Manchester United will be targeting back-to-back wins in the Premier League for the first time this season when they take on Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon.
The Red Devils recorded just their eighth top-flight win of the campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 win away at Fulham last weekend.
Despite that victory, Ruben Amorim’s side still find themselves languishing in 12th place in the Premier League table.
United come into this clash off the back of a 2-0 win away at FCSB in the Europa League on Thursday night.
As for Crystal Palace, their five-game unbeaten run in the Premier League came grinding to a halt when losing 2-1 at home to London rivals Brentford last Sunday.
Consequently, Oliver Glasner’s team will kick-off the weekend occupying 13th place in the top-flight standings, just one place and two points behind Man United.
How the bookies view it: Red Devils to deliver
Manchester United – who have lost four of their last five Premier League home games – are even-money (1/1) favourites on Boylesports.
Despite triumphing in four of their last five top-flight road trips, Crystal Palace are as big as 13/5 (Boylesports) to take top honours while an all square affair at Old Trafford is trading at 23/10 (Boylesports).
Head to head: Eagles have the recent edge
Crystal Palace have avoided defeat in each of their last three Premier League meetings with Manchester United, emerging victorious from two of those contests. The Eagles ran out 1-0 winners in last season’s corresponding fixture and the same scoreline on Sunday has been priced up at 11/1 on Boylesports.
Players to watch: Bruno to land a blow?
Bruno Fernandes has registered nine goal involvements across his last 13 Premier League appearances. Thus, the United skipper stands out to either score or to provide an assist here at 23/20 with William Hill.
Jean-Philippe Mateta has made the net bulge four times across his previous four Premier League outings, making the Frenchman an attractive option for an anytime strike on Sunday at 9/4 on Boylesports.
Predicted line-ups
Manchester United will again have to make do without the likes of Jonny Evans and Mason Mount, however Luke Shaw is back in contention after returning to training.
Crystal Palace come into this clash without injured quartet Adam Wharton, Chadi Riad, Cheick Doucoure and Matheus Franca.
Manchester United: Onana; Mazraoui, Maguire, Martinez; Diallo, Ugarte, Mainoo, Dalot; Fernandes, Garnacho; Hojlund
Crystal Palace: Henderson; Mitchell, Guehi, Lacroix, Richards, Munoz; Lerma, Hughes, Sarr, Eze; Mateta
Anything else catch the eye?
Will Hughes is no stranger to a referee’s notebook, making the Crystal Palace midfielder worthy of consideration for a card here at 3/1 on Bet 365.
The tough-tackling 29-year-old has already been booked seven times across his 20 Premier League appearances this season.
In fact, one of those seven cautions came against Manchester United in this season’s reverse fixture, and that only adds to the appeal of siding with a repeat at Old Trafford on Sunday.
This English Premier League match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace will be played on Feb 2, 2025 and kick off at 14:00. Check below for our tipsters best Manchester United vs Crystal Palace prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
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