Man United vs Crystal Palace – Premier League LIVE: Erik ten Hag hands Facundo Pellistri his league debut, making four changes at Old Trafford… but Sofyan Amrabat remains at left back

• Crystal Palace have only won three of their past 14 away league fixtures, drawing three and losing eight.
• Palace are one of just two teams, along with Luton, yet to score in the first half of a Premier League game this season, attempting 35 shots in the opening 45 minutes of matches without a goal.
• Roy Hodgson could become the second visiting manager to win three successive Premier League matches at Old Trafford, emulating Pep Guardiola with Manchester City between 2016 and 2019.
• Odsonne Edouard has scored four goals in six Premier League games this season. He scored five times in 35 top-flight appearances last term.

CHRIS WHEELER: After a start to the season in which very little seems to have gone right for Manchester United and Erik ten Hag, finally a night when they could do no wrong.

An excellent full debut for Sofyan Amrabat, a victorious comeback by Mason Mount, first goals of the season for Alejandro Garnacho and Anthony Martial, a fourth for Casemiro, and vibrant displays from youngsters Facundo Pellistri and Hannibal Mejbri.

No wonder Ten Hag wore the look of a man who has weathered the worst of the early-season storm after securing a second win in the space of four days.

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Eberechi Eze and Tyrick Mitchell take a look around Old Trafford ahead of this afternoon’s match

• Manchester United’s league defeat by Brighton a fortnight ago brought an end to their 31-game unbeaten run at Old Trafford in all competitions.
• The Red Devils could lose consecutive home league matches for the first time since defeats by Liverpool and Manchester City in October and November 2021.
• Defeat would signal United’s worst start to a league campaign for 34 years.
• They are unbeaten in 15 Premier League home fixtures against London opposition, winning the last eight.
• Marcus Rashford has scored just four times in his past 17 Premier League appearances, with all of those goals coming against London opposition.
• Bruno Fernandes scored in both games against Palace last season.

Manchester United youngster Alejandro Garnacho has revealed that his iPhone background is a picture of himself celebrating.

Garnacho showed off his lock screen as he arrived at Old Trafford on Saturday ahead of United’s Premier League game at home to Crystal Palace.

The 19-year-old found the net against Palace in midweek when United won 3-0 in the Carabao Cup.

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Six changes for Palace from the side that played at Old Trafford in midweek – Joel Ward, Marc Guehi, Eberechi Eze, Joachim Andersen, Will Hughes and Sam Johnstone come in.

With Lisandro Martinez now set for a spell on the sidelines, it’s clear that Victor Lindelof is Erik ten Hag’s preferred partner for Raphael Varane.

He slots into the heart of defence today with Harry Maguire and Jonny Evans on the bench.

It would appear Sofyan Amrabat is going to slot in at left-back with no regular options available in that position.

United’s injury woes are easing a little further up the park – Mason Mount starts in midfield, while Facundo Pellistri is given another chance to show what he can do on the right side of the attack.

Johnstone; Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Doucoure, Hughes; Ayew, Schlupp, Eze; Mateta

Substitutes: Holding, Clyne, Ebiowei, Richards, Matthews, Riedewald, Rak-Sakyi, Ozoh, Ola-Adebomi

Onana; Dalot, Varane, Lindelof, Amrabat; Casemiro, Mount, Fernandes; Pellistri, Rashford, Højlund

Substitutes: Bayindir; Evans, Maguire, Eriksen, Hannibal, McTominay, Van de Beek, Garnacho, Martial

We’ll be able to bring you the confirmed team line-ups from Old Trafford in a few minutes’ time so stay tuned.

Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson appears set for another spell on the sidelines, with manager Roy Hodgson admitting initial scans on a thigh injury ‘didn’t look like good news’.

Henderson made a first start since joining the Eagles in a £20million move from Manchester United in the Carabao Cup tie against his old club on Tuesday night.

The 26-year-old lasted less than 20 minutes before he was forced off and replaced by Sam Johnstone, who had been Palace’s regular number one this season.

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• Manchester United are set to face Crystal Palace at home for the second time in five days, after a 3-0 League Cup triumph on Tuesday night.
• The Red Devils are vying to win three consecutive home games against Palace in all competitions.
• However, Palace are unbeaten in their previous three Premier League visits to Old Trafford under Roy Hodgson (W2, D1), winning the last two.
• United have won just four of the past 10 top-flight meetings, drawing three and losing three.

Marcus Rashford has revealed he is doing extra work with Manchester United’s summer signing Rasmus Hojlund as the pair look to quickly build a potent partnership in attack.

Hojlund joined Man United in the summer for £72m from Atalanta, with the 20-year-old Danish forward backed by the club to ease the goalscoring burden on Rashford.

The England star scored 30 goals in all competitions for Man United last season, with Bruno Fernandes the only other player to reach double figures by netting 14.

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Antony has returned to training with Manchester United as the Brazilian winger returns to the fold amid domestic abuse allegations against him.

He was photographed arriving at the club’s Carrington training complex in the back of a blacked out Mercedes van on Saturday morning.

Antony will train while his team-mates take on Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon.

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It doesn’t take too many setbacks for Manchester United to be officially in crisis. Consecutive losses to Arsenal, Brighton and Bayern Munich most definitely had the club in that kind of territory.

But they could well be on the road to recovery. After wins over Burnley and today’s opponents Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup in midweek, Erik ten Hag’s side go for three victories in a row this afternoon.

Palace were rolled over by a rotated United team on Tuesday but with Premier League points up for grabs, it could be very different at Old Trafford today.

As always, it’s been an eventful week at United, from Marcus Rashford crashing a very expensive Rolls-Royce to Antony’s return to training amid domestic abuse allegations and more additions to an extensive injury list.

But the next game is always just around the corner and the outlook will become that little bit more bright if they can pick up another three points today.