Premiership · Matchday 29

Crystal Palace v Manchester United

2–3

HT 1–0

Monday 5th March 2018 · Selhurst Park · Att: 25,840

Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 3–2 at Selhurst Park on Monday 5th March 2018 in the Premiership. Chris Smalling (55'), Romelu Lukaku (76') and Nemanja Matic (90'+1') scored for United. United were captained by Antonio Valencia, and the referee was Niel Swarbrick.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
11' Andros Townsend Assist: Christian Benteke 1–0
42' Scott McTominay
45' Marcus Rashford for McTominay
Half Time 1–0
48' Patrick van Aanholt Assist: Jeffrey Schlupp 2–0
55' Chris Smalling Assist: Antonio Valencia 2–1
57' Ashley Young
67' Luke Shaw for Valencia
67' Juan Mata for Young
75' Andros Townsend
76' Romelu Lukaku 2–2
90' Nemanja Matic
90+1' Nemanja Matic 2–3
Full Time 2–3

Match Facts

68%

Possession

4-3-3

Formation

Niel Swarbrick

Referee

Antonio Valencia

Captain

Starting XI

Player

9 Romelu Lukaku 76'

12 Chris Smalling 55'

14 Jesse Lingard

18 Ashley Young

25 Antonio Valencia

31 Nemanja Matic 90'+1

Substitutes

45' for McTominay

67' for Valencia

67' for Young

Crystal Palace Lineup

4-4-2

Starting XI

3 Patrick van Aanholt LB ⚽

4 Luka Milivojevic CM-R

5 James Tomkins CD-L

9 Alexander Sørloth CF-R

10 Andros Townsend RM ⚽

13 Wayne Hennessey G

15 Jeff Schlupp LM

17 Christian Benteke CF-L

18 James McArthur CM-L

29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka RB

34 Martin Kelly CD-R

Substitutes

14 Lee Chung-Yong

16 Diego Cavalieri

23 Pape Souaré

27 Damien Delaney

31 Erdal Rakip

33 Jaroslaw Jach

44 Jairo Riedewald on

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Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Roy Hodgson

Crystal Palace

Match Information

Man Utd

4-3-3

Formation

Crystal Palace

4-4-2

Man Utd Crystal Palace

68%

Possession

32%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.96

Avg Player Rating

6.53

United vs Crystal Palace History

Meeting 53 of 70

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

119

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 26th August 1922. After this match United had played Crystal Palace 53 times: 36W 10D 7L.

14 Dec 2016 W 2–1 PL 21 May 2017 W 2–0 PL 30 Sep 2017 W 4–0 PL

5 Mar 2018 W 3–2 This match

24 Nov 2018 D 0–0 PL 27 Feb 2019 W 3–1 PL 24 Aug 2019 L 1–2 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	35	25	3	7	64	24	71.4
Away	30	15	9	6	45	35	50.0
Neutral	5	3	2	0	10	6	60.0

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →