Crystal Palace FC vs Manchester City FC, Premier League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2023-24

Crystal Palace FC

2 – 4

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Manchester City FC

Sat 6 Apr 2024 · 11:30 UTC Selhurst Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Jean-Philippe Mateta 4' 1–0

1–1 13' Kevin De Bruyne

1–2 47' Rico Lewis

1–3 66' Erling Haaland

1–4 70' Kevin De Bruyne

Odsonne Edouard 86' 2–4

Y 45' Josko Gvardiol

Jean-Philippe Mateta 63' Y

Overview

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

Crystal Palace FC 5 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Manchester City FC 5 games · 15 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Paul Tierney
Assistant 1 Scott Ledger
Assistant 2 Matt Wilkes (England)

4 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 8.5 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2024-04-06 Crystal Palace FC 2–4 Manchester City FC 2023-12-16 Manchester City FC 2–2 Crystal Palace FC 2023-03-11 Crystal Palace FC 0–1 Manchester City FC 2022-08-27 Manchester City FC 4–2 Crystal Palace FC 2022-03-14 Crystal Palace FC 0–0 Manchester City FC

Recent Form

Crystal Palace FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Apr	Manchester City FC	H	2–4	L
02 Apr	AFC Bournemouth	A	0–1	L
30 Mar	Nottingham Forest FC	A	1–1	D
09 Mar	Luton Town FC	H	1–1	D
02 Mar	Tottenham Hotspur FC	A	1–3	L
24 Feb	Burnley FC	H	3–0	W

Manchester City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Apr	Crystal Palace FC	A	4–2	W
03 Apr	Aston Villa FC	H	4–1	W
31 Mar	Arsenal FC	H	0–0	D
16 Mar	Newcastle United FC	H	2–0	W
10 Mar	Liverpool FC	A	1–1	D
06 Mar	FC København	H	3–1	W

Season Stats

Crystal Palace FC		Manchester City FC
#15	Position	#1
4	Points	15
5	Played	5
1 / 1 / 3	W / D / L	5 / 0 / 0
6	Scored	13
11	Conceded	5
-5	GD	+8
0.80	PPG	3.00
20%	Win %	100%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Crystal Palace FC this season

40% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season

Crystal Palace FC are 15th (4 pts). Manchester City FC are 1st (15 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Crystal Palace FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

–/2

31-45

1/3

46-60

1/3

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

–/–

76+

4/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Crystal Palace FC

Tyrick Mitchell

2 G

Manchester City FC

Erling Haaland	5 G
Rayan Cherki	3 G	2 A
Antoine Semenyo	2 G	3 A
Josko Gvardiol	1 G	2 A
Marc Guehi	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Selhurst Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
4' What a strike from Jean-Philippe Mateta! The score is 1-0.
9' Tyrick Mitchell, a England , has 2 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
13' Kevin De Bruyne makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and Manchester City FC are in front.
18' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
23' Matheus Nunes has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 5 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
28' Crystal Palace FC is showing some good football. However, Crystal Palace FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
33' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Manchester City FC that had 439 games and scored 1028 goals.
38' Crystal Palace FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
43' The home supporters are growing impatient. Crystal Palace FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
45' Josko Gvardiol is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
46' Manchester City FC make a change. Josko Gvardiol trudges off to be replaced by Manuel Akanji on 46 minutes.
47' Against the run of play, Rico Lewis has scored! This game has turned on its head.
52' It is a cagey affair so far. Crystal Palace FC in their 3-4-3 trying to find a way past Manchester City FC's compact 3-2-4-1.
57' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
62' The energy levels are beginning to show. Pep Guardiola might look to freshen things up shortly.
63' Poor challenge from Jean-Philippe Mateta. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
64' Another change for Crystal Palace FC made on 64 minute. Eberechi Eze leaves to be changed by Jeffrey Schlupp.
66' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Erling Haaland makes it 1-3.
70' The Belgium Kevin De Bruyne breaks the deadlock on 70 minutes. 1-4!
74' It is a substitution in Manchester City FC team. Rodri is replaced by Mateo Kovacic on 74 minute.
75' The Crystal Palace FC bench stirs into life. Tyrick Mitchell is withdrawn and Nathaniel Clyne gets his opportunity.
80' Crystal Palace FC are deployed in a 3-4-3 today, looking to exploit space against Manchester City FC's 3-2-4-1 shape.
82' Will Hughes makes way for Naouirou Ahamada at the 82 minute mark. A tactical switch from Crystal Palace FC.
86' The deadlock is broken! Odsonne Edouard gets on the scoresheet on 86 minutes.
90' Another substitution for Manchester City FC to replace Kevin De Bruyne by Bernardo Silva on 90 minute.
The final score is 2-4.

