Crystal Palace - Manchester City
Crystal Palace v Manchester City: contrasting starts
Crystal Palace welcome Manchester City to Selhurst Park on Friday night with both sides a game into the season. [Everton host Crystal Palace on opening day](/uk/news/everton-crystal-palace-preview-2026-08-22-uk) ended in a two-goal defeat for Palace, while City collected three points against Bournemouth.
The table so far
Palace sit sixteenth with no points from one played after losing to Everton. City are eighth with three points from the same number of matches, a win leaving them on six points from two. Brighton lead the division on goal difference, one of six clubs already on three points.
Recent meetings and form
The last five meetings between these sides produced eighteen goals in total. City won three of those five, Palace one, with one draw. Palace's recent run shows three wins and two defeats across their last five matches; City have won two, drawn one and lost two over the same span, including a three-goal reverse and a narrow win in their most recent outings.
Confirmed line-ups
Crystal Palace (3-4-2-1): Dean Henderson, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Chris Richards, Jaydee Canvot, Daichi Kamada, Anan Khalaili, Tyrick Mitchell, Adam Wharton, Yéremy Pino, Eddie Nketiah, Jørgen Strand Larsen
Manchester City (4-2-3-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Rúben Dias, Abdukodir Khusanov, Elliot Anderson, Rayan Cherki, Marc Guéhi, Antoine Semenyo, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland
We are covering this one live. Follow it with us in the match centre for the line-ups when they land, the goals as they go in, and the full timeline.
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