Premiership · Matchday 01

Manchester United v Crystal Palace

1–3

HT 0–1

Saturday 19th September 2020 · Old Trafford · Att: Behind closed doors

Manchester United lost 1–3 to Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Saturday 19th September 2020 in the Premiership. Donny van de Beek (80') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Martin Atkinson.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
7' Andros Townsend Assist: Jeffrey Schlupp 0–1
45' Mason Greenwood for James
Half Time 0–1
55' Joel Ward
58' Timothy Fosu-Mensah
64' Harry Maguire
67' Donny van de Beek for Pogba
74' Wilfried Zaha pen 0–2
80' Donny van de Beek 1–2
81' Odion Ighalo for Fosu-Mensah
85' Wilfried Zaha 1–3
Full Time 1–3

Match Facts

75%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Martin Atkinson

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

24 Timothy Fosu-Mensah

39 Scott McTominay

Substitutes

Mason Greenwood

45' for James

Donny van de Beek

67' for Pogba

80'

Odion Ighalo

81' for Fosu-Mensah

Crystal Palace Lineup

4-4-2

Starting XI

2 Joel Ward RB

8 Cheikhou Kouyaté CD-R

9 Jordan Ayew CF-R

10 Andros Townsend RM ⚽

11 Wilfried Zaha CF-L ⚽⚽

12 Mamadou Sakho CD-L

15 Jeff Schlupp LM

18 James McArthur CM-R

22 James McCarthy CM-L

27 Tyrick Mitchell LB

31 Vicente Guaita G

Substitutes

4 Luka Milivojevic on

7 Max Meyer

13 Wayne Hennessey

23 Michy Batshuayi on

25 Eberechi Eze on

34 Martin Kelly

45 Ryan Inniss

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

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Roy Hodgson

Crystal Palace

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Crystal Palace

4-4-2

Man Utd Crystal Palace

75%

Possession

25%

1.2

Expected Goals (xG)

1.7

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.51

Avg Player Rating

7.34

United vs Crystal Palace History

Meeting 58 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 58 times: 38W 11D 9L.

27 Feb 2019 W 3–1 PL 24 Aug 2019 L 1–2 PL 16 Jul 2020 W 2–0 PL

19 Sep 2020 L 1–3 This match

3 Mar 2021 D 0–0 PL 5 Dec 2021 W 1–0 PL 22 May 2022 L 0–1 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 →