Between the return matches in the English Cup, tomorrow (Wednesday, 22:00 on Sport2) there will be a make-up game from the 7th round in the Premier League, in which the hot Manchester United will hope to continue the momentum away against Crystal Palace, on a field where they have had difficulty winning in recent years.
Manchester United won all games in all formats since returning from the World Cup break and reached the peak when they beat Manchester City 1:2 in the derby on Saturday. If they also beat the Eagles in the play-off they can go into Sunday’s game against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium six points clear of them.
Anthony Martial, who was replaced at half-time in the derby because he was not fully fit, may sit on the bench this time and the one who may take his place is Voet Wachhorst, the Dutch striker who left Besiktas and joined at the weekend. Another possibility is that Alejandro Granacho will go up on the left side and Marcus Rashford who scored in all the last seven games will be placed separately. Coach Erik ten Haag said about Wachhorst at the press conference: “I have to see if he will play or not.” Diogo Dalot is not expected to play this time either, so Eric Wan-Bissaka should continue as a right back.
In contrast, Patrick Vieira’s Crystal Palace came back from the break in a bad way and lost four of their last five games in all competitions. In the league, she scored only two goals in the last five games, and that was in a 0:2 victory over Bournemouth. They will be hoping to stop Manchester United as they did in the last two meetings between them at Selhurst Park which ended 0-1 last season and 0-0 in March 2021.