English Premier League

FT Sunday, January 17, 2021
Crystal Palace LDWLD 0
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Manchester City WWWWW 4
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CRY000
MNC134
Etihad Stadium

Match Report

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Man City beat Crystal Palace to stay on Man Utd's heels in title race

Manchester City beat Crystal Palace to keep pace with leaders Manchester United in the Premier League title race thanks to John Stones' brace.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
11
2
Saves
0
27.8
Possession
72.2
2
SHOTS
13
0
ON GOAL
6
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
208
Accurate Passes
675
288
Passes
747
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
5
Crosses
29
0.2
Cross %
0.2
49
Long Balls
48
14
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
10
15
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
8
29
Effective Clearances
4
29
Clearances
4

Head to Head

MNC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 3Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 11Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 8Ilkay GündoganLM
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingLF
  11. 20Bernardo SilvaRF

Substitutes

  1. 69Tommy DoyleSUB
  2. 13Zack SteffenSUB
  3. 22Benjamin MendySUB
  4. 26Riyad MahrezSUB
  5. 48Liam DelapSUB
  6. 27João CanceloSUB
  7. 47Phil FodenSUB
  8. 16RodriSUB
  9. 21Ferran TorresSUB

CRY · 4-1-4-1

  1. 31Vicente GuaitaG
  2. 24Gary CahillCD-L
  3. 5James TomkinsCD-R
  4. 4Luka MilivojevicDM
  5. 27Tyrick MitchellLB
  6. 2Joel WardRB
  7. 18James McArthurCM-L
  8. 22James McCarthyCM-R
  9. 25Eberechi EzeLM
  10. 10Andros TownsendRM
  11. 9Jordan AyewF

Substitutes

  1. 6Scott DannSUB
  2. 1Jack ButlandSUB
  3. 3Patrick van AanholtSUB
  4. 44Jairo RiedewaldSUB
  5. 20Christian BentekeSUB
  6. 23Michy BatshuayiSUB
  7. 17Nathaniel ClyneSUB

Timeline

  1. 26' Goal! Manchester City 1, Crystal Palace 0. John Stones (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.
  2. 56' Goal! Manchester City 2, Crystal Palace 0. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a corner.
  3. 60' Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Bernardo Silva.
  4. 68' Goal! Manchester City 3, Crystal Palace 0. John Stones (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  5. 68' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jairo Riedewald replaces Luka Milivojevic.
  6. 71' Substitution, Manchester City. Ferran Torres replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
  7. 71' Substitution, Manchester City. João Cancelo replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  8. 79' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Michy Batshuayi replaces Andros Townsend.
  9. 88' Goal! Manchester City 4, Crystal Palace 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.

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