Since the Premier League era began in the 1992/93 season, Leeds United have only beaten Manchester United four times. Those matches were in 1994 (2-1), 1995 (3-1), 1997 (1-0) and 2002 (1-0).
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Manchester United and Leeds United are set to face off in their season-opening top-flight league matches for the first time since 1970/71, with Leeds winning 1-0 at Old Trafford with a goal from Mick Jones ahead of finishing runners-up in the league that season.
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Manchester United lost their first Premier League match last season, losing 3-1 at Old Trafford to Crystal Palace. They have not lost their opening top-flight match in consecutive seasons since 1972/73 and 1973/74, going on to be relegated in the latter season.
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After going 14 consecutive top-flight seasons without losing their opening match between 1990/91 and 2003/04, Leeds suffered a 4-3 defeat against Liverpool last season. They last lost their first top-flight league match in consecutive seasons in 1980/81 and 1981/82.
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No stadium saw the back of the net being found more than at Old Trafford (66) last season. Leeds United’s away games also saw more goals being scored than in any other teams’ is the Premier League (67).
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Chelsea vs Crystal Palace
Chelsea are riding on a high of success under Thomas Tuchel. After having pulled off a stunning UEFA Champions League triumph last season, the Blues kicked off the new campaign by lifting yet another trophy, beating Villarreal on penalty shootouts to lift the UEFA Super Cup earlier this week.
With confidence sky high and the squad further bolstered by the marquee addition of former hitman Romelu Lukaku in a club-record deal, the west London giants will be aiming to bag all three points in their opening game of the Premier League season and send out a warning to their title rivals.
Crystal Palace, a new era is on the horizon as Roy Hodgson has left the club after four years of top-notch service, to be replaced by Patrick Vieira at the helm of affairs. The former Arsenal captain will be intent on improving the Eagles’ position on the table after they finished the previous campaign in 14th place.
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Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Team News
Hakim Ziyech will definitely miss Chelsea’s opening game of the campaign, having suffered a shoulder injury during the Super Cup game with Villarreal. Jorginho, Mason Mount, Cesar Azpilicueta, and Andreas Christensen all came off the bench against Villarreal on Wednesday night, so they all will be part of Thomas Tuchel’s squad.
The likes of Eberechi Eze, Nathan Ferguson, and summer signing Michael Olise will not be available to Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira this weekend, with all three young guns nursing injuries. Conor Gallagher is on loan from Chelsea, so he’ll not be eligible to face his parent club.
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Chelsea have won 16 of their last 20 Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace (L4), including each of the last seven in a row.
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After winning back-to-back away league games against Chelsea in 2015-16 and 2016-17, Crystal Palace have lost their last four visits to Stamford Bridge by an aggregate score of 11-2.
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Chelsea have lost their opening match in two of the last four Premier League seasons (W2), as many as they had in the previous 23 campaigns (W16 D5 L2).
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Crystal Palace have won two of their last three season openers in the Premier League (D1), keeping a clean sheet in all three matches. The Eagles had won just two of their previous 15 top-flight openers (D4 L9).
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Manchester United vs Leeds United Line Up
Man Utd XI: De Gea: Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Lindelof, Shaw; Fred, McTominay; James, Fernandes, Pogba; Greenwood.
Leeds XI: Meslier; Ayling, Struijk, Cooper, Dallas; Klich, Koch; Raphinha, Rodrigo, Harrison; Bamford.
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Bruno Fernandes gives Manchester United the lead.
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Since the start of the 2018/19 season, Bruno Fernandes has now scored 89 goals in 162 appearances across all club competitions.
From midfield. 
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Bruno Fernandes has been directly involved in more goals (46) than any other player since making his debut for Man Utd in the Premier League.
Game-changer. 
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Scorer of Man Utd’s first goal in the last five Premier League seasons:
2017: Romelu Lukaku
2018: Paul Pogba
2019: Marcus Rashford
2020: Donny Van de Beek
2021: Bruno Fernandes
The first goal of the season is always a big name.
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46 - Since his competition debut in February 2020, Bruno Fernandes has been directly involved in 46 Premier League goals (27 goals, 19 assists), two more than any other player in this time.
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Bruno Fernandes dominating
Despite the weakened XI, United started Saturday’s tie on the front foot, with Scott McTominay – like he did in the 6-2 win over Leeds last year – making runs from deep to cause Leeds’ defence issues.
A sloppy back-pass from Raphinha then led to a Mason Greenwood chip forcing a good save from Illan Meslier after 10 minutes.
Just moments later, Greenwood slipped in Paul Pogba who really should have done better with his effort, sending his shot wide when one on one with Meslier.
Then, as per Opta, since his debut, Fernandes has been directly involved in 46 Premier League goals (27 goals, 19 assists), two more than any other player (not just midfielder) in this time:
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