Lineups

Crystal Palace FC Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

19
Will Hughes ↓ Naouirou Ahamada 82'
9
Jordan Ayew ↓ Michael Olise 74'
2
Joel Ward
8
Jefferson Lerma
10
Eberechi Eze ↓ Jeffrey Schlupp 64'
30
Dean Henderson
14
Jean-Philippe Mateta ↓ Odsonne Edouard 74'
16
Joachim Andersen
3
Tyrick Mitchell ↓ Nathaniel Clyne 75'
12
Daniel Munoz
20
Adam Wharton

Bench

17
Nathaniel Clyne ↑ 75'
5
James Tomkins
15
Jeffrey Schlupp ↑ 64'
31
Remi Matthews
22
Odsonne Edouard ↑ 74'
7
Michael Olise ↑ 74'
29
Naouirou Ahamada ↑ 82'
52
David Ozoh
55
Franco Umeh

Coach Oliver Glasner

Manchester City FC Lineups

3-2-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

8
Mateo Kovacic ↑ 74'
31
Ederson
20
Bernardo Silva ↑ 90'
47
Phil Foden
25
Manuel Akanji ↑ 46'
21
Sergio Gomez
27
Matheus Nunes ↑ 74'
11
Jeremy Doku
76
Mahamadou Susoho

Coach Pep Guardiola

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
Luka Milivojevic	2
John Stones	2

Head to Head

Crystal Palace FC Form

2024-04-06 Crystal Palace FC 2–4 Manchester City FC L 2024-04-02 AFC Bournemouth 1–0 Crystal Palace FC L 2024-03-30 Nottingham Forest FC 1–1 Crystal Palace FC D 2024-03-09 Crystal Palace FC 1–1 Luton Town FC D 2024-03-02 Tottenham Hotspur FC 3–1 Crystal Palace FC L 2024-02-24 Crystal Palace FC 3–0 Burnley FC W

Manchester City FC Form

2024-04-06 Crystal Palace FC 2–4 Manchester City FC W 2024-04-03 Manchester City FC 4–1 Aston Villa FC W 2024-03-31 Manchester City FC 0–0 Arsenal FC D 2024-03-16 Manchester City FC 2–0 Newcastle United FC W 2024-03-10 Liverpool FC 1–1 Manchester City FC D 2024-03-06 Manchester City FC 3–1 FC København W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.3 Crystal Palace FC xG

Expected Goals

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

3.21 Manchester City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 81% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Crystal Palace FC17% Draw18% Manchester City FC65%

Actual: Manchester City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 4.51

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	81%	19%
± 3.5	64%	36%
± 4.5	45%	55%

Double Chance

Crystal Palace FC or Draw

35%

Draw or Manchester City FC

83%

Crystal Palace FC or Manchester City FC

82%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Crystal Palace FC13% Draw31% Manchester City FC56%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 3

7.7%

1 – 2

7.4%

1 – 4

6.1%

0 – 3

6.1%

0 – 2

1 – 1

5.3%

2 – 3

0 – 4

4.8%

2 – 2

4.7%

2 – 4

Actual

1 – 5

0 – 1

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Crystal Palace FC

Handicap	Crystal Palace FC covers	Push	Manchester City FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	3%	95%
-1.5	5%	—	95%
-1	5%	7%	88%
-0.5	12%	—	88%
+0.5	27%	—	73%
+1	27%	18%	55%
+1.5	45%	—	55%
+2	45%	19%	36%
+2.5	64%	—	36%

Clean Sheet

Crystal Palace FC keeps clean sheet

5% ✓

Manchester City FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

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