Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 3-0

Match report

Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 3-0 in Premier League matchday 31 on Wednesday, 13 May 2026 at Etihad Stadium. A. Semenyo (32'), O. Marmoush (40') and Savinho (84') scored for Manchester City. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Manchester City had 73% of the ball and 15 shots (4 on target) against Crystal Palace’s 6 (2 on target). Phil Foden (Manchester City) was the top-rated player with 9.0. The result leaves Manchester City 1st in the Premier League table on 15 points and Crystal Palace 15th on 4.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Manchester City

1st · 15 points · P 5 W 5 D 0 L 0

Form

Crystal Palace

15th · 4 points · P 5 W 1 D 1 L 3

Form

Premier League table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	5	+8	15
2	Arsenal	5	+4	12
14	Sunderland	5	-4	4
15	Crystal Palace	5	-5	4
16	Aston Villa	5	-5	4

Full Premier League table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Fri, 28 Aug 2026, Crystal Palace 1-4 Manchester City

Full Manchester City vs Crystal Palace head-to-head

Match events

32'goalA. SemenyoAssist: P. Foden
40'goalO. MarmoushAssist: P. Foden
52'yellow cardTyrick MitchellYellow Card
58'substitutionJ. GvardiolOff: J. Doku
58'substitutionM. NunesOff: N. Ake
60'substitutionY. PinoOff: I. Sarr
60'substitutionJ. MatetaOff: J. S. Larsen
60'substitutionW. HughesOff: A. Wharton
75'substitutionB. JohnsonOff: D. Kamada
79'substitutionB. SilvaOff: M. Kovacic
79'substitutionO. MarmoushOff: R. Cherki
81'yellow cardDaichi KamadaYellow Card
82'substitutionP. FodenOff: J. Stones
82'substitutionD. MunozOff: N. Clyne
84'goalSavinhoAssist: R. Cherki

Lineups

Manchester City

Formation 4-2-2-2 · Coach Pep Guardiola

Starting XI

Substitutes

Crystal Palace

Formation 5-4-1 · Coach Oliver Glasner

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

73%Possession27%
1.66Expected goals (xG)0.73
15Total shots6
4Shots on target2
8Shots off target2
3Blocked shots2
10Shots inside the box6
5Shots outside the box0
9Corners4
0Offsides4
10Fouls7
0Yellow cards2
–Red cards–
2Goalkeeper saves1
743Passes281
662Accurate passes216
89%Pass accuracy77%
-1.01Goals prevented-1.01

Player statistics

Manchester City

Manchester City player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
25Gianluigi DonnarummaG	90	7.2				22 · 82%
15Marc GuéhiD	90	7.9			2 (0)	131 · 95%		1	6/11
24Joško GvardiolD	58	6.9			1 (1)	35 · 80%	1		2/6
27Matheus NunesD	58	6.9				62 · 84%	1		1/2
45Abdukodir KhusanovD	90	7.2			1 (0)	102 · 92%			1/2
20Bernardo SilvaM	79	6.9			1 (0)	94 · 90%		1	1/1
21Rayan Aït-NouriM	90	6.6			1 (0)	56 · 91%	2	2	5/14
26SavinhoM	90	7.6	1		2 (1)	52 · 79%		2	7/15
47Phil FodenMTop rated	82	9.0		2	1 (0)	60 · 92%	5	3	4/8
7Omar MarmoushF	79	7.2	1		2 (1)	12 · 83%			2/6
42Antoine SemenyoF	90	6.9	1		1 (1)	19 · 84%		1	1/8
1James TraffordG	–	–
3Rúben DiasD	–	–
5John StonesD	8	6.9				8 · 100%
6Nathan AkéD	32	6.9				29 · 90%			1/1
4Tijjani ReijndersM	–	–
8Mateo KovačićM	11	7.2				27 · 89%		1	1/1
10Rayan CherkiM	11	7.9		1		16 · 88%	2		3/4
9Erling HaalandF	–	–
11Jérémy DokuF	32	6.3				18 · 89%	1		0/3

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Dean HendersonG	90	6.3		23 · 48%
2Daniel MuñozD	82	6.2		19 · 79%		1	4/5
3Tyrick MitchellD	90	6.7	1 (1)	15 · 80%		7	7/9
5Maxence LacroixD	90	7.3		40 · 95%		3	6/6
23Jaydee CanvotD	90	6.0		39 · 87%		2	3/6
26Chris RichardsD	90	5.6	1 (0)	36 · 69%		3	4/7
8Jefferson LermaM	90	6.7		30 · 77%		6	8/12
10Yéremy PinoM	60	6.2		14 · 86%		1	2/7
11Brennan JohnsonM	75	6.3		8 · 38%	1	2	4/9
19Will HughesM	60	7.3		15 · 80%	1		2/6
14Jean Philippe MatetaF	60	6.6		5 · 80%	1		2/3
44Walter BenítezG	–	–
17Nathaniel ClyneD	8	6.7		1 · 100%		1	1/1
34Chadi RiadD	–	–
18Daichi KamadaM	15	6.3				1	1/1
20Adam WhartonM	30	6.9		20 · 85%	2	1	2/5
55Justin DevennyM	–	–
59Rio CardinesM	–	–
7Ismaïla SarrF	30	6.2	1 (1)	8 · 50%			0/1
22Jørgen Strand LarsenF	30	6.5	1 (0)	8 · 62%			1/4