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title: "Crystal Palace: Wilfried Zaha set to miss Man Utd through injury"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Crystal Palace News"
published: "2023-02-04T09:10:20Z"
modified: "2023-02-04T09:10:20Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Wilfried Zaha set to miss Man Utd through injury

**[Crystal Palace](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/crystal-palace-news/) star [Wilfried Zaha](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tag/wilfried-zaha/) is set to miss this afternoon’s trip to Manchester United through injury, [Matt Woosnam](https://twitter.com/MattWoosie/status/1621495902274813953) reports.**

### The Lowdown: Top scorer

Zaha, who Patrick Vieira hailed as a ‘[fighter](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/first-team/patrick-vieira-reacts-to-crystal-palace-v-aston-villa-in-august-2022-premier-league/)’ back in August, has impressed once again this season, contributing to [nine](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/wilfried-zaha/leistungsdaten/spieler/145988) goals in 20 appearances.

The 30-year-old, who is out of contract at the end of the season, has scored [six](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/wilfried-zaha/leistungsdaten/spieler/145988) Premier League goals, [more](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/crystal-palace/top-scorers) than anyone else at Selhurst Park. He has [played](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/wilfried-zaha/leistungsdaten/spieler/145988) as a centre-forward and left-winger but now looks set to miss just a [second](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/wilfried-zaha/leistungsdaten/spieler/145988) top-flight game of the campaign.

### The Latest: Injury news

Woosnam took to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/MattWoosie/status/1621495902274813953) to provide an injury update ahead of the trip to Old Trafford.

He said that James McArthur and Nathan Ferguson aren’t available, Joachim Andersen is progressing “slowly” and Zaha will also be out for “a couple of weeks”.

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### The Verdict: Blow for Vieira

Zaha has been Palace’s go-to man in the final, contributing to [165](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/wilfried-zaha/leistungsdaten/spieler/145988) goals in a Palace shirt and is the club’s joint second-best performer this season, as per [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/162/Show/England-Crystal-Palace).

The Ivorian has completed more dribbles and sprints per game than his teammates, while also ranking highly for key passes made and pass success percentage.

Therefore, his absence will come as a blow to Vieira, who may decide to promote Michael Olise or Jean-Philippe Mateta to the starting XI after they were [substitutes](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64272704) against Newcastle United last time out.