Man United vs Crystal Palace

19 September 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Donny van de Beek 80’

Andros Townsend 7’
Wilfried Zaha 74’ (pen), 85’

Match summary

Crystal Palace beat Man United 3-1 on the road. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Andros Townsend put Crystal Palace ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Jeffrey Schlupp. In the second half, Wilfried Zaha made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 74th minute, Donny van de Beek pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 80th minute, and Zaha made it 1-3 in the 85th minute.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 1.91 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Man United's 1.10 from 17.

Match stats

13 Shots 14

4 Shots on Target 5

9 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.10 xG 1.91

1.10 Non-penalty xG 1.15

9 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Man United Crystal Palace

Kick-off

7’

Andros Townsend
Assist: Jeffrey Schlupp

0-1

Half-time0-1

74’

Wilfried Zaha
Penalty

0-2

Donny van de Beek

1-2

80’

85’

Wilfried Zaha

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Man United

Timothy Fosu-Mensah
Harry Maguire

Crystal Palace

Joel Ward

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.

Man United 1.10 xGCrystal Palace 1.91 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crystal Palace attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Timothy Fosu-Mensah	DEF	85		1	0.02	0.31	2
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90		1	0.13	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	MID	90		2	0.06	0.18	3
Paul Pogba	MID	71		2	0.05	0.00	0
Daniel James	MID	50		1	0.05	0.00	0
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90		3	0.13	0.10	5
Marcus Rashford	MID	90		1	0.04	0.05	2
Anthony Martial	FWD	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Mason Greenwood	Sub	40		3	0.32	0.00	0
Donny van de Beek	Sub	19	1	1	0.28	0.00	0
Odion Ighalo	Sub	5		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Vicente Guaita	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Mamadou Sakho	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andros Townsend	MID	90	1		4	0.51	0.12	2
James McCarthy	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James McArthur	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	79		1	2	0.12	0.43	3
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90	2		4	0.95	0.41	4
Jordan Ayew	FWD	85			3	0.31	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michy Batshuayi	Sub	5			1	0.02	0.00	0
Luka Milivojevic	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 70% Avg odds 1.37

Draw 19% Avg odds 5.07

Crystal Palace win 11% Avg odds 8.70

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

Form going into the game

Man United W D W D W

Crystal Palace L L L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 0-2 Man United, 16 Jul 20 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 0-0 Man United, 03 Mar 21 All Man United vs Crystal Palace 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.