Manchester United 2-1 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 1 March 2026
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Sunday 1 March 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Manchester United 2-1 Crystal Palace: match report
Manchester United defeated Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 1 March 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Maxence Lacroix opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Bruno Fernandes (57', penalty) and Benjamin Sesko (65'). Crystal Palace scored through Maxence Lacroix (4').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 4th on 48 points from 27 and Crystal Palace 13th on 35 points from 27. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Crystal Palace 15th with 45.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United (9.4), ahead of Dean Henderson (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 4 for Crystal Palace.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Maxence Lacroix
- 6'Yellow card · Daichi Kamada
- 36'Yellow card · Diogo Dalot
- 49'Yellow card · Dean Henderson
- 56'Red card · Maxence Lacroix
- 57'Penalty goal · Bruno Fernandes
- 65'Goal · Benjamin Sesko
- 89'Yellow card · Ayden Heaven
Head-to-head
Team news
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Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Senne Lammens, Diogo Dalot, Leny Yoro, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Casemiro, Kobbie Mainoo, Bryan Mbeumo, Bruno Fernandes, Matheus Cunha, Benjamin Sesko
Crystal Palace line-up (3-4-2-1)
Dean Henderson, Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix, Jaydee Canvot, Daniel Muñoz, Adam Wharton, Daichi Kamada, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaïla Sarr, Brennan Johnson, Jørgen Strand Larsen