Manchester United

• Manchester United have only lost one of their 22 Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace (W17 D4). However, this defeat came in this exact fixture last season after Patrick van Aanholt became the first (and to date, only) visiting player to score a 90th-minute winner away to Man Utd in the Premier League.
• The Red Devils have won their opening Premier League fixture more often than any other side in the competition (19), though this is the first time their season opener has not taken place on the opening weekend.
• After a run of three home league defeats in five games between April-August 2019 (W1 D1), Manchester United have lost just one of their last 17 Premier League games at Old Trafford (W9 D7).
• Since his debut for the club in February, Bruno Fernandes has been involved in 20 of Man Utd’s 51 goals in all competitions (39%), leading the way for both goals (12) and assists (8) for the Red Devils in that time.

Crystal Palace

• Crystal Palace have never previously won back-to-back league trips to Manchester United; only six sides have won away at Old Trafford in consecutive Premier League seasons – Man City (three in a row on two occasions), Bolton, Liverpool, Southampton, Tottenham and West Brom.
• The Eagles are unbeaten in their last four Premier League away games against the two Manchester sides (W2 D2) – the last side to go five such games unbeaten in the competition were Chelsea between May 2013-October 2014 (W2 D3).
• Crystal Palace have never started a top-flight campaign with two consecutive victories before, last doing so in any division in the 2006-07 Championship
• After scoring Crystal Palace’s winner against Southampton on MD1, Wilfried Zaha is looking to score in consecutive Premier League games for the first time since November 2019. However, the Ivorian scored just once in his 19 away league games last season.