Crystal Palace vs Man City live score, result, stats, lineups from Premier League match

Manchester City head to Crystal Palace on Saturday in the latest step on the twisting and turning road towards the Premier League title.

The champions thrashed Aston Villa 4-1 in their last game, Phil Foden scoring a brilliant hat-trick to ensure Pep Guardiola’s team kept pace with title rivals Liverpool and Arsenal.

City can move top of the table on Saturday if they beat Palace, with Arsenal not in action until later against Brighton & Hove Albion, and Liverpool facing Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. However they will need to win by four goals to edge ahead of Jurgen Klopp’s side on goal difference.

Erling Haaland’s penalty last season is the only goal across the past two editions of this fixture at Selhurst Park, which tend to be low-scoring affairs.

The Eagles will be hoping for a positive result themselves, having gone four league games without a win. They were boosted this week by the news that star winger Michael Olise should be ready to feature in the matchday squad.

The Sporting News is following Crystal Palace vs. Manchester City live and providing score updates below.

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Crystal Palace vs Man City live score

Lineups:

Crystal Palace (3-4-3, right to left): 30. Dean Henderson (GK) — 2. Joel Ward, 16. Joachim Andersen, 8. Jefferson Lerma — 12. Daniel Munoz, 20. Adam Wharton, 19. Will Hughes, 3. Tyrick Mitchell — 10. Eberechi Eze, 14. Jean-Philippe Mateta, 9. Jordan Ayew.

Man City (4-1-4-1, right to left): 18. Stefan Ortega (GK) — 82. Rico Lewis, 5. John Stones, 5. Ruben Dias, 24. Josko Gvardiol — 16. Rodri — 52. Oscar Bobb, 17. Kevin De Bruyne, 19. Julian Alvarez, 10. Jack Grealish — 9. Erling Haaland.

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Crystal Palace vs Man City kick off time

This Premier League clash takes place at Selhurst Park in London, UK and kicks off on Saturday, April 6 at 12:30 p.m. local time.

Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories:

Crystal Palace vs Man City lineups, team news

Crystal Palace head coach Oliver Glasner is still dealing with multiple injury absentees for the hosts with Marc Guehi, Matheus Franca and USMNT international Chris Richards out for the next few weeks.

Michael Olise is back, but Glasner does not believe he will be able to play more than around 20 minutes.

Crystal Palace (3-4-3, right to left): Henderson (GK) — Ward, Andersen, Lerma — Munoz, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell — Eze, Mateta, Ayew.

Crystal Palace subs: Matthews (GK), Tomkins, Clyne, Schlupp, Ahamada, Ozoh, Umeh, Olise, Edouard.

Guardiola remains without three key players with Ederson, Nathan Ake and Kyle Walker all still sidelined for the away side. 

Stefan Ortega continues in goal, although Ederson returns to the bench. The Brazil international is there alongside a rested Phil Foden as Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne return to the starting lineup.

Man City (4-1-4-1, right to left): Ortega (GK) — Lewis, Stones, Dias, Gvardiol — Rodri — Bobb, De Bruyne, Alvarez, Grealish — Haaland.

Man City subs: Ederson (GK), Kovacic, Doku, Silva, Gomez, Akanji, Nunes, Foden, Susoho.

Crystal Palace vs Man City stats, head to head

City comfortably lead the all-time head-to-head but have lost twice lost to Palace since Guardiola came to the club in 2016.

Crystal Palace vs Man City live stream, TV channel

Here’s how to watch this Premier League match across selected areas of the world’s major regions: