1′ McArthur gets the game underway for Palace!
The teams are out on the pitch now, with kick-off just moments away.
Palace have never started a top-flight campaign with two consecutive victories before, last doing so in any division in the 2006-07 Championship season.
Roy Hodgson makes just one change from the Palace side that beat Southampton last weekend, with Sakho returning from injury to partner Kouyate in defence in place of Scott Dann.
Pogba has recovered from Covid-19 to start for United today and while Shaw is fit again after an ankle injury sustained at the end of last season. New signing Van de Beek starts on the bench.
CRYSTAL PALACE SUBS: Wayne Hennessey, Michy Batshuayi, Max Meyer, Martin Kelly, Ryan Inniss, Luka Milivojevic, Eberechi Eze.
CRYSTAL PALACE STARTING XI (4-4-2): Vicente Guaita; Joel Ward, Cheikhou Kouyate, Mamadou Sakho, Tyrick Mitchell; Andros Townsend, James McArthur, James McCarthy, Jeffrey Schlupp; Wilfried Zaha, Jordan Ayew.
MANCHESTER UNITED SUBS: Dean Henderson, Donny van de Beek, Mason Greenwood, Odion Ighalo, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Eric Bailly, Fred.
MANCHESTER UNITED STARTING XI (4-2-3-1): David de Gea; Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw; Paul Pogba, Scott McTominay; Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Daniel James; Anthony Martial.
This is United’s first league game of the season, having been allowed a delayed start due to their involvement in the Europa League in August when they reached the semi-final. They finished third last season, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be looking to make a strong start to this campaign. As for Palace, they started with a 1-0 win over Southampton last weekend but suffered disappointment in midweek when they were knocked out of the EFL Cup by losing 11-10 on penalties to Bournemouth.
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