Red Devils hoping to extend fourth spot lead with Palace triumph

Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United will travel to Selhurst Park to contest Crystal Palace, with both sides aiming to put an end to their stuttering three-match Premier League losing streaks.

The Red Devils stumbled to a shocking defeat to West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford in their last outing, following up a double of defeats by Everton and Chelsea, while the Eagles having suffered a treble of league losses to the Baggies, Hull City and most recently Jose Mourinho’s champions.

United are aiming to edge further ahead of Liverpool in fourth spot, after giving Brendan Rodgers’ Reds a glimmer of hope in securing a Champions League position with their recent domestic downfall, and they are 16/5 to win and both teams score.

Within this Selhurst Park war, a personnel battle will be fought, as Palace wideman Wilfried Zaha prepares to face his former club, at which he was unable to make a lasting impact on arriving for an initial £10m in January 2013, before being loaned back to the Eagles.

The energetic Eagles winger believes he didn’t get a genuine chance to prove his credentials at Old Trafford, having been Sir Alex Ferguson’s final ever signing as manager before retiring.

“I did not really get a chance to prove myself [at United] and I have got to show what I could have done over there at Palace,” stated Zaha.

“There is no point thinking about the past because there is nothing that really happened there. There is nothing to look back on because I never really played.

“I was just there – not playing and not doing anything. It would be nice to get a result.”