Manchester United vs Crystal Palace match stats & report

2–1 Full time

Premier League · England · Regular Season - 28 · Old Trafford, Manchester · Ref C. Kavanagh

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Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 2–1 in the Premier League on 1 March 2026. Expected goals finished 2.16–0.38. Manchester United had 61% of the ball.

Manchester United vs Crystal Palace match statistics

Manchester UnitedCrystal Palace

61% Ball possession 39%
2.16 Expected goals (xG) 0.38
20 Total shots 8
11 Shots on target 3
4 Shots off target 3
5 Blocked shots 2
11 Shots inside the box 5
7 Corners 1
13 Fouls 12
1 Offsides 2
2 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 1
612 Passes 399
86% Pass accuracy 77%
2 Goalkeeper saves 9

Goals and cards

4' Goal M. Lacroix (assist B. Johnson) Crystal Palace
6' Yellow card Daichi Kamada Crystal Palace
36' Yellow card Diogo Dalot Manchester United
49' Yellow card D. Henderson Crystal Palace
56' Red card M. Lacroix Crystal Palace
57' Penalty scored Bruno Fernandes Manchester United
65' Goal B. Sesko (assist Bruno Fernandes) Manchester United
89' Yellow card A. Heaven Manchester United

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Manchester United

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Michael Carrick

31 S. Lammens

23 L. Shaw 5 H. Maguire 15 L. Yoro 2 Diogo Dalot

37 K. Mainoo 18 Casemiro

10 Matheus Cunha 8 Bruno Fernandes 19 Bryan Mbeumo

30 B. Sesko

Bench A. Bayındır , Noussair Mazraoui , J. Zirkzee , T. Malacia , M. Ugarte , A. Diallo , J. Moorhouse , T. Fletcher , A. Heaven

Crystal Palace

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Oliver Glasner

1 D. Henderson

23 Jaydee Canvot 5 M. Lacroix 26 C. Richards

3 T. Mitchell 18 Daichi Kamada 20 A. Wharton 2 D. Muñoz

11 B. Johnson 7 I. Sarr

22 Jörgen Strand Larsen

Bench W. Benítez , N. Clyne , Will Hughes , B. Sosa , C. Uche , E. Guessand , Yeremy Pino , J. Devenny , C. Riad

Form guide

Manchester United at home

6–1–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.2 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 6.0 per game
Shots on target: 6.9 per game

14% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Crystal Palace away

2–2–6 in 10 matches

Scored: 0.9 per game
Conceded: 2.2 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 2.3 per game
Shots on target: 3.6 per game

22% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Manchester United vs Crystal Palace head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
30 Nov 25	Crystal Palace v Manchester United	1–2
2 Feb 25	Manchester United v Crystal Palace	0–2
21 Sep 24	Crystal Palace v Manchester United	0–0
6 May 24	Crystal Palace v Manchester United	4–0
30 Sep 23	Manchester United v Crystal Palace	0–1
4 Feb 23	Manchester United v Crystal Palace	2–1

The full Manchester United vs Crystal Palace head-to-head record