Mateta has found form in recent weeks, as evidenced by the fact he’s had at least 1 shot on target in each of his last 5 Premier League games. He’s averaging 0.96 shots on target per 90 across his 23 Premier League appearances on the whole, resulting in 8 league goals for the striker so far.

4 of his 8 goals have also come across his last 5 Premier League games, further suggesting that he’s peaking at this time of the season, just as he did at this stage last campaign where he went on to finish on 16 goals whilst averaging 1.14 shots on target per 90. He looks a good price to notch just 1 effort on target here.

Eze is pretty prolific at winning fouls, he hasn’t quite been at the levels we’ve seen him reach in previous seasons, but he has stayed consistent in this aspect of his game.

Eze has won 33 fouls across his 19 Premier League games this season (1.87 per 90), this is a total we can expect to increase up against Manuel Ugarte. Ugarte certainly has the physical profile for the Premier League but can struggle with the increased speed of the division, he’s averaging 2.44 fouls committed per 90 across his 17 Premier League appearances this campaign.

Eze was fouled 3 times from 20 duels in the initial meeting between the sides at Selhurst Park earlier in the campaign, Man United committed 12 fouls across that game.

Hughes is part of a very robust Crystal Palace midfield pairing alongside Jefferson Lerma, the duo are encouraged to be very aggressive and occasionally commit tactical fouls in transition.

Hughes has committed 39 fouls across his 20 Premier League appearances this season (2.64 per 90). This record includes Hughes committing at least 2 fouls in 4 of his last 5 Premier League games.

He’ll be up against Bruno Fernandes who is averaging 1.27 fouls won per 90 across his 22 Premier League appearances this season, he’s won at least 1 foul in 4 of his last 5 Premier League games.

As mentioned above, Ugarte has struggled at times with the speed of the Premier League, he’s a very physical player but can mis-time challenges, with that extra intensity of the English top flight occasionally catching him out.

Ugarte can also be caught out of position when United commit too many players forward, Amorim still has work to do to get the balance right in the middle of the park and this is reflected through Ugarte’s foul numbers this season. He is averaging a notable 2.44 fouls committed per 90 across his 17 league appearances.

Ugarte came on in the 76th minute in the initial meeting between these sides at Selhurst Park and committed 1 foul, contesting 7 duels in just 14 minutes on the pitch.

Garnacho has been in and out of the Man United side under Ruben Amorim, the 20-year-old has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford, but is still expected to start here.

He came off the bench to provide an assist in United’s 2-0 win over FCSB in the Europa League during the week, while his speed and directness offer a threat to any Premier League side.

Crystal Palace have been weaker defensively since Trevor Chalobah was recalled to Chelsea, Munoz and Richards have been exposed at times with Crystal Palace far stronger on the opposite side, with Guehi and Mitchell offering a much more secure pairing.

This usually leads to opposing sides targeting Palace down their right side, which should offer Garnacho plenty of opportunity to get at the visiting defence to create or score a goal. Garnacho has struck 9 shots across United’s last 2 home league matches, and could be havily involved again here.

Jefferson Lerma has been shown 4 yellow cards across his 18 Premier League appearances this season, only Will Hughes, Daniel Munoz and Marc Guehi have collected more cautions for the Eagles this season.

Lerma is averaging 1.42 fouls committed per 90 across these appearances in the Premier League and is part of a midfield pairing also featuring Will Hughes, this duo could find themselves overrun on a few occasions in this game if they don’t get required support from their attacking players, with United having lots of bodies in this area of the pitch.

The referee for this game is John Brooks, who is averaging 5.55 yellow cards per game across his 11 Premier League appointments this campaign. Crystal Palace were shown 3 yellow cards in the initial meeting between the sides at Selhurst Park and Lerma looks a prime candidate for a booking here.

Bruno Fernandes has had 17 shots on target across his 22 Premier League appearances this season (0.83 per 90), resulting in 5 goals for the 30-year-old, which is a goalscoring record only bettered by Amad Diallo in the Man United squad.

Fernandes took 4 shots in the initial meeting between the sides at Selhurst Park and was unlucky not to find the target at least once with any of these efforts. Fernandes is also on penalties and free kicks for United, offering another route to the target for the Portuguese international.

He has taken multiple shots in 4 of his last 5 matches (14 shots in total across these matches), if he keeps up these high shooting numbers, he looks likely to hit the target at least once here.

Crystal Palace’s defensive solidity that was achieved with a back 3 of Chalobah, Guehi and Lacroix, has faltered a bit recently, with Chelsea recalling Trevor Chalobah leading to Richards stepping into defence.

Richards has committed 7 fouls across his 12 Premier League appearances this season, 10 of these have been starts, taking his average to 0.71 fouls committed per 90.

He committed 1 foul in the initial meeting between the sides at Selhurst Park, and he’ll be up against Alejandro Garnacho here who is averaging a high 1.76 fouls won per 90 across his 22 Premier League appearances this season.