Crystal Palace — Manchester City, 28 August 2026, 19:00 UTC : score 1:4
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The most likely outcome was Manchester City win, and the match finished 1:4. Fans backed Manchester City win — they got it right.
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Match events
full timeline E. Haaland assist: A. Semenyo 0-1 17'
R. Cherki 33'
R. Cherki assist: P. Foden 0-2 54'
E. Anderson 55'
G. Donnarumma own goal 1-2 56'
R. Cherki assist: J. Gvardiol 1-3 59'
E. Guessand for J. Larsen 63'
A. Khalaili 68'
D. McNeil for E. Nketiah 68'
Z. Gozo for Y. Pino 68'
A. Disasi for T. Tomiyasu 74'
M. Kovacic for J. Gvardiol 75'
O. Mingueza for A. Khalaili 75'
A. Bouaddi for E. Anderson 82'
R. McAidoo for R. Cherki 82'
E. Haaland assist: P. Foden 1-4 84'
K. Braithwaite for N. O'Reilly 89'
Vitor Reis for A. Khusanov 89'
Line-ups
starting eleven and bench
Crystal Palace 3-4-2-1 · Pierre Sage 4-2-3-1 · Enzo Maresca Manchester City 
1 Dean Henderson
6 Jaydee Canvot 26 Chris Richards 17 Takehiro Tomiyasu
25 Anan Khalaili 20 Adam Wharton 18 Daichi Kamada 3 Tyrick Mitchell
10 Yéremy Pino 9 Eddie Nketiah
22 Jørgen Strand Larsen
9 Erling Haaland
47 Phil Foden 10 Rayan Cherki 42 Antoine Semenyo
33 Nico O'Reilly 5 Elliot Anderson
45 Abdukodir Khusanov 3 Rúben Dias 6 Marc Guéhi 24 Joško Gvardiol
1 Gianluigi Donnarumma
Crystal Palace bench
- 5Axel Disasi
- 2Daniel Muñoz
- 11Dwight McNeil
- 29Evann Guessand
- 8Jefferson Lerma
- 44Walter Benítez
- 19Will Hughes
- 12Zavier Gozo
- 30Óscar Mingueza
Manchester City bench
- 32Ayyoub Bouaddi
- 30Claudio Echeverri
- 28Gerónimo Rulli
- 61Kaden Braithwaite
- 8Mateo Kovačić
- 21Rayan Aït-Nouri
- 82Rico Lewis
- 56Ryan McAidoo
- 22Vitor Reis
Match stats
20 metrics for the full match28%Possession72%
9Shots18
1Shots on target9
7Shots off target7
1Blocked shots2
6Shots inside box12
3Shots outside box6
67Attacks155
24Dangerous attacks66
2Corners6
3Offsides0
8Fouls10
1Yellow cards2
4Saves1
281Passes779
231Accurate passes721
11Free kicks11
12Throw-ins18
5Goal kicks6
0Penalties0
Crystal PalaceManchester CityHow the match went
text generated from our dataCrystal Palace and Manchester City met on matchday 2 of the Premier League on 28 August at Selhurst Park. Final score — 1:4.
Crystal Palace sit 18th on 0 points after 5 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses). Manchester City sit 1th on 6 points after 5 matches (5 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses), unbeaten in 5 matches.
Of the last 2 meetings Crystal Palace won 0, Manchester City won 2. Aggregate score — 0:6.
Season form
all competitions of the season Crystal Palace last five Manchester City DLWLL form WWWWW
5 Matches 5
1 — 1 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 5 — 0 — 0
6 — 11 Scored — conceded 13 — 5
0.8 Points per game 3
1.2 Goals scored per game 2.6
1 Clean sheets 2
2 Failed to score 0
unbeaten in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 5
Crystal Palace at home: 2 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 3—7, 0 points per match.
Manchester City away: 2 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 5—1, 3 points per match.
Head-to-head
2 matches in our database 0 Crystal Palace wins 0 draws 2 Manchester City wins
| 13/05/2026 | Манчестер Сити — Кристал Пэлас | 3:0 | Английская Премьер-лига |
| 14/12/2025 | Кристал Пэлас — Манчестер Сити | 0:3 | Английская Премьер-лига |
League table
after the match| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester City | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13—5 | 15 |
| 2 |  Arsenal FC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8—4 | 12 |
| … | |||||||
| 14 |  Sunderland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3—3 | 4 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6—11 | 4 |
| 16 |  Aston Villa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4—9 | 4 |