Manchester United 1-0 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 14 September 2013
Result
Manchester United 1-0 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Saturday 14 September 2013, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Manchester United 1-0 Crystal Palace: match report
Manchester United defeated Crystal Palace 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 September 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Robin van Persie (45+1', penalty) and Wayne Rooney (81'). Crystal Palace did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 7th on 4 points from 3 and Crystal Palace 15th on 3 points from 3. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 68 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 44.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crystal Palace in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 2 draws and 0 for Crystal Palace.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-D-W and Crystal Palace's W-L-L.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · A. Young
- 44'Red card · K. Dikgacoi
- 45+1'Penalty goal · Robin van Persie
- 45+2'Yellow card · Dean Moxey
- 55'Yellow card · Marouane Chamakh
- 81'Goal · Wayne Rooney
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)
David de Gea, Fábio, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Anderson, Antonio Valencia, Wayne Mark Rooney, Ashley Young, Robin van Persie
Crystal Palace line-up (4-3-3)
Julián Speroni, Adrian Mariappa, Danny Gabbidon, Damien Delaney, Dean Moxey, Kagisho Evidence Dikgacoi, Mile Jedinak, José Campaña, Jason Puncheon, Marouane Chamakh, Dwight Gayle