Week 38 brings us a match on May 22nd where Crystal Palace hosts Manchester United at Selhurst Park in a meeting of these two mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 13th placed Crystal Palace is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins struck first for Aston Villa in the 69th minute, but Jeffrey Schlupp got the equalizer for Crystal Palace in the 81st minute earning them at least the one point. Crystal Palace is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Manchester United recorded a 0-4 loss against Brighton & Hove Albion. Moisés Caicedo Corozo scored the first goal for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 15th minute, then Cucurella added another in the 49th minute on a feed from Leandro Trossard In the end, Manchester United couldn’t muster any offence and Brighton & Hove Albion ran away with the shutout win. Manchester United is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sunday Dec 5th, Manchester United won by a score of 1 to 0. Fred scored the first goal for Manchester United in the 77th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Crystal Palace was frustrated by Manchester United’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Manchester United ended the match with the shutout victory.
Manchester United’s most prolific scorer has been Cristiano Ronaldo. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Crystal Palace’s most prolific scorer has been Wilfried Zaha. The attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches
James Tomkins, James McArthur, Michael Olise and Nathan Ferguson are unavailable to play for Crystal Palace, while Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba, Mason Greenwood, Eric Bailly and Luke Shaw are unavailable to play for Manchester United.