Crystal Palace vs Manchester United Betting Tips

The normally defensively sound Crystal Palace crumbled on Wednesday as Manchester City thrashed them 5-1 to send them crashing out of the Capital One Cup.

This was their 3^rd defeat on the trot, with West Ham snatching a 3-1 win over them before Leicester pipped them to the post last weekend.

Before this run they were looking like a really good team, but back to back Premier League defeats has seen a bit of a gap open up between them and the top five in the league. They now sit in 7^th position with 15 points from their opening ten games.

Manchester United’s penalty shootout exit to Middlesbrough on Wednesday made it three games without a win for them as well.

They came back from Moscow with a single point after a 1-1 draw against CSKA, and then we had to endure a lifeless Manchester derby as the two giants played out a goalless draw. It was goalless again on Wednesday.

This let West Ham overtake them in the Premier League, and their 20 point tally leaves them in 4^th position now, although they are only two points off leaders Manchester City.

Manchester United have claimed the three points in all of the last four meetings between these sides, and I will be expecting another win for them on Saturday as well.

But with both sides desperate to get back to winning ways I would expect Crystal Palace to make a real go of winning the game rather than sitting back and trying to shut the visitors out.

For this reason I think both sides will get on the scoresheet, and when you combine this with a Manchester United win you get incredible odds of 7/2. That’s where my money is going, along with some on a 2-1 correct scoreline at 17/2.