Crystal Palace vs Man United

3 March 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 0 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

Match summary

Crystal Palace and Man United played out a goalless draw.

There was little between the sides on chances: Crystal Palace created 0.74 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Man United 0.59 from 11.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Man United
8 Shots 11
2 Shots on Target 1
4 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.74 xG 0.58
0.74 Non-penalty xG 0.58
3 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Crystal Palace Man United
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Full-time0-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Crystal Palace
  • Jairo Riedewald

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.74 0.59 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.74 0.59
Crystal Palace 0.74 xGMan United 0.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man United attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
90’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 14’ Edinson Cavani (Man United), from a corner, 0.15 xG, off target 16’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 7’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 23’ Mason Greenwood (Man United), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 50’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 59’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Daniel James (Man United), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 14’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 81’ Mason Greenwood (Man United), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 51’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 88’ Luke Shaw (Man United), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Harry Maguire (Man United), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 27’ Edinson Cavani (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Nemanja Matic (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 18’ Fred (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 69’ Nemanja Matic (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 14’ Edinson Cavani (Man United), from a corner, 0.15 xG, off target 16’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 7’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 50’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 23’ Mason Greenwood (Man United), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 59’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Daniel James (Man United), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 14’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 81’ Mason Greenwood (Man United), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 51’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 88’ Luke Shaw (Man United), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Harry Maguire (Man United), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 27’ Edinson Cavani (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Nemanja Matic (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 18’ Fred (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 69’ Nemanja Matic (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Vicente Guaita GK900 0.000.000
Joel Ward DEF900 0.000.000
Cheikhou Kouyaté DEF900 0.000.000
Gary Cahill DEF900 0.000.000
Patrick van Aanholt DEF901 0.340.000
Andros Townsend MID903 0.130.091
Luka Milivojevic MID901 0.070.341
James McCarthy MID620 0.000.081
Eberechi Eze MID840 0.000.000
Christian Benteke FWD902 0.160.052
Jordan Ayew FWD901 0.030.000
Jairo Riedewald Sub280 0.000.000
Jeffrey Schlupp Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 12% Avg odds 7.61
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.62
Man United win 67% Avg odds 1.44

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace WLLWD
Man United WDDWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Man United 1-3 Crystal Palace, 19 Sep 20 Next meeting: Man United 1-0 Crystal Palace, 05 Dec 21  All Crystal Palace vs Man United meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.