Pep Guardiola’s defending champions secured another crucial win in the Premier League title race. Here’s our Crystal Palace vs Manchester City stats page.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Post-Match Opta Facts
- Manchester City (W21 D4) are unbeaten in each of their last 25 games in all competitions for the first time since May 2023; only in December 2017 and March 2021 (both 28) have they enjoyed a longer such run in their history.
- Crystal Palace have now dropped 10 points from winning positions in their six games under Oliver Glasner (W1 D2 L2), more than any other team in the Premier League since his first game in charge.
- Today was the 11th time Man City have conceded the opening goal in a Premier League game this season; only in 2019-20 (12) have they done so more often under Pep Guardiola in a campaign in the competition. Indeed, they are unbeaten in their last six such games however (W5 D1).
- Only Cole Palmer (17) has been involved in more goals in all competitions among Premier League players in 2024 than City’s Kevin De Bruyne (16 – 4 goals, 12 assists).
- Erling Haaland has now reached at least 30 goals in all competitions in each of his two seasons with City (52 in 2022-23), becoming the first player to do so in each of his first two seasons as a Premier League player since Ruud van Nistelrooy (2001-02 and 2002-03).
- De Bruyne’s brace against Palace saw him reach 100 goals for Man City in all competitions. Indeed, since his first season with the club in 2015-16, he’s the only Premier League player to score at least 100 goals and provided at least 100 assists (158) in all competitions.
- Jean-Philippe Mateta became the first Crystal Palace player to score in three successive Premier League games at Selhurst Park since Odsonne Édouard in January 2022.
- Both of Rico Lewis’ Premier League goals for Manchester City have come against Crystal Palace, also in December of this season. Indeed, he’s just the second teenager to score home and away against a specific opponent in a Premier League season for City after Kelechi Iheanacho against Swansea in 2015-16.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Timeline
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Stats Centre
Our live Opta match centre delivers you all the Crystal Palace vs Manchester City stats from Saturday’s Premier League clash at Selhurst Park.
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