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Manchester United v Crystal Palace

2–1
HT 0–0
Saturday 21st May 2016 · Wembley · Att: 88,619

Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 2–1 at Wembley (N) on Saturday 21st May 2016 in the FA Cup. Juan Mata (81') and Jesse Lingard (110') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 18' Chris Smalling
  3. 40' Marcos Rojo
  4. 45' Juan Mata
  5. Half Time 0–0
  6. 47' Scott Dann
  7. 62' Damien Delaney
  8. 66' Matteo Darmian for Rojo
  9. 72' Ashley Young for Rashford
  10. 78' Jason Puncheon Assist: Joel Ward 0–1
  11. 81' Juan Mata Assist: Marouane Fellaini 1–1
  12. 87' Wayne Rooney
  13. 90' Jesse Lingard for Mata
  14. Extra Time
  15. 101' Marouane Fellaini
  16. 105' Chris Smalling 2nd yellow
  17. 108' James McArthur
  18. 110' Jesse Lingard 2–1
  19. 111' Jesse Lingard
  20. Minute not recorded
  21. — Chris Smalling
  22. Full Time 2–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
1 David de Gea
5 Marcos Rojo
8 Juan Mata 81'
9 Anthony Martial
10 Wayne Rooney
12 Chris Smalling
16 Michael Carrick
17 Daley Blind
25 Antonio Valencia
27 Marouane Fellaini
39 Marcus Rashford
Substitutes
Matteo Darmian
66' for Rojo
Ashley Young
72' for Rashford
Jesse Lingard
90' for Mata
110'

Crystal Palace Lineup

4-2-3-1
Starting XI
2 Joel Ward RB
6 Scott Dann CD-R
7 Yohan Cabaye RM
10 Yannick Bolasie AM-L
11 Wilfried Zaha AM-R
13 Wayne Hennessey G
15 Mile Jedinak LM
18 James McArthur AM
21 Connor Wickham F
23 Pape Souaré LB
27 Damien Delaney CD-L
Substitutes
1 Julian Speroni
3 Adrian Mariappa on
16 Dwight Gayle on
25 Emmanuel Adebayor
26 Bakary Sako
34 Martin Kelly
42 Jason Puncheon on

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

Managers

MUFC
Louis van Gaal
Manchester United
OPP
Alan Pardew
Crystal Palace

Match Information

Man Utd
4-1-4-1
Formation
Crystal Palace
4-2-3-1
Man Utd Crystal Palace
67%
Possession
33%
16
Shots
15
5
Shots on Target
6
12
Corners
8
19
Fouls
19
1
Offsides
4

United vs Crystal Palace History

Meeting 49 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 49 times: 32W 10D 7L.
9 May 2015 W 2–1 PL 31 Oct 2015 D 0–0 PL 20 Apr 2016 W 2–0 PL
21 May 2016 W 2–1 This match
14 Dec 2016 W 2–1 PL 21 May 2017 W 2–0 PL 30 Sep 2017 W 4–0 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 →