Manchester City 3-0 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2014

Result

Manchester City 3-0 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2014, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 3-0 Crystal Palace: match report

Manchester City won against Crystal Palace 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 December 2014. It was 0-0 at half-time.

David Silva opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Manchester City's goals came from David Silva (49'), David Silva (61') and Yaya Touré (81'). Crystal Palace did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 36 points from 16 and Crystal Palace 15th on 16 points from 16. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Crystal Palace 11th with 48.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crystal Palace in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 0 for Crystal Palace.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Crystal Palace's D-D-L-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Aleksandar KolarovManchester City
  • 41'Yellow card · J. PuncheonCrystal Palace
  • 49'Goal · David SilvaManchester City · 1-0
  • 61'Goal · David SilvaManchester City · 2-0
  • 79'Yellow card · James MilnerManchester City
  • 81'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 3-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Manchester City 4, draws 0, Crystal Palace 0.

Team news

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

Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Martín Demichelis, Eliaquim Mangala, Aleksandar Kolarov, Yaya Touré, Samir Nasri, Fernandinho, Jesús Navas, James Milner, David Silva

Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)

Julián Speroni, Martin Kelly, Scott Dann, Brede Hangeland, Joel Ward, Joe Ledley, Mile Jedinak, Jason Puncheon, James McArthur, Yannick Bolasie, Fraizer Campbell