CRYSTAL PALACE VS MANCHESTER UNITED FREE PICKS
Crystal Palace and Manchester United face each other on Monday evening at Selhurst Park. At Crystal Palace they can use the points very well, but at Manchester United they want to give the 2-1 victory over Chelsea a sequel.
Crystal Palace :
Crystal Palace was just above the relegation streak before this round. The Eagles held Swansea City, Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion after 28 games and Roy Hodgson hopes that after 38 games, there will still be three teams under Crystal Palace in the rankings. If they want to achieve that at Palace, there will have to be won a few pots in the coming weeks, because with two points from the last five games, Palace is not doing too well lately. The last time The Eagles managed to win in the Premier League was mid-January and after almost two months without victory, Hodgson’s team can use a three-point win this weekend.
However, Manchester United does not seem to be the ideal opponent to cancel a win. Last weekend, The Eagles seemed to have a point when Tottenham Hotspur came to visit Selhurst Park, but Palace had to collect the 0-1 from Tottenham two minutes before the final whistle. The 0-1 defeat against The Spurs meant for Crystal Palace the second open-ended defeat that was suffered and it must be a bit crazy if The Eagles did not add a third loss on Monday-evening.
Crystal Palace is currently working on the worst series since Hodgson took over from Frank de Boer in September. Against Tottenham, The Eagles had to make it without star player Wilfried Zaha and it is striking that Crystal Palace lost all ten games it played without Zaha this season. The Ivoriaan is still there for two weeks and will, like a bunch of teammates, have to watch the match against United from the stands. At Palace there is an injury wave, but it is expected that next weekend a lot of Palace players will be recovered from their injuries.
Manchester United :
Manchester United is of course much better in the Premier League than Crystal Palace. However, The Red Devils will not be satisfied with their second place in the league, especially since Manchester City is in first place in the Premier League. The men of José Mourinho, however, already have a drawback of sixteen points on Manchester City and have the country championship for a while put off their head. At Manchester United they will focus in the remainder of the season on a top-four ranking, because only then are The Red Devils allowed to play in the Champions League next season.
Last Sunday, a game against the rival Chelsea was scheduled for Manchester United. Mourinho of course has a history at Chelsea and also hates Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, so he did not want to lose the Portuguese in his own house of The Blues. Manchester United started the game, just like a few days earlier in and against Sevilla, very bad and The Red Devils also came on the back in the 32nd minute. Just before half-time, Romelo Lukaku made the equalizer on behalf of Manchester United and the Belgian striker also gave the cross on the decisive goal of Jesse Lingard in the second half.
Next Saturday, Manchester United will play a squatter again with Liverpool home. A few days later, Sevilla also comes to visit in Manchester and so Crystal Palace is the ideal match for Mourinho and his team to refuel some confidence in the run-up to the duels against Liverpool and Sevilla. Mourinho has to meet Monday evening in London without Ander Herrera, Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones, Marouane Fellaini, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Daley Blind.
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