Crystal Palace vs Manchester United prediction | 12 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


Crystal Palace
Ranking: #26 overall, #12 in England

84.9 → 81.7 (-3.2 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-3 05 Sep Fulham (A) 83.9 -0.8
2-3 12 Sep Ipswich (H) 82.6 -1.3
4-0 17 Sep Lech Poznań (H) 82.5 -0.1
0-0 20 Sep Leeds Utd (A) 82.5 0.0
3-1 11 Oct Nottm Forest (H) 81.7 -0.8
Manchester United
Ranking: #13 overall, #5 in England

85.3 → 85.0 (-0.3 over last 10 games)

Rating
4-0 10 Sep Sabah (H) 86.3 +0.2
0-1 13 Sep Man City (H) 86.3 0.0
1-1 20 Sep Fulham (A) 86.2 -0.1
1-1 10 Oct Tottenham (H) 85.3 -0.9
2-0 13 Oct Atl Madrid (A) 85.0 -0.3

Crystal Palace vs Manchester United: by the numbers

There are 13 places between these two in our European rankings, with Manchester United the higher, and 7 places between them in England.

Manchester United arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving -0.3 rating points over their last 10 matches against Crystal Palace's -3.2.

Last time these teams played, on 1 March 2026, Manchester United gained 0.6 rating points.

Crystal Palace first climbed to #9 in our European rankings on 18 October 2025.

The best xGtoday rating Manchester United have ever held is 89.9, first set on 30 September 2017.