Bar wrote: »

In favor of who?!

That's the question. :pac:

TBH after a few minutes I was thinking Palace were a bit gung-ho and would leave stupid gaps. Both teams showing some dodgy defending.

johnpatrick81

Never turn your back to a shot. Criminal from Lindelof.

Vicxas

Selhurst Park has a fantastic atmosphere.

callaway92

Vicxas wrote: »

Selhurst Park has a fantastic atmosphere.

Always the best. It’s because it’s so small and compact though in fairness. And they have a singing section.

mickmackey1

cue influx to thread

nice goal

Agent Coulson

Cue comment about neutrals coming into match thread.

SlickRic

Pogba has been horrific so far and Matic looks knackered.

chupacabra

Pogba has been toxic so far. Making mistakes and then instantly screaming at everyone around him

monkey9

Man U really not at the races here so far.

Vicxas

Anyone know why the Palace fans are booing Young?

martyos121

mickmackey1 wrote: »

cue influx to thread

Settle down there Nostradamus.

KH25

Vicxas wrote: »

Anyone know why the Palace fans are booing Young?

Think he took a dive for a penalty a few seasons back.

Agent Coulson

Hennessy with jelly hands again.

Hopefully he doesn't throw one into his own net again this week.

johnpatrick81

Hennessy is ridiculously bad.

statto25

Get up Pogba ya tool

Vicxas

Hennessy is an awful flop sometimes.

Agent Coulson

Vicxas wrote: »

Anyone know why the Palace fans are booing Young?

It's Ashley Young what's not to boo.

niallo27

Sanchez is showing a few glimpses of brilliance.

TitianGerm

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Cue comment about neutrals coming into match thread.

The neutrals are more consistent than Pogba anyway.

He's a very very good player but he just does not look interested anymore.

Vicxas

TitianGerm wrote: »

The neutrals are more consistent than Pogba anyway.

He's a very very good player but he just does not look interested anymore.

Probably something to do with him not being the big money player at the club anymore.

SlickRic

https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/970754721085644800?s=19

Cracking stat.

Vicxas

SlickRic wrote: »

https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/970754721085644800?s=19

Cracking stat.

Its also true that they have never beaten Utd in the league.


Madness.

tinpib

niallo27 wrote: »

Sanchez is showing a few glimpses of brilliance.

Standout United player for me. The sharpness and creativity hasn't been bate out of him yet.

Agent Coulson

I don't think I realized how tiny Sanchez is till tonight.

super_furry

Could see Pogba getting hooked at half-time here. Jose loves a statement sub.

martyos121

It’s the footballers you’re meant to aim those passes at Paul, the ones in grey.

Harry Palmr

That is a mad stat

ricero

Pogba has been nothing short of a disgrace so far

martyos121

Should be booked for diving, nothing on for him so he tries to cheat a penalty.

Turtyturd

martyos121 wrote: »

It’s the footballers you’re meant to aim those passes at Paul, the ones in grey.

Can he see them in that jersey?

murpho999

TitianGerm wrote: »

The neutrals are more consistent than Pogba anyway.

He's a very very good player but he just does not look interested anymore.

Does that make him a good player? It's only his 2nd season.

Top players would have a point to prove when under pressure rather than be disinterested.

Paully D

Vicxas wrote: »

Hennessy is an awful flop sometimes.

Arguably the worst player in the Premier League, IMO.

johnpatrick81

Did United have a night out in London yesterday? They’re abysmal!!

KERSPLAT!

Pogba can't do anything right at the moment

SlickRic

The constant ignoring of Young on the LW is quite hilarious.

chupacabra

Absolutely no penetration into the final third. Shame.

KERSPLAT!

Crazy simple pass there, how did he not find Lingard!?