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
Manchester City · Crystal Palace · Premier League predictions
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.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Aleksandar Kolarov
- 41'Yellow card · J. Puncheon
- 49'Goal · David Silva
- 61'Goal · David Silva
- 79'Yellow card · James Milner
- 81'Goal · Yaya Touré
Head-to-head
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