Manchester City FC vs Crystal Palace FC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Manchester City FC vs Crystal Palace FC — Premier League at Etihad Stadium.
- Manchester City FC 38 games · 78 pts (2025/26)
- Crystal Palace FC 38 games · 45 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Stuart Attwell
- Assistant 1 Constantine Hatzidakis
- Assistant 2 Blake Antrobus (England)
25 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 5.1 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 38 85 2 Manchester City FC 38 78 3 Manchester United FC 38 71 4 Aston Villa FC 38 65 5 Liverpool FC 38 60 6 AFC Bournemouth 38 57 7 Sunderland AFC 38 54 8 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 38 53 9 Brentford FC 38 53 10 Chelsea FC 38 52 11 Fulham FC 38 52 12 Newcastle United FC 38 49 13 Everton FC 38 49 14 Leeds United FC 38 47 15 Crystal Palace FC 38 45 16 Nottingham Forest FC 38 44 17 Tottenham Hotspur FC 38 41 18 West Ham United FC 38 39 19 Burnley FC 38 22 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 38 20 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 13 May Crystal Palace FC H 3–0 W 09 May Brentford FC H 3–0 W 04 May Everton FC A 3–3 D 25 Apr Southampton FC H 2–1 W 22 Apr Burnley FC A 1–0 W 19 Apr Arsenal FC H 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 13 May Manchester City FC A 0–3 L 10 May Everton FC H 2–2 D 03 May AFC Bournemouth A 0–3 L 25 Apr Liverpool FC A 1–3 L 20 Apr West Ham United FC H 0–0 D 12 Apr Newcastle United FC H 2–1 W Season Stats
Manchester City FC Crystal Palace FC #2 Position #15 78 Points 45 38 Played 38 23 / 9 / 6 W / D / L 11 / 12 / 15 77 Scored 41 35 Conceded 51 +42 GD -10 2.05 PPG 1.18 61% Win % 29% Key Stats
47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history42% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season32% Clean Sheets
Crystal Palace FC this seasonManchester City FC are 2nd (78 pts). Crystal Palace FC are 15th (45 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Manchester City FC0-151/–16-302/131-453/146-603/161-753/376+5/1■ Scored ■ ConcededCrystal Palace FC0-151/116-30–/–31-451/846-601/261-751/–76+4/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Etihad Stadium that hosts another battle between Manchester City FC and Crystal Palace FC.
- 5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Antoine Semenyo, as he is very good at scoring at Etihad Stadium with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
- 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Crystal Palace FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 15' It looks like no one’s ball. Manchester City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 20' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 25' Crystal Palace FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
- 30' It’s high time Oliver Glasner made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 32' Antoine Semenyo puts Manchester City FC on the lead.
- 37' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Will Hughes suffering a number of foals already.
- 40' GOAL! Omar Marmoush scores on 40.
- 45' It looks surprising Crystal Palace FC does not make any changes. Savio has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 50' 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.
- 52' A meaty challenge results in booking for Tyrick Mitchell on 52.
- 57' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Crystal Palace FC that had 320 games and scored 373 goals.
- 62' Crystal Palace FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 67' Manchester City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 72' Tyrick Mitchell has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 37 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 77' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Manchester City FC winning 100% of all matches.
- 81' Crystal Palace FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 84' GOAL! Savio scores on 84. Assisted by Rayan Cherki
- 89' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 89 minutes.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Manchester City FC players.
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Lineups
Manchester City FC Lineups
4-2-2-2Starting XI
- 42
- 20
- 47
- 21
- 25
- 27
- 15
- 24
- 7
- 26
- 45
Bench
- 4
- 6
- 8
- 5
- 3
- 9
- 11
- 10
- 1
Coach Pep GuardiolaCrystal Palace FC Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 19
- 8
- 1
- 5
- 14
- 11
- 3
- 26
- 2
- 10
- 23
Bench
- 17
- 7
- 44
- 18
- 55
- 34
- 20
- 22
- 59
Coach Oliver Glasner -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Erling Haaland 6 Kevin De Bruyne 4 Gabriel Jesus 3 Raheem Sterling 3 Sergio Aguero 3 Rico Lewis 3 Omar Marmoush 2 Eberechi Eze 2 Head to Head
Manchester City FC Form
Crystal Palace FC Form
2026-05-13 Manchester City FC 3–0 Crystal Palace FC L 2026-05-10 Crystal Palace FC 2–2 Everton FC D 2026-05-03 AFC Bournemouth 3–0 Crystal Palace FC L 2026-04-25 Liverpool FC 3–1 Crystal Palace FC L 2026-04-20 Crystal Palace FC 0–0 West Ham United FC D 2026-04-12 Crystal Palace FC 2–1 Newcastle United FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.56 Manchester City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.65 Crystal Palace FC xGI would bet for: Manchester City FC to win 74% + Over 2.5 goals 61%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Manchester City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.21Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 82% 18% ± 2.5 61% 39% ± 3.5 39% 61% ± 4.5 22% 78% Double Chance
Manchester City FC or Draw 91%Draw or Crystal Palace FC 26%Manchester City FC or Crystal Palace FC 83%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Manchester City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 13.2%3 – 0 Actual1 – 0 10.3%2 – 1 8.3%1 – 1 7.3%3 – 1 7.1%4 – 0 6.9%0 – 0 5.4%4 – 1 4.6%5 – 0 3.6%2 – 2 2.7%5 – 1 2.5%Asian Handicap — Manchester City FC
Handicap Manchester City FC covers Push Crystal Palace FC covers -2.5 34% — 66% -2 34% 22% 44% -1.5 56% — 44% -1 56% 21% 23% -0.5 77% — 23% +0.5 93% — 7% +1 93% 5% 2% +1.5 98% — 2% +2 98% 1% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
Manchester City FC keeps clean sheet 53% ✓Crystal Palace FC keeps clean sheet 9% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.