Crystal Palace vs Man United

27 February 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Joel Ward 66’

Romelu Lukaku 33’, 52’
Ashley Young 83’

Match summary

Man United won 3-1 away at Crystal Palace. Man United led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Romelu Lukaku put Man United ahead in the 33rd minute, set up by Luke Shaw. In the second half, Lukaku made it 0-2 from a corner in the 52nd minute, set up by Victor Lindelöf, Joel Ward pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 66th minute, set up by Jeffrey Schlupp, and Ashley Young made it 1-3 in the 83rd minute, set up by Paul Pogba.

There was little between the sides on chances: Crystal Palace created 1.69 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots, Man United 1.54 from 13.

Match stats

17 Shots 13

2 Shots on Target 4

5 Corners 6

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.69 xG 1.54

1.69 Non-penalty xG 1.54

2 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Crystal Palace Man United

Kick-off

33’

Romelu Lukaku
Assist: Luke Shaw

0-1

Half-time0-1

52’

Romelu Lukaku
Assist: Victor Lindelöf

0-2

Joel Ward
Assist: Jeffrey Schlupp

1-2

66’

83’

Ashley Young
Assist: Paul Pogba

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Martin Kelly
Wilfried Zaha

Man United

Luke Shaw
Romelu Lukaku
Alexis Sánchez

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.

Crystal Palace 1.69 xGMan United 1.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Man United attacking Crystal Palace attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Vicente Guaita	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90	1		1	0.58	0.01	1
James Tomkins	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Martin Kelly	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick van Aanholt	DEF	84			1	0.03	0.03	1
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	90		1	1	0.28	0.62	3
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90			1	0.05	0.10	5
James McArthur	MID	62			0	0.00	0.51	1
Andros Townsend	FWD	90			4	0.58	0.32	3
Michy Batshuayi	FWD	79			3	0.06	0.00	0
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90			2	0.05	0.02	1
Max Meyer	Sub	28			2	0.05	0.03	1
Christian Benteke	Sub	11			1	0.02	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ashley Young	DEF	90	1		2	0.15	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.49	1
Chris Smalling	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.40	2
Fred	MID	90			1	0.02	0.08	2
Paul Pogba	MID	90		1	3	0.24	0.18	2
Scott McTominay	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	FWD	78			2	0.11	0.16	2
Romelu Lukaku	FWD	90	2		4	0.98	0.00	0
Alexis Sánchez	FWD	78			1	0.04	0.00	0
Marcus Rashford	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Bailly	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Garner	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 30% Bet365 odds 3.25

Draw 28% Bet365 odds 3.50

Man United win 42% Bet365 odds 2.30

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace L D W D W

Man United W D W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 0-0 Crystal Palace, 24 Nov 18 Next meeting: Man United 1-2 Crystal Palace, 24 Aug 19 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.