Win and make it comfortable, shift attention quickly to what will be a critical next week
FA Premier League
Crystal Palace 2:3 Manchester United
Selhurst Park
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- Mon, 5 March 2018 @ 8:00pm GMT
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
Discussion Your Lineup Prediction
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Win this and we go 9 points clear of Chelsea. CL football would pretty much be in our hands.What’s the go with no Martial?Tomkins
Kelly
Cabaye
Ward
Sakho
Zaha
Sako
Schlupp
Dann
RLC
All are injured according to Physio room. Tomkins and Kelly might return.
He didn't travel with the squad.
Either out injured or travelling separately later.
That's a lot of.. party at treatment room then.
In contrast, ours are not so bad after all.
One win in four away from home in all comps and we've lost at Huddersfield, Basel, Bristol, Newcastle this season. Can't therefore be overly confident away from Old Trafford. This would be a big win though.Waiting for Monday games is agonizing. It feels like ages since we last played.We must win this game and then beat Liverpool on Saturday to have any chance of finishing in 2nd place.I really hope Martial plays, but I'm not convinced he will do so. If he doesn't rock up, do you think we will switch Sanchez to the left and go Lingard on the right, or do you think Mata will get a run?
Personally I'd love Rashford to start on the right, but I don't think that's going to happen.
So a win tonight and draw Saturday and we have no chance?
TFM is also ineligible for the game
Yeah, which means they will struggle with their RB if Kelly isn't fit. TFM is ineligible, Ward is injured, Kelly might recover in time.Would you be happy with a draw against Liverpool in our own ground.
No, but United would still be two points ahead of them with a win against CP tonight. Liverpool is bound to drop some easy points themselves.
We have a harder run in than them and I would rather a cushion of a 5 point lead on them by winning tonight and then beating them on Saturday..Would you not.A win and top 4 is all but done. Chelsea are bound to drop more points next couple of weeks, Arsenal are already gone.
Perfect game for Martial at LW to run amok.
Alternatively, good game for Alexis at LW to finally pick up and start consistent run of good form.
No. Don't want a lose nor draw.
I imagine the Sack Mourinho, hire Samoan Elsa brigade will start again after that 'food'.
I think he was just highlighting you over dramatising the need to best Liverpool next week. Of course every United fan wants us to win the game but it's not a must win in order to obtain 2nd place.
Feck no.
Bingo.Get this won.
Yeah BABY!!!!For once, I would like an easy win so that I can just relax and enjoy the game. But we all know that ain't gonna happen. So I'll settle for a nervous 1-2 win.I hope we play with our 4-2-2-2 again. really suits our 4 attacking players as well as providing a solid base for our defence.
Declaring any league game a 'must win' is almost always an exaggeration. I think you can take the term 'must win' as shorthand for 'we could bloody well do with winning this and we'll struggle to achieve our aims if we don't'. That said I agree with the thrust of the argument that a win tonight and a draw on Saturday wouldn't be too bad.
What's clear is that two or, perish the thought, three points dropped tonight would be ridiculous if we have serious designs on keeping second place.We're playing an away game right? State of the pitch yesterday.
Hmm..Benteke is due a goal.. But we'll score 4.
I'm sure they have a heating system under the pitch that will soften it up.
Thanks. Fingers crossed he’s just travelling separately.
Who is the player in shorts? Good on him!To give ourselves that extra bit of a safety cushion we really need to win this one to secure a top four spot let alone 2nd place. If we lost tonight and then dropped 3 points against Liverpool and we also lost to City away, maybe on the day that they can mathematically win the title, that would enable Chelsea to take advantage and move above us. They still have at least two difficult games too, though, (Spurs & Liverpool ) both at home.Last edited:What happened to Tony?Which is the best pub outside the Selhurst Park stadium for our fans?I took Pogba out of my FF team this game week, so I'm hoping/expecting him to play a blinder tonight.
Mike Phelan is back?- Status
Post-match discussion
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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18%
Romelu Lukaku
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12%
David de Gea
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9%
Juan Mata
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6%
Chris Smalling
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3%
Marcus Rashford
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1%
Jesse Lingard
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1%
Alexis Sanchez
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1%
Paul Pogba
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1%
Antonio Valencia
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 486 ratings.
Score Predictions
533,21,38
- Man Utd win
- Crystal Palace win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 37% Crystal Palace 0:2 Man Utd
- 18% Crystal Palace 0:3 Man Utd
- 12% Crystal Palace 1:2 Man Utd
- 9% Crystal Palace 0:1 Man Utd
- 6% Crystal Palace 1:3 Man Utd
- 4% Crystal Palace 1:1 Man Utd
- 4% Crystal Palace 0:4 Man Utd
- 2% Crystal Palace 0:0 Man Utd
- 2% Crystal Palace 0:5 Man Utd
- 2% Crystal Palace 1:0 Man Utd
- 1% Crystal Palace 1:4 Man Utd
- 1% Crystal Palace 2:0 Man Utd
- 1% Crystal Palace 2:3 Man Utd
- 1% Crystal Palace 5:0 Man Utd
- 0% Crystal Palace 2:2 Man Utd
- 0% Crystal Palace 2:1 Man Utd
- 0% Crystal Palace 3:1 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Crystal Palace
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 30% 70%
- Shots
- 10 17
- Shots on Target
- 4 8
- Corners
- 3 7
- Fouls
- 10 8
Referee
Neil Swarbrick
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Juan Mata
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replaced by Luke Shaw
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replaced by Marcus Rashford
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