Premiership · Matchday 28

Crystal Palace v Manchester United

1–3

HT 0–1

Wednesday 27th February 2019 · Selhurst Park · Att: 25,754

Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 3–1 at Selhurst Park on Wednesday 27th February 2019 in the Premiership. Romelu Lukaku (33', 52') and Ashley Young (83') scored for United. United were captained by Ashley Young, and the referee was Martin Atkinson.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
33' Romelu Lukaku Assist: Luke Shaw 0–1
41' Martin Kelly
Half Time 0–1
52' Romelu Lukaku Assist: Victor Nilsson Lindelöf 0–2
65' Joel Ward Assist: Jeffrey Schlupp 1–2
69' Alexis Sanchez
77' Eric Bailly for Dalot
77' Marcus Rashford for Sanchez
81' Luke Shaw
83' Ashley Young Assist: Paul Pogba 1–3
90' Romelu Lukaku
90' Wilfried Zaha
90' James Garner for Fred
Full Time 1–3

Match Facts

55%

Possession

4-3-3

Formation

Martin Atkinson

Referee

Ashley Young

Captain

Starting XI

Player

9 Romelu Lukaku 33', 52'

12 Chris Smalling

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

Substitutes

77' for Dalot

77' for Sanchez

90' for Fred

Crystal Palace Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

2 Joel Ward RB ⚽

3 Patrick van Aanholt LB

4 Luka Milivojevic CM

5 James Tomkins CD-L

10 Andros Townsend RF

11 Wilfried Zaha LF

15 Jeff Schlupp LM

18 James McArthur RM

23 Michy Batshuayi F

31 Vicente Guaita G

34 Martin Kelly CD-R

Substitutes

6 Scott Dann

7 Max Meyer on

8 Cheikhou Kouyaté on

13 Wayne Hennessey

14 Jordan Ayew

17 Christian Benteke on

44 Jairo Riedewald

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

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Roy Hodgson

Crystal Palace

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Crystal Palace

4-3-3

Man Utd Crystal Palace

55%

Possession

45%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.22

Avg Player Rating

6.16

United vs Crystal Palace History

Meeting 55 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 55 times: 37W 11D 7L.

30 Sep 2017 W 4–0 PL 5 Mar 2018 W 3–2 PL 24 Nov 2018 D 0–0 PL

27 Feb 2019 W 3–1 This match

24 Aug 2019 L 1–2 PL 16 Jul 2020 W 2–0 PL 19 Sep 2020 L 1–3 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 →