Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 4–1 — 2026 Premier League 2026-27 English Premier League

Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 4–1 at Selhurst Park on Friday, August 28, 2026.

The goals

• 17' — Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
• 54' — Rayan Cherki (Manchester City)
• 56' — Own Goal by Gianluigi Donnarumma, Manchester City. Crystal Palace 1, Manchester City 2.
• 59' — Rayan Cherki (Manchester City)
• 84' — Erling Haaland (Manchester City)

How it unfolded

1. 17'⚽Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Manchester City 1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Antoine Semenyo with a cross.
2. 33'•Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
3. 42'•Delay in match because of an injury Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace).
4. 42'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
5. 45'•Second Half begins Crystal Palace 0, Manchester City 1.
6. 54'⚽Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Manchester City 2. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.
7. 55'•Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
8. 56'⚽Own Goal by Gianluigi Donnarumma, Manchester City. Crystal Palace 1, Manchester City 2.
9. 59'⚽Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Manchester City 3. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.
10. 63'•Delay in match (Manchester City).
11. 63'•Substitution, Crystal Palace. Evann Guessand replaces Jørgen Strand Larsen.
12. 63'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
13. 68'•Anan Khalaili (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
14. 68'•Substitution, Crystal Palace. Dwight McNeil replaces Eddie Nketiah.
15. 68'•Substitution, Crystal Palace. Zavier Gozo replaces Yéremy Pino.
16. 74'•Substitution, Crystal Palace. Axel Disasi replaces Takehiro Tomiyasu.
17. 75'•Substitution, Crystal Palace. Óscar Mingueza replaces Anan Khalaili.
18. 75'•Substitution, Manchester City. Mateo Kovacic replaces Josko Gvardiol.
19. 82'•Substitution, Manchester City. Ryan McAidoo replaces Rayan Cherki.
20. 82'•Substitution, Manchester City. Ayyoub Bouaddi replaces Elliot Anderson.
21. 84'⚽Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Manchester City 4. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.
22. 89'•Substitution, Manchester City. Vitor Reis replaces Abdukodir Khusanov.
23. 89'•Substitution, Manchester City. Kaden Braithwaite replaces Nico O'Reilly.

How they arrived

• Crystal Palace: 3W 0D 2L in their last 5 — 60% win rate, 10 scored and 8 conceded.
• Manchester City: 2W 0D 2L in their last 4 — 50% win rate, 6 scored and 6 conceded.

Full match statistics

Team records

Sources

• 2026 Premier League 2026-27 English Premier League — live match data

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