English Premier League

FT Saturday, May 1, 2021
Manchester City WLWWW 2
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Crystal Palace LWDLL 0
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Selhurst Park

Match Report

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Man City edge closer to Premier League title with win at Crystal Palace

Manchester City inched closer to the Premier League title with a 2-0 victory at Crystal Palace on Saturday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
2
4
Saves
1
70
Possession
30
20
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
610
Accurate Passes
215
696
Passes
294
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
2
18
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.2
65
Long Balls
50
49
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.8
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
12
20
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
19
10
Effective Clearances
18
10
Clearances
18

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CRY · 4-3-3

  1. 31Vicente GuaitaG
  2. 6Scott DannCD-L
  3. 8Cheikhou KouyatéCD-R
  4. 27Tyrick MitchellLB
  5. 2Joel WardRB
  6. 4Luka MilivojevicCM
  7. 25Eberechi EzeLM
  8. 44Jairo RiedewaldRM
  9. 20Christian BentekeF
  10. 11Wilfried ZahaLF
  11. 10Andros TownsendRF

MNC · 4-4-1-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 6Nathan AkéCD-R
  4. 22Benjamin MendyLB
  5. 27João CanceloRB
  6. 16RodriCM-L
  7. 25FernandinhoCM-R
  8. 7Raheem SterlingLM
  9. 21Ferran TorresRM
  10. 9Gabriel JesusF
  11. 10Sergio AgüeroRCF

Timeline

  1. 36' VAR Decision: No Goal Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester City.
  2. 49' Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 57' Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Manchester City 1. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Benjamin Mendy.
  4. 59' Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Manchester City 2. Ferran Torres (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 60' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jeffrey Schlupp replaces Jairo Riedewald.
  6. 67' Substitution, Manchester City. Oleksandr Zinchenko replaces Fernandinho.
  7. 68' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jean-Philippe Mateta replaces Christian Benteke.
  8. 81' Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 82' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jordan Ayew replaces Andros Townsend.

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