Crystal Palace surprises Manchester City with a 2-0 win. HIGHLIGHTS

MANCHESTER. Crystal Palace had a surprising win over Manchester City with a 2-0 win with a goal from W. Zaha (6') and a goal from C. Gallagher (88').

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October 31, 2021

MANCHESTER. Crystal Palace had a surprising win over Manchester City with a 2-0 win with a goal from W. Zaha (6′) and a goal from C. Gallagher (88′). Manchester City was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (68%).

The match was played at the Etihad Stadium stadium in Manchester on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Andre Marriner with the assistance of Adrian Holmes and Scott Ledger. The 4th official was Anthony Taylor. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.9 degrees Celsius or 53.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.

Match Statistics

Manchester City

0 - 2

Crystal Palace

! 68 Ball Possession 32

Shots

14 Total 9
4 On Target 4
10 Off Target 5
12 Shots blocked 0

146 Attack 62
84 Dangerous attack 15
120 Ball safe 135

0 Penalties 0
7 Corners 1
2 Off Sides 5

Fouls

10 Total 8
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
1 Red Card 0

Other

6 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

Manchester City had a strong ball possession 68% while Crystal Palace was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City was more aggressive with 84 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Crystal Palace succeeded in find the solution to win this match.

Manchester City shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Crystal Palace shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Manchester City received 2 yellow cards (Ederson and B. Silva). On the opposite side, Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards (C. Gallagher, J. Ayew and Guaita).

(Manchester City) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (45′).

Match Timeline

27'

Jordan Ayew- Yellow

45'

Bernardo Silva- Yellow

45'

Ederson- Yellow

45'

John Stones- sub ->K. De Bruyne

59'

60'

65'

73'

Jeffrey Schlupp- sub ->O. Edouard

78'

85'

Michael Olise- sub ->C. Kouyate

86'

88'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Brighton & Hove Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

After playing this contest, Manchester City will stay with 20 points to stay in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Crystal Palace will have 12 points like Brentford to stay in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester City will play away against Manchester United on the 6th of November with a 14-14 head to head record.

Crystal Palace will host Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 6th of November with a 8-6 head to head statistic in favor of Wolverhampton Wanderers (5 draws).

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City

Ederson 31.Brazil

6.1

45'

Kyle Walker 2.England

6.4

João Cancelo 27.Portugal

6.9

78'

Aymeric Laporte 14.Spain

5.3

45'

Rúben Dias 3.Portugal

7.5

Kevin De Bruyne 17.Belgium

6.6

59'

Bernardo Silva 20.Portugal

6.6

45'

Rodri 16.Spain

7.7

Jack Grealish 10.England

7.3

78'

Phil Foden 47.England

6.2

Gabriel Jesus 9.Brazil

7.1

Substitutes

Zack Steffen 13.United States

John Stones 5.England

7.0

59'

Nathan Aké 6.Netherlands

Oleksandr Zinchenko 11.Ukraine

Cole Palmer 80.England

Fernandinho 25.Brazil

İlkay Gündoğan 8.Germany

Raheem Sterling 7.England

6.8

78'

Riyad Mahrez 26.Algeria

6.4

78'

Manchester City adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Josep Guardiola i Sala decided to play with the following team: Ederson (6.1), Kyle Walker (6.4), Rúben Dias (7.5), Aymeric Laporte (5.3), João Cancelo (6.9), Kevin De Bruyne (6.6), Rodri (7.7), Bernardo Silva (6.6), Gabriel Jesus (7.1), Phil Foden (6.2) and Jack Grealish (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Cole Palmer, John Stones (7.0), Nathan Aké, Fernandinho, Zack Steffen, Raheem Sterling (6.8), Oleksandr Zinchenko, Riyad Mahrez (6.4) and İlkay Gündoğan.

Substitutions

Manchester City made 3 changes: K. De Bruyne for J. Stones (59′), J. Grealish for R. Sterling (78′) and J. Cancelo for R. Mahrez (78′).

Best player: Rodri

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester City was Rodri.

His rating is (7.7) with 102 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10.

Crystal Palace – Formation

Crystal Palace

Vicente Guaita 13.Spain

6.9

86'

Joel Ward 2.England

7.2

Joachim Andersen 16.Denmark

6.7

Marc Guéhi 6.England

7.2

T. Mitchell 3.England

6.9

James McArthur 18.Scotland

7.4

Cheikhou Kouyaté 8.Senegal

7.1

85'

Conor Gallagher 23.England

9.2

65'

88'

Jordan Ayew 9.Ghana

6.8

65'

27'

Wilfried Zaha 11.Ivory Coast

7.6

Odsonne Edouard 22.France

6.1

73'

Substitutes

Jack Butland 1.England

James Tomkins 5.England

M. Kelly 34.England

Nathaniel Clyne 17.England

L. Milivojević 4.Serbia

Jeffrey Schlupp 15.Ghana

6.6

73'

Michael Olise 7.France

6.8

85'

C. Benteke 20.Belgium

6.2

65'

Jean-Philippe Mateta 14.France

Also Crystal Palace adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the opposite side, Patrick Vieira played with: Vicente Guaita (6.9), Joel Ward (7.2), Joachim Andersen (6.7), Marc Guéhi (7.2), Tyrick Mitchell (6.9), Conor Gallagher (9.2), Cheikhou Kouyaté (7.1), James McArthur (7.4), Jordan Ayew (6.8), Wilfried Zaha (7.6) and Odsonne Édouard (6.1).

They had on the bench: Luka Milivojević, James Tomkins, Jack Butland, Jeffrey Schlupp (6.6), Christian Benteke (6.2), Martin Kelly, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Nathaniel Clyne and Michael Olise (6.8).

Crystal Palace could not rely on the presence of M. Olise (injured).