LONDON. Manchester City prevails over Crystal Palace 4-2. Manchester City was vastly better in terms of ball possession (76%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. In front of 25,132 spectators.​ The referee was Paul Tierney with the assistance of Scott Ledger and Matthew Wilkes. The 4th official was Darren Bond. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.39 degrees Celsius or 43.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Manchester City was in firm control of the ball 76% while Crystal Palace was struggling with a 24% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City was more pushing with 86 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the match.​

Crystal Palace shot 7 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Manchester City shot 18 times, 8 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card (Jean-Philippe Mateta). On the other side, Manchester City received 1 yellow card (Josko Gvardiol).

Standings

After this match, Crystal Palace stays with 30 points to sit in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Manchester City will has 70 points like Liverpool to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Crystal Palace will play away against Liverpool on the 13th of April with a 16-5 head to head statistic in favor of Liverpool (3 draws).

Manchester City will host Luton Town on the 13th of April with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester City (0 draws).

Crystal Palace – Formation

Crystal Palace started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Oliver Glasner decided to play with the following team: Dean Henderson (6.3), Joel Ward  (6.6), Joachim Andersen (7.0), Jefferson Lerma (6.4), Daniel Muñoz (6.7), Adam Wharton (7.3), Will Hughes (6.4), T. Mitchell (6.3), Eberechi Eze (6.4), Jean-Philippe Mateta (7.0) and Jordan Ayew (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: James Tomkins, Michael Olise (7.0), Jeffrey Schlupp (7.0), Nathaniel Clyne (6.7), Odsonne Edouard (7.0), Naouirou Ahamada (6.7), Remi Matthews, D. Ozoh and F. Umeh.

Substitutions

Crystal Palace made 5 changes: Jordan Ayew for Matheus Nunes (74′), T. Mitchell for Nathaniel Clyne (75′), Will Hughes for Naouirou Ahamada (82′), Jean-Philippe Mateta for Michael Olise (74′) and Eberechi Eze for Jeffrey Schlupp (64′).

Player of the match: Adam Wharton​

The player that probably impressed the most for Crystal Palace was Adam Wharton.

His rating is 7.3 with 27 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 3.

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Stefan Ortega (6.8), John Stones (6.7), Rúben Dias (7.5), Josko Gvardiol (7.0), Rico Lewis (8.1), Rodri (7.5), Oscar Bobb (7.0), Kevin De Bruyne  (10.2), Julián Álvarez (6.8), Jack Grealish (7.7) and Erling Haaland (7.5).

They had on the bench: Bernardo Silva, Mateo Kovacic (6.7), Sergio Gómez, Matheus Nunes (7.0), Ederson , Mahamadou Susoho, Manuel Akanji (6.8), Phil Foden and Jérémy Doku.

Substitutions

Manchester City made 4 changes: Rodri for Odsonne Edouard (74′), Julián Álvarez for Mateo Kovacic (74′), Kevin De Bruyne  for Bernardo Silva (90′) and Josko Gvardiol for Manuel Akanji (46′).

Player of the match: Rico Lewis​

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

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 57 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – West Ham United – 1-2
• Luton Town – AFC Bournemouth – 2-1
• Fulham – Newcastle United – 0-1
• Everton – Burnley – 1-0
• Crystal Palace – Manchester City – 2-4
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Arsenal – 0-3
• Aston Villa – Brentford – 3-3