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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Ilkay GündoganManchester City · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Jeffrey SchluppCrystal Palace · 1-1
  • 35'Goal · Andros TownsendCrystal Palace · 1-2
  • 45'Yellow card · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace
  • 51'Penalty goal · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace · 1-3
  • 75'Yellow card · Patrick van AanholtCrystal Palace
  • 80'Yellow card · James McArthurCrystal Palace
  • 85'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 2-3
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Vicente GuaitaCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 8, draws 2, Crystal Palace 0.

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