Manchester City 4-0 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 17 January 2021

Result

Manchester City 4-0 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Sunday 17 January 2021, 19:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 4-0 Crystal Palace: match report

Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 17 January 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

John Stones opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Manchester City's goals came from John Stones (26'), Ilkay Gündogan (56'), John Stones (68') and Raheem Sterling (88'). Crystal Palace did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 5th on 32 points from 16 and Crystal Palace 13th on 23 points from 18. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 44.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crystal Palace in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John Stones of Manchester City (9.2), ahead of Kevin De Bruyne (8.3).

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

  • 26'Goal · John StonesManchester City · 1-0
  • 56'Goal · Ilkay GündoganManchester City · 2-0
  • 68'Goal · John StonesManchester City · 3-0
  • 88'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 4-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, İlkay Gündoğan, Bernardo Silva, Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling

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

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, James Tomkins, Gary Cahill, Tyrick Mitchell, Luka Milivojevic, Andros Townsend, James McCarthy, James McArthur, Eberechi Eze, Jordan Ayew