Crystal Palace vs Manchester United LIVE
Manchester United's Joshua Zirkzee and Mason Mount struck in the second half as Ruben Amorim's men battled back for a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday, ending the hosts' nine-month unbeaten Premier League run at Selhurst Park.
United, who tasted victory for only the second time in their last 12 away games, climbed above Palace into sixth in the table on 21 points as Oliver Glasner's team dropped to seventh on 20.
Palace were first on the scoresheet when Jean-Philippe Mateta struck from the penalty spot in the 36th minute after Leny Yoro's reckless tackle. Mateta had to retake the penalty after a double touch on his first attempt, but he sent Senne Lammens the wrong way again.
Zirkzee levelled for United in the 54th minute when he chested down a free kick before firing home from a difficult angle. Mount struck the winner nine minutes later when a free kick was touched into his path and he unleashed a low shot that found its way through a sea of Palace legs.
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Full-time!
13:57 , Alex Young95min: A hard-earned and deserved three points for United.
Who saw that coming at half-time?
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United
13:55 , Alex Young93min: Dorgu’s first involvement is to get a foul off Lerma, who is booked.
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United
13:52 , Alex Young90min: Changes for United as Mainoo and Dorgu replace Mbeumo and Amad.
Four minutes added on.
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United
13:50 , Alex Young88min: Zirkzee clears the cross, the ball comes back in but a Nketiah is offside.
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United
13:49 , Alex Young87min: A chance for Palace from a free kick, around 25 yards out near the touchline. Hughes stands over it.
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United
13:47 , Alex Young85min: Another roll of the dice from Glasner.
Mitchel and Kamada are replaced by Lerma and Devenny.
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United
13:45 , Alex Young81min: United fans are in full voice, and Palace are running out of time to level matters.
Martinez replaces Shaw.
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United
13:40 , Alex Young78min: Double change for Palace. Wharton and Pino are off, replaced by Hughes and Uche.
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United
13:38 , Alex Young76min: No. Fernandes floats a cross into the box, which is cleared as far as Dalot to hoof over.
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United
13:37 , Alex Young74min: Another free kick for United on the edge of the area. They couldn’t again, could they?
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United
13:34 , Alex Young72min: Shaw booked. He’s been very good.
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United
13:29 , Alex Young67min: Pino is offside to see a move break down.
Glasner is now the manager with a decision to make. A litlte over 20 minutes to play.
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United
13:27 , Alex Young65min: All the momentum now with United!
GOAL!
13:25 , Alex Young63min: Turnaround complete!
Mount drills home a low free kick past Henderson! That was another great finish.
Crystal Palace 1-1 Manchester United
13:25 , Alex Young62min: Guehi gives away a free kick on the edge of the area.
Crystal Palace 1-1 Manchester United
13:22 , Alex Young60min: United’s turn to boss possession now.
Crystal Palace 1-1 Manchester United
13:18 , Alex Young57min: Meanwhile, Mazrouai replaces Yoro, who has had a tough day.
Crystal Palace 1-1 Manchester United
13:17 , Alex Young55min: Zirkzee’s first Premier League goal for 364 days.
GOAL!
13:15 , Alex Young54min: That is some finish!
Zirkzee drills home the equaliser from a tight angle after picking up Fernandes’ bouncing free-kick delivert.
Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester United
13:14 , Alex Young52min: Not long! Mazraoui is warming up.
Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester United
13:13 , Alex Young49min: More of the same so far, with Palace on top.
You wonder how long until Amorim makes changes.
Second half!
13:06 , Alex Young46min: Back underway.
Teams are back out.
Manchester United’s main problem is a distinct lack of attacking threat.
Cunha and Sesko absences obviously a big impact, but Zirkzee is just simply not good enough.
Half-time
12:55 , Alex YoungMateta's re-taken penalty is the difference, but the hosts could be out of sight.
Man Utd have offered next to nothing.
Half-time!
12:52 , Alex Young51min: And that’s half-time!
Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester United
12:51 , Alex Young50min: Fernandes goes low with his cross, and Palace clear.
Awful.
Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester United
12:51 , Alex Young49min: Chance for Fernandes with a free kick on the corner of the area.
Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester United
12:50 , Alex Young48min: Nketiah has to score!
De Ligt slips and leaves the striker to run down on goal, with Munoz screaming for a pass on the right. Nketiah ignores him and fires straight at Lammens.
What a waste.
Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester United
12:47 , Alex Young46min: Fantastic tackle from Shaw to stop Pino in his tracks on the edge of the area.
Into five added minutes.
Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester United
12:46 , Alex Young44min: United seeing far more of the ball since going behind, but not troubling Palace yet.
Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester United
12:43 , Alex Young41min: They won’t do it like that. A corner comes in, falls to Dalot whose volley at goal is sliced and stays in. Fernandes - forgot he was playing - ends up blazing over from distance.
Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester United
12:42 , Alex Young40min: United need to respond now, which is not something they are often able to do.
Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester United
12:39 , Alex Young38min: It’s not all good news for Palace, as Sarr has been forced off. Nketiah replaces him.
That must be down to that earlier Dalot tackle.
GOAL (AGAIN)!
12:38 , Alex Young36min: Mateta goes the opposite side, and again sends Lammens the wrong way!
Take two!
12:36 , Alex Young34min: Hold on, it’s a double touch and Mateta will re-take the penalty.
GOAL!
12:35 , Alex Young33min: Mateta rolls it home, sending Lammens the wrong way. Cool as you like.
PENALTY!
12:33 , Alex Young32min: So, so clumsy from Yoro. Mateta is down and it’s a spot kick.
Sam Tabuteau at Selhurst Park
12:31 , Alex YoungPalace have to make these chances count. It's become a theme of their season to dominate without getting the goals to show for it.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester United
12:28 , Alex Young26min: Palace are piling on the pressure!
Another dangerous cross from the right, this time lands at Pino’s feet to volley at goal, which Yoro blocks well.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester United
12:25 , Alex Young24min: A great spot from Sarr to find Kamada’s dart into the area, which Lammens does well to adjust his body and get down to save.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester United
12:22 , Alex Young20min: Couple of corner for Palace, which come to nothing.
United hanging on at the moment.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester United
12:19 , Alex Young17min: First bookig of the game is for Mbeumo for dissent. He didn’t like that the referee awarded Palace a free kick against him.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester United
12:17 , Alex Young15min: Mateta must score!
The striker holds off a defender as he charges into the area, with just Lammens to beat, but drags a shot wide.
That came one minute after Wharton had shot straight at the keeper from close range.
Sam Tabuteau at Selhurst Park
12:14 , Alex YoungPalace just starting to find their rhythm as Wharton draws a save from Lammens.
Plenty of space out wide for the hosts.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester United
12:13 , Alex Young12min: Palace starting to get more of a foothold in the game after a slightly slow start.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester United
12:09 , Alex Young8min: First shot in anger from Palace as Mateta bundles his way through De Ligt and drives into the area, opting to shoot rather than pass and finds the side netting.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester United
12:07 , Alex Young6min: Sarr is going to try to walk it off.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester United
12:05 , Alex Young4min: Sarr is down and in some pain after a fair challenge from Dalot.
He’s going to need some medical attention. It looks potentially quite nasty.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester United
12:03 , Alex Young2min: Almost an opening goal inside a minute as a long Dalot throw causes panic in the Palace area and Casemiro tries to bundle it home at the back post, but Henderson holds on.
Kick-off!
12:01 , Alex Young1min: Here we go!
Here come the teams.
Sam Tabuteau at Selhurst Park
11:50 , Alex YoungAfter struggling to break down 10-man Everton on Monday, United now face one of the sternest defences in the league.
Palace have their own issues in attack, but one thing they are able to rely on is a solid rearguard - only Arsenal and Chelsea have more clean sheets than the Eagles this season.
Kick-off is fast approaching. Just 15 minutes away.
European hangover
11:39 , Alex YoungCrystal Palace have a record of two defeats and one draw in the three Premier League games coming after Conference League matches so far this season.
That was against Everton, Arsenal and a draw with Brighton. And will be desperate to improve that record today.
Amorim explains Dalot and Mount picks
11:30 , Alex Young“It's the way you train. They trained really well, the others too. Then the tactical aspect.
“Mason Mount is really smart, gives us more possession. He is intense, he can score goals so is one more player to be near the box."
Glasner on Manchester United
11:25 , Alex Young“They have improved under Ruben… Watching them, it's also clear their players are getting used to their system of play.
"It's a really interesting game for us. A nice challenge against an opponent who use a similar system.”
Sam Tabuteau at Selhurst Park
11:13 , Alex YoungOur man checks in.
Crystal Palace can move back into the top four with a win today.
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Here's @tabuteauS, and some Pharrell, at Selhurst Park ahead of kick-off.#CRYMUN | #CPFC | #MUFC pic.twitter.com/b8VeK0XWwi
Team news
10:59 , Alex YoungManchester United make two changes for the defeat to Everton as Dalot and Mount replace Dorgu and Mazraoui.
Ruben Amorim had pointed out Dorgu's "anxiousness" ahead of the game, so his withdrawal is no surprise.
Zirkzee keeps his place despite failing to provide any real attacking threat of note against the 10 men of Everton.
Crystal Palace are unchanged for the 2-0 win at Wolves last weekend.
Confirmed team news in full
10:53 , Alex YoungCrystal Palace XI: Henderson, Munoz, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Mitchell, Wharton, Kamada, Pino, Sarr, Mateta
Subs: Benitez, Lerma, Nketiah, Uche, Clyne, Hughes, Esse, Canvot, Devenny
Manchester United XI: Lammens, Yoro, De Ligt, Shaw, Amad, Dalot, Casemiro, Fernandes, Mbeumo, Mount, Zirkzee
Subs: Bayindir, Martinez, Heaven, Malacia, Dorgu, Mazraoui, Ugarte, Mainoo, Lacey
Man Utd XI
10:46 , Alex Young...and the visitors!
