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Premiership · Matchday 16

Crystal Palace v Manchester United

1–2
HT 0–1
Wednesday 14th December 2016 · Selhurst Park · Att: 25,547

Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 2–1 at Selhurst Park on Wednesday 14th December 2016 in the Premiership. Paul Pogba (45'+2') and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (88') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 38' Marcos Rojo
  3. 45' Martin Kelly
  4. 45+2' Paul Pogba 0–1
  5. Half Time 0–1
  6. 52' Matteo Darmian for Bailly
  7. 66' James McArthur Assist: Damien Delaney 1–1
  8. 70' Paul Pogba
  9. 70' Jesse Lingard for Mata
  10. 72' Damien Delaney
  11. 80' Marcus Rashford for Rooney
  12. 84' Marcus Rashford
  13. 88' Zlatan Ibrahimovic Assist: Paul Pogba 1–2
  14. Full Time 1–2

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
1 David de Gea
3 Eric Bailly
4 Phil Jones
5 Marcos Rojo
6 Paul Pogba 45'+2
8 Juan Mata
9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 88'
10 Wayne Rooney
16 Michael Carrick
17 Daley Blind
21 Ander Herrera
Substitutes
Matteo Darmian
52' for Bailly
Jesse Lingard
70' for Mata
Marcus Rashford
80' for Rooney

Crystal Palace Lineup

4-2-3-1
Starting XI
2 Joel Ward LB
4 Mathieu Flamini CM-L
6 Scott Dann CD-R
7 Yohan Cabaye CM-R
11 Wilfried Zaha CF-R
13 Wayne Hennessey G
14 Lee Chung-Yong LM
17 Christian Benteke CF-L
18 James McArthur RM ⚽
27 Damien Delaney CD-L
34 Martin Kelly RB
Substitutes
1 Julian Speroni
9 Fraizer Campbell on
10 Andros Townsend
16 Joe Ledley on
19 Ezekiel Fryers on
43 Noor Husin
46 Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC
Jose Mourinho
Manchester United
OPP
Alan Pardew
Crystal Palace

Match Information

Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
Crystal Palace
4-2-3-1
Man Utd Crystal Palace
61%
Possession
39%
16
Shots
6
6
Shots on Target
3
10
Shots Inside Box
4
6
Shots Outside Box
2
1
Big Chances
1
8
Corners
1
10
Fouls
16
1
Offsides
0
2
Saves
4
7.35
Avg Player Rating
6.67

United vs Crystal Palace History

Meeting 50 of 70
70
Played
43
Won
14
Drawn
13
Lost
119
Goals For
65
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 26th August 1922. After this match United had played Crystal Palace 50 times: 33W 10D 7L.
31 Oct 2015 D 0–0 PL 20 Apr 2016 W 2–0 PL 21 May 2016 W 2–1 FAC
14 Dec 2016 W 2–1 This match
21 May 2017 W 2–0 PL 30 Sep 2017 W 4–0 PL 5 Mar 2018 W 3–2 PL
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 352537 642471.4
Away 301596 453550.0
Neutral 5320 10660.0
All 70 meetings with Crystal Palace →

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 →