Premiership · Matchday 15

Manchester United v Crystal Palace

1–0

HT 0–0

Sunday 5th December 2021 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,172

Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 1–0 at Old Trafford on Sunday 5th December 2021 in the Premiership. Fred (77') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Craig Pawson.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
31' Nathaniel Clyne
Half Time 0–0
62' Mason Greenwood for Sancho
67' Marc Guehi
67' Marc Guéhi
76' Anthony Elanga for Rashford
77' Fred Assist: Mason Greenwood 1–0
81' Scott McTominay
86' Donny van de Beek for Fernandes
90' Victor Lindelof
Full Time 1–0

Match Facts

61%

Possession

4-2-2-2

Formation

Craig Pawson

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues 77'

Substitutes

62' for Sancho

76' for Rashford

86' for Fernandes

Crystal Palace Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

3 Tyrick Mitchell LB

5 James Tomkins CD-R

6 Marc Guéhi CD-L

8 Cheikhou Kouyaté CM

9 Jordan Ayew RF

11 Wilfried Zaha LF

13 Vicente Guaita G

15 Jeff Schlupp RM

17 Nathaniel Clyne RB

20 Christian Benteke F

23 Conor Gallagher LM

Substitutes

1 Jack Butland

4 Luka Milivojevic

7 Michael Olise on

10 Eberechi Eze on

12 Will Hughes

14 Jean-Philippe Mateta

22 Odsonne Édouard on

34 Martin Kelly

44 Jairo Riedewald

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Ralf Rangnick

Manchester United

OPP

Patrick Vieira

Crystal Palace

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Crystal Palace

4-3-3

Man Utd Crystal Palace

61%

Possession

39%

0.9

Expected Goals (xG)

0.5

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.30

Avg Player Rating

6.60

27.5

Avg Age

28.6

United vs Crystal Palace History

Meeting 60 of 70

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

119

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 26th August 1922. After this match United had played Crystal Palace 60 times: 39W 12D 9L.

16 Jul 2020 W 2–0 PL 19 Sep 2020 L 1–3 PL 3 Mar 2021 D 0–0 PL

5 Dec 2021 W 1–0 This match

22 May 2022 L 0–1 PL 18 Jan 2023 D 1–1 PL 4 Feb 2023 W 2–1 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	35	25	3	7	64	24	71.4
Away	30	15	9	6	45	35	50.0
Neutral	5	3	2	0	10	6	60.0

All 70 meetings with Crystal Palace →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →