The Eagles head on the road this weekend to the home of the defending champions who are having their title ripped unceremoniously from their hands this season.
MATCH INFORMATION
| 12.30pm kick off – 12 April 2025 |
| Etihad Stadium, Etihad Campus, Manchester M11 3FF |
PREVIOUS MEETING
| 16/12/2023 – A first half goal from Jack Grealish looked to set the hosts on their way in the fixture and Rico Lewis doubled it shortly after the break. Jean-Philippe Mateta pulled one back for the visitors with less than 15 minutes left to play before Michael Olise converted from the spot in injury to take a deserved point. |
| WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Jean-Philippe Mateta (8.0) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
| Referee | Jarred Gillett |
| Assistant | Darren Cann |
| Assistant | Ian Hussin |
| Fourth Official | Chris Kavanagh |
| VAR | Peter Bankes |
| Assistant VAR | Simon Bennett |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Chadi Riad, and Cheick Doucoure both continue to miss out through injury while Eddie Nketiah and Marc Guehi each serve a one match suspension. Chris Richards and Maxence Lacroix will be assessed.
CITY – Rodri, Nathan Ake, Erling Haaland, John Stones, and Manuel Akanji are all unavailable due to injury.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
This is the section of our match preview that highlights those that have not been the best of friends with match officials as the season goes on. Of course, they all begin with a clean slate, but we will start to see those that will be heading for a ban or two as the campaign progresses.
| RED CARDS – Daichi Kamada (1), Eddie NKETIAH (1), Marc GUEHI (1), Rico LEWIS (1) |
| YELLOW CARDS (over 5.5) – Will Hughes (10), Daniel Munoz (7), Marc Guehi (7), Bernardo Silva (6) |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
| 07/12/2024 | Palace 2-2 City |
| 06/04/2024 | Palace 2-4 City |
| 16/12/2023 | City 2-2 Palace |
| 11/03/2023 | Palace 0-1 City |
| 27/08/2022 | City 4-2 Palace |
Last FIVE results for Palace:
| 05/04/2025 | Palace 2-1 Brighton |
| 02/04/2025 | Saints 1-1 Palace |
| 29/03/2025 | Fulham 0-3 Palace |
| 08/03/2025 | Palace 1-0 Ipswich |
| 01/03/2025 | Palace 3-1 Millwall |
Last FIVE results for City:
| 06/04/2025 | United 0-0 City |
| 02/04/2025 | City 2-0 Leicester |
| 30/03/2025 | Bournemouth 1-2 City |
| 15/03/2025 | City 2-2 Brighton |
| 08/03/2025 | Forest 1-0 City |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 11th in the Premier League with 43 points from 30 games played, while City are 6th with 52 points having played one game more.
RECORD AGAINST CITY
| Played | 72 |
| Won | 17 |
| Drawn | 17 |
| Lost | 38 |
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
This is the section of our match preview where we list two players from each side that are top of the ratings by our friends over at Who Scored. Obviously, there are no ratings to share at the moment but that will soon change!
| Erling Haaland | 7.37 |
| Jeremy Doku | 7.23 |
| Daniel Munoz | 7.12 |
| Ebere Eze | 7.12 |
ONE TO WATCH
| OMAR MARMOUSH |
| FORMER CLUBS – Wadi Degla, Wolfsburg, FC St Pauli (loan), Stuttgart (loan), Eintracht Frankfurt |
| The 26 year old striker really came of age in the Bundesliga with Frankfurt last season and with that form continuing into this current season, City made him theirs in the January transfer window. HIs scoring record in Frankfurt was a quite astonishing 27 goals in 46 appearances. |
THE NUMBERS
City have lost just 1 of their last 12 Premier League games against Palace (W7 D4), going down 2-0 at home in October 2021.
Having lost each of their first 6 Premier League visits to the Etihad Stadium, Palace have lost just 2 of their last 6 away to City in the competition (W2 D2).
Palace have either failed to score (5) or scored exactly twice (6) in their last 11 Premier League games against City.
The team opening the scoring has won just 1 of the last 5 Premier League meetings between Palace and City (D2 L2), with the Citizens winning 1-0 at Selhurst Park in March 2023. On the 3 occasions the Eagles have scored first in this run, they’ve done so in the fourth minute of the match.
Only league leaders Liverpool (23) have earned more points over their last 10 Premier League games than Palace (22 – W7 D1 L2). The Eagles have won 4 of their last 5 league matches (D1), and 6 of their last 8 away from home (D2).
Palace are unbeaten in their last 10 away games in the Premier League (W6 D4); never before in their league history have they had a longer run without defeat on the road.
City’s first 6 Premier League games of 2025 produced 29 goals (F20 A9), an average of 4.8 per game. Their last 6 games have seen just 10 goals scored (F5 A5), with the Citizens failing to score on three occasions in that run.
Only Mohamed Salah (10) has scored more Premier League goals so far in 2025 than Palace’s Jean-Philippe Mateta (9). With 18 goals in 2024, he could become the third Palace player to net double figures in the Premier League in consecutive years along with Andrew Johnson (2004/2005) and Eberechi Eze (2023/2024).
Kevin De Bruyne’s first ever Premier League appearance for Manchester City came against Palace, as a 25th minute substitute in September 2015. He’s since been involved in 12 goals against the Eagles (4 goals, 8 assists), only having a hand in more against Southampton in the competition (14).
Eberechi Eze has assisted 8 goals in the Premier League this season, as many as his previous 2 campaigns combined (4 each in 2022-23 and 2023-24). The only players to provide more assists in a Premier League season for Palace are Wayne Routledge (9 in 2004-05), Wilfried Zaha (9 in 2016-17), and Michael Olise (11 in 2022-23).
KEY CLASH
| MAXENCE LACROIX v OMAR MARMOUSH |
| This will be quite a match up and with star striker Erling Haaland injured, the hosts will look to their Egyptian striker to take up the mantle. If our French defender can keep him quiet, it will go some way to helping the visitors taking something from the game. |
PRE-MATCH STATS
This is the section of our match preview where we keep a tally on the statistics for Palace players as the campaign continues and how they compare to other Premier League players.
| Goals | Jean-Philippe MATETA 13 (8th) |
| Assists | Ebere EZE 8 (8th) |
| Passes | Marc GUEHI 1504 (21st) |
| Tackles | Daniel MUNOZ 97 (2nd) |
| Touches | Marc GUEHI 1900 (26th) |
| Shots | Ebere EZE 87 (5th) |
| Fouls | Will HUGHES 52 (8th) |
| Dispossessed | Ebere EZE 40 (22nd) |
| Saves | Dean HENDERSON 84 (8th) |
| Clearances | Maxence LACROIX 157 (8th) |
| Big Chances Missed | Jean-Philippe MATETA 15 (5th) |
TEB PREDICTION
The incredible run of unbeaten away games is a real highlight of the season but that is on the line at the Etihad. With the news that the Premier League will have five representatives in the Champions League next season will take the pressure of the City as they battle to finish high enough to qualify. That says everything as they are not the team anywhere close to the last couple of season, and with two high profile injuries, the Eagles could well take something from the game, but their own absences could have an impact.
| PREDICTED SCORE: 1-1 |
