Manchester City 2-2 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 January 2020

Result

Manchester City 2-2 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 18 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester City 2-2 Crystal Palace: match report

Manchester City drew with Crystal Palace 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 January 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Cenk Tosun opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Sergio Agüero (82') and Sergio Agüero (87'). Crystal Palace scored through Cenk Tosun (39') and an own goal by Fernandinho (90').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 47 points from 22 and Crystal Palace 9th on 29 points from 22. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 43.

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 (8.6), ahead of Benjamin Mendy (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · James McArthurCrystal Palace
  • 26'Yellow card · Jordan AyewCrystal Palace
  • 39'Goal · Cenk TosunCrystal Palace · 0-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Benjamin MendyManchester City
  • 82'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-1
  • 87'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 2-1
  • 90'Own goal · FernandinhoCrystal Palace · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 7, draws 2, Crystal Palace 1.

Team news

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

Ederson, João Cancelo, John Stones, Fernandinho, Benjamin Mendy, Kevin De Bruyne, İlkay Gündoğan, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero, Bernardo Silva

Crystal Palace line-up (4-5-1)

Vicente Guaita, Martin Kelly, James Tomkins, Gary Cahill, Jaïro Riedewald, Jordan Ayew, Cheikhou Kouyaté, James McArthur, James McCarthy, Wilfried Zaha, Cenk Tosun