Manchester City 2-2 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 December 2023
Result
Manchester City 2-2 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Saturday 16 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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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 16 December 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jack Grealish opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Jack Grealish (24') and Rico Lewis (54'). Crystal Palace scored through Jean-Philippe Mateta (76') and Michael Olise (90+5', penalty).
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 33 points from 16 and Crystal Palace 16th on 16 points from 16. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Crystal Palace 10th with 49.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rúben Dias of Manchester City (8.3), ahead of Rico Lewis (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Crystal Palace.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Jack Grealish
- 40'Yellow card · Joachim Andersen
- 42'Yellow card · Ederson
- 54'Goal · Rico Lewis
- 76'Goal · Jean-Philippe Mateta
- 90+5'Penalty goal · Michael Olise
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Kevin De Bruyne
- Cheick Doucouré
- Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
- Jérémy Doku
- Aymeric Laporte
- Sam Johnstone
- Erling Haaland
- Jordan Ayew
- Cole Palmer
- Rob Holding
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ederson, Kyle Walker, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké, Josko Gvardiol, Rico Lewis, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Julián Alvarez
Crystal Palace line-up (5-4-1)
Dean Henderson, Nathaniel Clyne, Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guéhi, Tyrick Mitchell, Michael Olise, Chris Richards, Jaïro Riedewald, Jeffrey Schlupp, Jean-Philippe Mateta