League Cup · Quarter Final
Manchester United v Crystal Palace
1–2
HT 0–0
Manchester United lost 1–2 to Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Wednesday 30th November 2011 in the League Cup. Federico Macheda (69') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 29' Fabio da Silva
- 37' Ezekiel Fryers for Fabio
- Half Time 0–0
- 46' Ravel Morrison for Berbatov
- 64' Paul Pogba for Rafael
- 65' Darren Ambrose Assist: Wilfried Zaha 0–1
- 69' Federico Macheda pen 1–1
- Extra Time
- 98' Glenn Murray Assist: Darren Ambrose 1–2
- 110' Darron Gibson
- Full Time 1–2
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
Crystal Palace Lineup
4-3-3
Starting XI
2 Nathaniel Clyne D
3 David Wright M
5 Patrick Mccarthy D
6 Anthony Gardner D
8 Kagisho Dikgacoi M
11 Sean Scannell F
16 Wilfried Zaha F
19 Jermaine Easter F
21 Dean Moxey D
28 Stuart O'Keefe M
34 Lewis Price G
Substitutes
1 Julian Speroni
4 Jonathan Parr on
7 Darren Ambrose on ⚽
9 Steffen Iversen
15 Mile Jedinak
17 Glenn Murray on ⚽
38 Peter Ramage
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Dougie Freedman
Crystal Palace
Match Information
Man Utd
4-4-2
Formation
Crystal Palace
4-3-3
United vs Crystal Palace History
Meeting 42 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 42 times: 26W 9D 7L.
10 Nov 2004 W 2–0 LC 18 Dec 2004 W 5–2 PL 5 Mar 2005 D 0–0 PL
30 Nov 2011 L 1–2 This match
14 Sep 2013 W 2–0 PL 22 Feb 2014 W 2–0 PL 8 Nov 2014 W 1–0 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 |
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 →