First sign of Michael Olise ghosting in behind but Jean-Philippe Mateta’s pass misses its target.

United look happy to play it slow in possession, although you’d fancy their trio of creative central midfielders to be positive when they get on the ball.

Early corner for Palace as Jonny Evans only clears a cross as far as Michael Olise, whose outside-of-the-boot effort looks a little lightweight but bounces wide off the veteran defender anyway.

Taken short, Mason Mount covers well to steal in.

United give it away and Evans puts in a solid tackle on Tyrick Mitchell. Home fans demand a penalty but think he’s got the ball.

The smoke from the pyrotechnics is gently lifting from the pitch as we get this Bank Holiday football underway!

Manchester United in all white tonight and Casemiro leads them out in a vibrant atmosphere in the south of the capital.

Crystal Palace in their usual home kit and their fans are full of optimism that they can upset the Red Devils.

The two squads trot back into the dressing rooms as the warm-ups come to an end and Selhurst Park is filling up nicely.

Kick-off not far away now.

Referee Jarred Gillett will tonight wear a ‘RefCam’ during tonight’s game in a Premier League first.

The 37-year-old Australian will wear a head-mounted device that will be hooked up to the audio channel used by the referees.

It is designed to show the demand put on referees in Premier League matches and offer fans a unique new insight as part of a programme which Premier League Productions are currently producing.

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A little spiky from Erik ten Hag as he speaks ahead of the game (imagine…) and turns the first question straight back on the reporter.

“It’s always massive, we need to be in Europe and we have two opportunities,” he eventually tells Sky Sports.

“[The injuries are] extreme, you have to deal with it. We trust the line-up and go for it.

“We have to match [Crystal Palace] and play our game, they’ve changed a lot under the new manager. He’s doing great, very physical team and creative. We have to match this.”

Back in the spring of the 2017-18 season, a highly-doubted Manchester United team came to Selhurst Park with a point to prove… sound familiar?

Well, on that occasion it was Nemanja Matic who produced the heroics by scoring the Red Devils’ winner and goal of the season to complete a comeback from two down in stoppage time.

This has been a highly competitive fixture of late, with the last eight meetings split evenly at three wins apiece plus two draws.

Crystal Palace wins: 11

Draws: 13

Man Utd wins: 41

We have just over half an hour until kick-off in south London with the warm-ups getting underway.

By the way, this is Bruno Fernandes’ first injury absence of his Manchester United career!

Dom Smith at Selhurst Park:

Crystal Palace have been their free-flowing attacking best in recent weeks.

Harry Maguire’s muscle injury is the latest in a long line of defensive injuries Manchester United have suffered this season and means Jonny Evans and midfielder Casemiro line up as the central defensive pairing tonight.

Oliver Glasner’s Eagles will feel they can get at them, especially with Eze returning to the line-up after missing last weekend’s 1-1 draw against Fulham.