Crystal Palace FC vs Manchester City FC, Premier League 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2026-27

Crystal Palace FC

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Manchester City FC

Fri 28 Aug 2026 · 19:00 UTC Selhurst Park HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 17' Erling Haaland

0–2 54' Rayan Cherki

Gianluigi Donnarumma og 56' 1–2

1–3 59' Rayan Cherki

1–4 84' Erling Haaland

Y 33' Rayan Cherki

Y 55' Elliot Anderson

Anan Khalaili 68' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Crystal Palace FC vs Manchester City FC — Premier League at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace FC 6 games · 7 pts (2026/27)
Manchester City FC 6 games · 18 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Andy Madley
Assistant 1 Gary Beswick
Assistant 2 Adrian Holmes

6 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 10.2 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Manchester City FC	6	18
2	Arsenal FC	6	15
3	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	6	13
4	Brentford FC	6	10
5	Everton FC	6	10
6	Chelsea FC	6	10
7	Leeds United FC	6	9
8	Hull City AFC	6	9
9	Liverpool FC	6	9
10	Ipswich Town FC	6	9
11	Newcastle United FC	5	8
12	Crystal Palace FC	6	7
13	Manchester United FC	6	6
14	Nottingham Forest FC	6	5
15	Aston Villa FC	6	5
16	Sunderland AFC	6	4
17	AFC Bournemouth	6	3
18	Tottenham Hotspur FC	6	3
19	Coventry City FC	5	3
20	Fulham FC	6	2

Head-to-Head

Crystal Palace FC 18 games · Avg 3.5 goals Manchester City FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-28 Crystal Palace FC 1–4 Manchester City FC 2026-05-13 Manchester City FC 3–0 Crystal Palace FC 2025-12-14 Crystal Palace FC 0–3 Manchester City FC 2025-05-17 Crystal Palace FC 1–0 Manchester City FC 2025-04-12 Manchester City FC 5–2 Crystal Palace FC

Recent Form

Crystal Palace FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Aug	Manchester City FC	H	1–4	L
22 Aug	Everton FC	A	0–2	L
24 May	Arsenal FC	H	1–2	L
17 May	Brentford FC	A	2–2	D
13 May	Manchester City FC	A	0–3	L
10 May	Everton FC	H	2–2	D

Manchester City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Aug	Crystal Palace FC	A	4–1	W
23 Aug	AFC Bournemouth	H	2–1	W
24 May	Aston Villa FC	H	1–2	L
19 May	AFC Bournemouth	A	1–1	D
16 May	Chelsea FC	A	1–0	W
13 May	Crystal Palace FC	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

Crystal Palace FC		Manchester City FC
#12	Position	#1
7	Points	18
6	Played	6
2 / 1 / 3	W / D / L	6 / 0 / 0
9	Scored	16
12	Conceded	5
-3	GD	+11
1.17	PPG	3.00
33%	Win %	100%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
Crystal Palace FC this season

50% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season

Crystal Palace FC are 12th (7 pts). Manchester City FC are 1st (18 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Crystal Palace FC

0-15

1/2

16-30

–/2

31-45

3/3

46-60

2/3

61-75

1/–

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Manchester City FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

3/1

31-45

1/1

46-60

4/1

61-75

2/–

76+

5/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Crystal Palace FC

Tyrick Mitchell

2 G

Manchester City FC

Erling Haaland	6 G
Rayan Cherki	4 G	2 A
Antoine Semenyo	2 G	3 A
Josko Gvardiol	1 G	3 A
Marc Guehi	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Crystal Palace FC and Manchester City FC has kicked off!
5' Crystal Palace FC are deployed in a 3-4-2-1 today, looking to exploit space against Manchester City FC's 4-2-3-1 shape.
10' named a 3-4-2-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
17' Against the run of play, Erling Haaland has scored! This game has turned on its head.
22' Manchester City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
27' A quiet spell here at Selhurst Park. Manchester City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
32' Manchester City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
33' That looks like a foul for a card for Rayan Cherki.
38' Nico O'Reilly has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 16 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
43' It looks surprising Crystal Palace FC does not make any changes. Elliot Anderson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
48' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
53' Chris Richards is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Crystal Palace FC tonight.
54' A goal from the France international Rayan Cherki! He fires home on 54 to make it 0-2!
55' That looks like a foul for a card for Elliot Anderson.
56' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Gianluigi Donnarumma makes it 0-3.
59' Rayan Cherki has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 59 minutes.
63' Another change for Crystal Palace FC made on 63 minute. Jorgen Strand Larsen leaves to be changed by Evann Guessand.
68' It is a substitution in Crystal Palace FC team. Eddie Nketiah is replaced by Dwight McNeil on 68 minute.
68' That is a card for Crystal Palace FC. Anan Khalaili will be fuming at that decision.
69' Yeremi Pino is ready to make an impact after coming on for Zavier Gozo at the 69 minute mark.
74' Axel Disasi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Takehiro Tomiyasu on 74 minute.
75' Another change for Crystal Palace FC made on 75 minute. Anan Khalaili leaves to be changed by Oscar Mingueza.
80' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
82' Ryan McAidoo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Rayan Cherki on 82 minute.
84' Goal! Erling Haaland scores his 262 goal in 83 matches.
89' The crowd applauds Nico O'Reilly as he leaves the pitch. Kaden Braithwaite steps in for Manchester City FC.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-4.

