Manchester United vs Crystal Palace Prediction, Preview, Team News and Lineups 02.02.2025

• Date and Time: Sunday, 2 February, 2025, 14:00 GMT+1
• Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester, England

Manchester United vs Crystal Palace Preview and Team News

Manchester United Team News

Manchester United, struggling despite the recent appointment of head coach Ruben Amorim, will hope to regain some of their form against Crystal Palace. They’ve looked like a shadow of their former selves this season. The club are ranked 12th in the league table and will want to change fortunes with a dominating performance.

Amorim, however, is handicapped by the absence of several top players for this game, including the likes of Luke Shaw, Jonny Evans, and Mason Mount. 

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With Marcus Rashford being sidelined for not training correctly, Manchester United have to rely on their trusted battle-ready players. Bruno Fernandes, Amad Diallo, Alejandro Garnacho, and Rasmus Hojlund need to put up a fight against the visitors and win.

Manchester United predicted lineup (3-4-2-1): Onana; Martinez, de Ligt, Yoro; Mazraoui, Mainoo, Ugarte, Dalot; Fernandes, Diallo; Hojlund.

Crystal Palace Team News

Crystal Palace will fancy themselves capable of beating United away from home and will take inspiration from Brighton and Hove Albion’s performance a couple of weeks ago.

They are blessed with many top attacking players, and if Mateta gets going, the hosts will have a challenging time keeping him quiet. Manchester won’t be able to track Crystal Palace’s attackers’ movements easily.

Ward, Doucoure, Wharton, Riad, and Franca are ruled out of Sunday’s match due to injuries. Manager Oliver Glasner will hope the rest of his squad is mentally prepared to show up with a decent performance. Eze, Sarr, and Munoz have continually helped Mateta out up front, and the same will be expected from them in this encounter. Crystal Palace need to silence the crowd at Old Trafford.

Crystal Palace predicted lineup (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Guehi, Lacroix, Richards; Mitchell, Lerma, Hughes, Munoz; Eze, Sarr; Mateta.

Manchester United vs Crystal Palace Prediction

• Pick: Manchester United to win or draw
• Odds: 1.33 (22Bet)
• Score prediction: Manchester United 2-1 Crystal Palace

We expect Manchester to either win or draw this game, given that they have a much stronger side than their opponents. They’ve won or tied 21 out of the 27 recorded events against the visitors and will be the favourites to do so this time around.

United have only lost once out of their previous five matches with Crystal Palace at home.

Manchester United vs Crystal Palace Prediction, Betting Tip

• Pick: Both teams to score
• Odds: 1.67 (22Bet)

Both teams have a list of top-quality attackers, and we expect them to get on the scoresheet. While Manchester will rely upon Hojlund, Fernandes, and Diallo to do most of the damage, the guests have Mateta, Eze, Sarr, and Munoz to watch out for. These players can be pretty difficult to contain inside the box.

United have seen both squads get on the scoresheet in four out of their last five events, while Crystal Palace too have scored in all of their previous five outings. Their most recent 1-2 loss to Brentford will sting them deeply. We can expect a sound comeback from them in this top Premier League encounter.

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