Manchester City 2-3 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2018
Result
Manchester City 2-3 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
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Manchester City 2-3 Crystal Palace: match report
Manchester City were beaten by Crystal Palace 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 December 2018. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Ilkay Gündogan opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Ilkay Gündogan (27') and Kevin De Bruyne (85'). Crystal Palace scored through Jeffrey Schlupp (33'), Andros Townsend (35') and Luka Milivojevic (51', penalty).
Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 44 points from 17 and Crystal Palace 15th on 15 points from 17. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 98 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 49.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crystal Palace in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (8.4), ahead of Andros Townsend (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 0 for Crystal Palace.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Ilkay Gündogan
- 33'Goal · Jeffrey Schlupp
- 35'Goal · Andros Townsend
- 45'Yellow card · Wilfried Zaha
- 51'Penalty goal · Luka Milivojevic
- 75'Yellow card · Patrick van Aanholt
- 80'Yellow card · James McArthur
- 85'Goal · Kevin De Bruyne
- 90+3'Yellow card · Vicente Guaita
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)
Ederson, Kyle Walker, Nicolás Otamendi, Aymeric Laporte, Fabian Delph, İlkay Gündoğan, John Stones, Bernardo Silva, Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Leroy Sané
Crystal Palace line-up (4-5-1)
Vicente Guaita, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt, Andros Townsend, James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic, Jeffrey Schlupp, Max Meyer, Wilfried Zaha