Wednesday, at 20:00, Crystal Palace receives Selhurst Park’s visit to Manchester United in the 28th round of the Premier League. Roy Hodgson’s “Eagles” got a white draw on the tour, but they have a very poor balance against the “devils” who have not defeated them in the championship for more than two decades (23 games in which the Palace has only 4 draws).
Without impressing in front of the home soldiers this season, Crystal Palace is going through a favorable moment and has not lost four stages. Roy Hodgson’s team is on 13th place (goal 31-35), while Manchester United is on the 5th place (52-35 golaveraj) and pulls hard for a Champions League spot in a duel with Arsenal and Chelsea. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knows he can not say goodbye to the draw, but the Norwegian has significant batch problems for Wednesday’s game.
They are Rashford and Martial, very important for United’s attack game, but also Rojo, Darmian and Valencia re-champion. Otherwise, Herrera, Lingard and Matic will definitely be missing from the guests’ camp, which forces Solskjaer to experiment and is not excluded from seeing McTominay in the middle line if Juan Mata will not be able to play. Crystal Palace is missing Kelly, Sakho, Souare, Wan-Bissaka and Wickham, but the main red-blue look will be defensive.
We do not have to ignore the strength of the Palace on the counter-attack (Manchester City has lost against the “eagles”). The offensive of the hosts is Townsend, Zaha and Batshuayi, capable, fast and technical players who can put Manchester United defensively. “Diabolists” won 3-2 and 2-1 last two trips to Crystal Palace, but this time we are expecting an economic game from visitors who have limited solutions in the batch.
Those who have bet on “GG” in the last 5 matches of Manchester United have lost every time, and “devils” come after a white draw with Liverpool in the derby of the previous round. On the other hand, United won big away wins against Chelsea (2-0 in the Cup), Fulham (3-0) or Leicester (1-0), and the Nordic would certainly definitely enjoy the limit on Selhurst Park. Crystal Palace will be crowded and the 0-0 score is likely.
THE PROBABLE TEAMS AT MANCHESTER UNITED – CRYSTAL PALACE
Manchester United: De Gea – Young, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw – Mata, McTominay, Pogba – Sanchez, Lukaku, Martial
Crystal Palace: Guaita – Ward, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt – McArthur, Milivojevic, Schlupp – Townsend, Batshuayi, Zaha
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,84