Lineups

Crystal Palace FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

9
Eddie Nketiah ↓ Dwight McNeil 68'
1
Dean Henderson
17
Takehiro Tomiyasu ↓ Axel Disasi 74'
18
Daichi Kamada
3
Tyrick Mitchell
26
Chris Richards
10
Yeremi Pino
20
Adam Wharton
22
Jorgen Strand Larsen ↓ Evann Guessand 63'
25
Anan Khalaili ↓ Oscar Mingueza 75'
23
Jaydee Canvot

Bench

Manchester City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

42
Antoine Semenyo
47
Phil Foden
1
Gianluigi Donnarumma
3
Ruben Dias
9
Erling Haaland
6
Marc Guehi
24
Josko Gvardiol ↓ Mateo Kovacic 75'
10
Rayan Cherki ↓ Ryan McAidoo 82'
5
Elliot Anderson ↓ Ayyoub Bouaddi 82'
33
Nico O'Reilly ↓ Kaden Braithwaite 89'
45
Abdukodir Khusanov ↓ Vitor Reis 89'

Bench

8
Mateo Kovacic ↑ 75'
21
Rayan Ait Nouri
28
Geronimo Rulli
82
Rico Lewis
30
Claudio Echeverri
32
Ayyoub Bouaddi ↑ 82'
22
Vitor Reis ↑ 89'
61
Kaden Braithwaite ↑ 89'
56
Ryan McAidoo ↑ 82'

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Erling Haaland	8
Kevin De Bruyne	4
Sergio Aguero	3
Rico Lewis	3
Gabriel Jesus	3
Raheem Sterling	3
Eberechi Eze	2
Jean-Philippe Mateta	2

Head to Head

Crystal Palace FC Form

2026-08-28 Crystal Palace FC 1–4 Manchester City FC L 2026-08-22 Everton FC 2–0 Crystal Palace FC L 2026-05-24 Crystal Palace FC 1–2 Arsenal FC L 2026-05-17 Brentford FC 2–2 Crystal Palace FC D 2026-05-13 Manchester City FC 3–0 Crystal Palace FC L 2026-05-10 Crystal Palace FC 2–2 Everton FC D

Manchester City FC Form

2026-08-28 Crystal Palace FC 1–4 Manchester City FC W 2026-08-23 Manchester City FC 2–1 AFC Bournemouth W 2026-05-24 Manchester City FC 1–2 Aston Villa FC L 2026-05-19 AFC Bournemouth 1–1 Manchester City FC D 2026-05-16 Chelsea FC 0–1 Manchester City FC W 2026-05-13 Manchester City FC 3–0 Crystal Palace FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

0.97 Crystal Palace FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

3.2 Manchester City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 77% + Manchester City FC to win 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Crystal Palace FC13% Draw17% Manchester City FC70%

Actual: Manchester City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 4.17

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	58%	42%
± 4.5	39%	61%

Double Chance

Crystal Palace FC or Draw

30%

Draw or Manchester City FC

87%

Crystal Palace FC or Manchester City FC

83%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Crystal Palace FC9% Draw30% Manchester City FC61%

Actual: Manchester City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 3

8.5%

0 – 2

8.3%

1 – 3

1 – 2

7.6%

0 – 4

6.6%

1 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

5.5%

0 – 1

0 – 5

4.3%

1 – 5

4.1%

2 – 3

3.8%

2 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Crystal Palace FC

Handicap	Crystal Palace FC covers	Push	Manchester City FC covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	2%	97%
-1.5	3%	—	97%
-1	3%	5%	92%
-0.5	8%	—	92%
+0.5	21%	—	79%
+1	21%	18%	61%
+1.5	39%	—	61%
+2	39%	20%	41%
+2.5	59%	—	41%

Clean Sheet

Crystal Palace FC keeps clean sheet

5% ✓

Manchester City FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.