Crystal Palace 2-4 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 6 April 2024

Result

Crystal Palace 2-4 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 6 April 2024, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Crystal Palace 2-4 Manchester City: match report

Crystal Palace lost to Manchester City 2-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 April 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jean-Philippe Mateta opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from Jean-Philippe Mateta (4') and Odsonne Édouard (86'). Manchester City scored through Kevin De Bruyne (13'), Rico Lewis (47'), Erling Haaland (66') and Kevin De Bruyne (70').

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 15th on 30 points from 30 and Manchester City 3rd on 67 points from 30. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Manchester City 1st with 91.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 3-4-3 and Manchester City in a 3-2-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (10.0), ahead of Rico Lewis (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crystal Palace win, 3 draws and 6 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

4'Goal · Jean-Philippe MatetaCrystal Palace · 1-0
13'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 1-1
45+2'Yellow card · Josko GvardiolManchester City
47'Goal · Rico LewisManchester City · 1-2
63'Yellow card · Jean-Philippe MatetaCrystal Palace
66'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 1-3
70'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 1-4
86'Goal · Odsonne ÉdouardCrystal Palace · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crystal Palace 1, draws 3, Manchester City 6.

Manchester City 2-2 Crystal PalacePremier League · 16 Dec 2023
Crystal Palace 0-1 Manchester CityPremier League · 11 Mar 2023
Manchester City 4-2 Crystal PalacePremier League · 27 Aug 2022
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester CityPremier League · 14 Mar 2022
Manchester City 0-2 Crystal PalacePremier League · 30 Oct 2021
Crystal Palace 0-2 Manchester CityPremier League · 1 May 2021

Team news

Unavailable

Cheick DoucouréCrystal Palace · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)
Jesurun Rak-SakyiCrystal Palace · injury (Hamstring Injury)
James McAteeManchester City · injury (Unknown Injury)
Marc GuéhiCrystal Palace · injury (Knee Problems)
Sam JohnstoneCrystal Palace · injury (Elbow Injury)
Nathan AkéManchester City · injury (Calf Injury)
Kyle WalkerManchester City · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Cole PalmerManchester City · other (Doubtful)
Matheus FrançaCrystal Palace · injury (Rib Fracture)
Josh Wilson-EsbrandManchester City · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Rob HoldingCrystal Palace · injury (Ankle Surgery)

Crystal Palace line-up (3-4-3)

Dean Henderson, Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, Jefferson Lerma, Daniel Muñoz, Adam Wharton, Will Hughes, Tyrick Mitchell, Jordan Ayew, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Eberechi Eze

Manchester City line-up (3-2-4-1)

Stefan Ortega, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Rico Lewis, Rodri, Oscar Bobb, Julián Alvarez, Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Erling Haaland