Man United vs Crystal Palace

24 August 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Daniel James 89’

Jordan Ayew 32’
Patrick van Aanholt 90+3’

Match summary

Crystal Palace beat Man United 2-1 on the road, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

Jordan Ayew put Crystal Palace ahead in the 32nd minute, set up by Jeffrey Schlupp, Daniel James equalised in the 89th minute, set up by Anthony Martial, and Patrick van Aanholt won it in stoppage time.

Man United can feel hard done by, creating 2.28 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.68 from 5. Marcus Rashford hit the woodwork from the penalty spot for Man United.

Match stats

22 Shots 5

3 Shots on Target 3

8 Corners 1

2 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

2.24 xG 0.68

1.47 Non-penalty xG 0.68

7 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Man United Crystal Palace

Kick-off

32’

Jordan Ayew
Assist: Jeffrey Schlupp

0-1

Half-time0-1

Daniel James
Assist: Anthony Martial

1-1

89’

90+3’

Patrick van Aanholt

1-2

Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Man United

Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Daniel James

Crystal Palace

Vicente Guaita
Gary Cahill
Wilfried Zaha
Luka Milivojevic

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 2.28 xGCrystal Palace 0.68 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

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	1
Luke Shaw	DEF	33			1	0.05	0.15	2
Paul Pogba	MID	90			4	0.24	0.07	2
Scott McTominay	MID	90			3	0.11	0.11	1
Daniel James	MID	90	1		4	0.60	0.00	0
Jesse Lingard	MID	61			0	0.00	0.02	1
Marcus Rashford	MID	90			4	0.91	0.06	1
Anthony Martial	FWD	90		1	3	0.29	0.08	1
Ashley Young	Sub	57			2	0.06	0.24	5
Mason Greenwood	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Mata	Sub	1			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	0.00	0
Gary Cahill	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Martin Kelly	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick van Aanholt	DEF	90	1		1	0.10	0.00	0
Wilfried Zaha	MID	90			2	0.26	0.00	0
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.12	1
James McArthur	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	MID	88			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	85		1	0	0.00	0.29	1
Jordan Ayew	FWD	80	1		1	0.29	0.00	0
Christian Benteke	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andros Townsend	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
James McCarthy	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 71% Avg odds 1.35

Draw 18% Avg odds 5.28

Crystal Palace win 11% Avg odds 9.26

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

Form going into the game

Man United D D L W D

Crystal Palace D W W D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 1-3 Man United, 27 Feb 19 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 0-2 Man United, 16 Jul 20 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.