Man Utd V Crystal Palace Barclays Premier League Match 14 -September 2013.New Manchester United signing Marouane Fellaini could make his debut for the Premier League champions.
Wayne Rooney is not expected to be rushed back from a head injury so Danny Welbeck should support Robin van Persie, while Chris Smalling may replace Phil Jones at right-back.Watch Man Utd V Crystal Palace Live, Watch Man Utd V Crystal Palace Live Stream, Watch Man Utd V Crystal Palace Free Live Stream, Watch Man Utd V Crystal Palace Online, Watch Man Utd V Crystal Palace Online Free, Man Utd V Crystal Palace Live, Man Utd V Crystal Palace live stream Online.
Crystal Palace new boy Barry Bannan and loan signing Cameron Jerome are both likely to feature at Old Trafford.
Jonathan Parr could return after missing five months through injury.
MATCH PREVIEW
It's very early days of course, but it's been a mixed bag for 'new era'-Manchester United so far this season as they prepare to face Crystal Palace, a team they've never lost to in eight previous meetings in the Premier League.
Four points from the opening nine is their lowest total in four seasons and this match comes after they failed to score in back-to-back league games for the first time since 2007. The serene and impressive start at Swansea has been followed by a stalemate with Chelsea and then a narrow defeat at Anfield, leaving David Moyes with the same record from his first three league games as his predecessor at Old Trafford.
This, however, is a game that every United fan will expect three points from against their newly-promoted opponents.
I thought Palace did fairly well when I saw them against Tottenham on the opening weekend of the season in a 1-0 defeat at Selhurst Park, a day most memorable for Ian Holloway's post-match meltdown - which has cost him an £18,000 fine and two-match touchline ban, starting with this match.
The narrow loss to Spurs wasn't harsh, but they battled hard against one of the top sides and Kagisho Dikgacoi brought a good save from Hugo Lloris near the end as they pushed for a late equaliser.
A 2-1 defeat at Stoke, after taking the lead, and then a confidence boosting 3-1 home success over Paolo Di Canio's Sunderland are the only other things we've got to go on so far - it's a decent enough start.
When he was in charge of Blackpool in the Premier League, Ian Holloway's team had a real go against Manchester United... scoring twice both home and away against them only to end up losing the two games. A win here with his latest club really would be headline news. Interestingly enough though, Crystal Palace were actually victorious the last time they played at Old Trafford - 2-1 after extra time in a Carling Cup tie a couple of years ago.
Whatever happens in this one, we'll miss Holloway's energetic and intense presence on the touchline.
Crystal Palace have never beaten Manchester United in eight Premier League meetings, losing six and drawing twice.
The Eagles have not won a league match at Old Trafford since a 2-1 victory in December 1989.
But they did emerge winners from their last fixture at Old Trafford, prevailing 2-1 after extra time in the League Cup fifth round in November 2011.
United have won 529 Premier League matches, compared to Crystal Palace's sum total of 38.
Manchester United
Four points from a possible nine is Manchester United's lowest points total after three games since 2008-09 (also four points).
This is the first time Manchester United have failed to score in back-to-back Premier League games since 2007 (between 9 May and 12 August 2007 they failed to score in three on the spin).
David Moyes has matched Sir Alex Ferguson's record of one win, one draw and one defeat from his opening three league matches.
Crystal Palace
Palace have three points from three games this season. In their last top-flight season (2004-05), they picked up only one from their opening six matches.
In their last season in the Premier League (2004-05), Crystal Palace scored 11 penalties - a joint-record in the competition. Palace also scored more penalties than any other side in the top four divisions last season (13 - including the playoffs).
In their last match (against Sunderland), 12 of Palace's 18 shots came from outside the box.
Danny Gabbidon scored his first Premier League goal against Sunderland. He has now scored in all four English league divisions.
The Eagles have taken the lead in each of the last two fixtures (they also led against Stoke before losing).