Crystal Palace — Manchester City 1:4, 28 August: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 2 Friday 28 August · 19:00 UTC

Crystal Palace 18th · 0 pts LLLLW

1 : 4 1st half 0:1

Manchester City 1th · 6 pts LLLWW

Selhurst Park · referee A. Madley

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Crystal Palace 17% draw 21% Manchester City 62%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Manchester City win, and the match finished 1:4. Fans backed Manchester City win — they got it right.

fans 71 votes

Crystal Palace 13% draw 10% Manchester City 77%

Voting closed at kick-off

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

Dean Henderson  
Jaydee Canvot  26 Chris Richards  17 Takehiro Tomiyasu  
Anan Khalaili  20 Adam Wharton  18 Daichi Kamada  3 Tyrick Mitchell  
Yéremy Pino  9 Eddie Nketiah  
Jørgen Strand Larsen  

Erling Haaland  
Phil Foden  10 Rayan Cherki  42 Antoine Semenyo  
Nico O'Reilly  5 Elliot Anderson  
Abdukodir Khusanov  3 Rúben Dias  6 Marc Guéhi  24 Joško Gvardiol  
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 match

28%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 Palace

Manchester CityThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Crystal 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 10 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 7 losses), winless in 4 matches. Manchester City sit 1th on 6 points after 10 matches (7 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses), winless in 3 matches, 3 matches without conceding.

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

LLLLW form LLLWW

10 Matches 10

2 — 1 — 7 Wins — draws — defeats 7 — 0 — 3

10 — 24 Scored — conceded 21 — 13

0.7 Points per game 2.1

1 Goals scored per game 2.1

1 Clean sheets 3

5 Failed to score 1

winless in 4 Current streak winless in 3

Crystal Palace at home: 5 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 4 losses, goals 7—13, 0.6 points per match.

Manchester City away: 5 matches, 3 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 10—6, 1.8 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 Crystal Palace wins 0 draws 2 Manchester City wins goals 0:6 Crystal Palace — Manchester City

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	Arsenal FC	10	9	0	1	15—5	27
2	Manchester City	10	7	0	3	21—13	21
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	6	1	2	24—7	19
…
18	Manchester United	9	1	4	4	10—15	7
19	Crystal Palace	9	2	1	6	9—21	7
20	Sunderland	9	1	2	6	7—17	5

Full Premier League table

Crystal Palace — Manchester City, 28 August 2026, 19:00 UTC : score 1:4