Introducing your United XI for today's midday kick-off! 👊
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) November 30, 2025
Crystal Palace XI
10:45 , Alex YoungHere’s how the hosts look!
Our XI to face Manchester United 🤝 pic.twitter.com/WkhMx7BqD2
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) November 30, 2025
Team news is imminent.
Amorim well aware of Glasner
10:32 , Alex YoungCrystal Palace have progressed impressively under Oliver Glasner and has previously faced Ruben Amorim with Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League.
"I played against him in Frankfurt with Sporting, so I know the (style of) play," the Manchester United manager said earlier this week. "I take inspiration from everyone.
"When I have two weeks for (an international break), I watch all the managers and try to take all the inspiration that I can take.
"I have six years as a professional manager, so I'm always trying to learn to improve my team."
Glasner tooks for positives after Conference League defeat
10:24 , Alex YoungCrystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner says the disappointment of Thursday night's Conference League defeat in Strasbourg is a sign of how far the club have come in looking to be challenging on two fronts.
"Maybe like the late defeat at Everton, it just feels that it was completely unnecessary and it is our fault," Glasner said at a press conference.
"On the other side, we have to accept it The effort was there but it is a game we shouldn't definitely lose, at least getting a goal, but like always, we try to learn from it."
Glasner added: "It just shows how much it means for this club and then of course everybody is playing on their top level, highly motivated.
"We always have to match this motivation, because the small margins decide it, and yesterday it looked like we didn't match the motivation on the same level, maybe a few percentage less, and that's why we lost at the end."
Form guide
10:15 , Alex YoungBoth teams saw their unbeaten runs end this week.
Crystal Palace somehow lost at Strasbourg in the Conference League on Thursday, despite creating enough chances to win two games.
That was after Manchester United went down 1-0 at home to an Everton team playing with 10 men for 80 minutes. The meekest of meek displays.
H2H
10:07 , Alex YoungThere are plenty of reasons for Crystal Palace to be confident ahead of kick-off.
It’s been over two years since they last lost to Manchester United, and in that time have three wins and one draw.
They won 2-0 at Old Trafford in February after a 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park last season, and did the double over United in previous term - including a 4-0 win in south London.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester United prediction
09:55 , Alex YoungWhile Palace suffered defeat in France on Thursday night, they created enough chances to have won the game so their confidence shouldn’t be affected.
By contrast Man Utd struggled against Everton - despite playing against ten men from the 13th minute - and we can’t see Amorim’s side ending their poor recent record against the Eagles.
Crystal Palace to win, 2-1.
Early Crystal Palace team news
09:48 , Alex YoungOlivier Glasner has been handed a fresh concern ahead of Man Utd’s visit with Will Hughes sustaining a knee injury during the loss to Strasbourg.
The Palace boss did say the injury “doesn’t look that bad” but the midfielder will be assessed. Meanwhile, it remains to be seen if he will have Borna Sosa available for selection.
The summer signing missed the defeat against Strasbourg with a knock picked up in training so is also doubt to face the Red Devils. Elsewhere, Adam Wharton, Chris Richards and Daichi Kamada should return to the starting XI.
Palace and Manchester United both set up in a 3-4-2-1 formation and are looking to bounce back from disappointing recent results.
Early Man Utd team news
09:43 , Alex YoungRuben Amorim will this afternoon be without Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko as Manchester United travel to Crystal Palace.
The United boss had hoped to be able to call upon Cunha, who missed Monday’s defeat to Everton with a knock picked up in training last week, but speaking to the media on Friday, he said the Brazilian would not travel with the squad to Selhurst Park.
In the absence of Sesko and Cunha, United remain short of options in attack, and they lacked presence up front against Everton, with Joshua Zirkzee drafted in for his first start of the season.
United also looked vulnerable defensively against 10-man Everton, with Leny Yoro failing to get a clean tackle on Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall right before he put the visitors into a shock lead.
Yoro had come into the side in place of the injured Harry Maguire, who picked up a hamstring injury before the international break, and the Frenchman will again likely be expected to fill in for Maguire against Palace.
How to watch
09:35 , Alex YoungTV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on TNT Sports.
Coverage begins at 11am GMT on TNT Sports 1, ahead of a 12pm kick-off at Selhurst Park.
Live stream: TNT Sport subscribers can also catch the contest live online via the Discovery+ website or app.
Free highlights: The Sky Sports app and YouTube channel will show highlights shortly after the final whistle, with Match of the Day broadcasting on BBC One at 10.35pm GMT.
Welcome
09:29 , Alex YoungGood morning and welcome to the London Standard’s LIVE coverage of the Premier League clash between Crystal Palace and Manchester United.
It’s an early start in south London, with kick-off at 12pm at Selhurst Park.
But the Eagles will have been eagerly anticipating this one, having won three and drawn one of their last four meetings with United.
Another win today? Let’s find out.
