Man City vs Crystal Palace

Ruben Dias and Riyad Mahrez return to the starting line-up as Pep Guardiola makes two changes for Manchester City's Premier League home game against Crystal ...

[Rodrigo](https://www.mancity.com/players/rodrigo) will be in the anchorman role in midfield, behind captain Kevin [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) and [Bernardo](https://www.mancity.com/players/bernardo-silva) Silva, who claimed a goal and an assist in a superb performance at Newcastle last weekend. [Bernardo](https://www.mancity.com/players/bernardo-silva)Silva needs one more goal to reach 50 for the Club. [de Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne)has had an assist in four consecutive Premier League appearances. [Kyle Walker](https://www.mancity.com/players/kyle-walker) and Joao Cancelo will be in their usual full-back roles, with Dias slotting in alongside John [Stones](https://www.mancity.com/players/john-stones) at centre-half. [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez) will line-up on the right of the front three, with Phil [Foden](https://www.mancity.com/players/phil-foden) on the opposite flank, either side of centre-forward [Erling Haaland](https://www.mancity.com/players/erling-haaland). [Ederson](https://www.mancity.com/players/ederson), Walker, [Stones](https://www.mancity.com/players/john-stones), Dias, Cancelo, [Rodrigo](https://www.mancity.com/players/rodrigo), [Bernardo](https://www.mancity.com/players/bernardo-silva), [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) (C), [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez), [Foden](https://www.mancity.com/players/phil-foden), Haaland. [Gundogan](https://www.mancity.com/players/ilkay-gundogan), Alvarez, Gomez, [Palmer](https://www.mancity.com/players/cole-palmer), Gomes, Lewis, Knight, Wilson-Esbrand. [Aymeric](https://www.mancity.com/players/aymeric-laporte) [Laporte](https://www.mancity.com/players/aymeric-laporte) remains sidelined as he recovers from knee surgery. [Guardiola](https://www.mancity.com/players/pep-guardiola) has stuck with his favoured 4-3-3 formation in the opening three games of the season and it looks as if that will be the case again today. [Ake](https://www.mancity.com/players/nathan-ake) at the heart of defence, whilst [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez) comes in for Ilkay Gunodgan, who drops to the bench. [Sergio Gomez](https://www.mancity.com/players/sergio-gomez) is again among the substitutes after making his first appearance for the Club in [the midweek friendly with Barcelona](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/barcelona-v-manchester-city-match-report-63796965), but there is no place for the injured duo [Jack Grealish](https://www.mancity.com/players/jack-grealish) or [Kalvin Phillips](https://www.mancity.com/players/kalvin-phillips).

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace: The defending Premier League champions will try to get back to winning ways when they host the Eagles on Saturday.

QUESTIONABLE: Jack Grealish (knee), Nathan Ake (groin) [STREAM LIVE MANCHESTER CITY vs CRYSTAL PALACE](https://www.peacocktv.com/sports/premier-league?cid=2101sportsplsymedi1959&utm_campaign=2101sportspl&utm_source=nbcsports&utm_medium=sym_editorial_seoopt_article&utm_term=nbcsportsseo&utm_content=premierleague) Three games into his Manchester City career, Haaland has three goals and one assist to his name, with Kevin De Bruyne off to a similarly red-hot start (one goal and three assists). After keeping back-to-back clean sheets to start the season, it was rather shocking to see Man City concede three goals (in a span of 26 minutes, no less), regardless of opponent. After Saturday, the Eagles will have already played half of the big-six sides after just four weeks, with tricky challenges against Brentford and Newcastle preceding a visit from Manchester United to round out their first seven games. It also saw Crystal Palace pick up their first win of the season as they beat Aston Villa 3-1.

City got off to a winning start to the season after beating both West Ham and Bournemouth in the first two games of their Premier League campaign. However, the ...

In terms of possible starters for City, you would expect Ruben Dias to come back into the team to start alongside John Stones now that both Laporte and Ake are injured. The London club were beaten by Arsenal (who are currently top of the table) in their first match before holding Liverpool to a draw and beating Aston Villa. City got off to a winning start to the season after beating both West Ham and Bournemouth in the first two games of their Premier League campaign. However, the visitors staged a quickfire comeback and were level within ten minutes of Trippier's thunderbolt thanks to goals from Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva. Bernardo Silva failed to start in either of The Cityzens' first two games but impressed in his first start against Newcastle last week after scoring City's third goal and will likely retain his place in the starting eleven. Kevin De Bruyne will likely be one of the first names on the team sheet after starting the season in fine form, scoring one goal and providing three assists in City's first three games.

Premier League: Manchester City will face a tough challenge when they take on Crystal Palace on Saturday.

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Riyad Mahrez came into the City side as Ilkay Gundogan dropped to the bench. Ruben Dias replaced the injured Nathan Ake in defence in the only other change to ...

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Manchester City vs Crystal Palace predicted lineups Manchester Citys predicted lineup (4-3-3): Ederson, Walker, Dias, Stones, Cancelo, Rodri, De Bruyn.

The Premier League match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace will kick off on Saturday, August 27 at 15:00 BST - local time in England. Fans in the United States will be able to watch the match live on fuboTV. They won here last season and Crystal Palace have the lead already today. Kevin de Bruyne is inside the box and tests the palms of Vicente Guaita. It's still 1-0 to Crystal Palace. After Ederson saved from a long-range Doucoure strike, he rolled the ball out into the body of Edouard and Ayew then pounced to score.

Follow every kick of Manchester City's Premier League fixture against Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium.

Erling Haaland raises his boot high to try and get a ball he was never going to reach and catches Andersen studs up in the side of his head. Guardiola is going spare on the touchline, desperately wanting more width from his team and in particular the left. City have all the possession now and the game is being played exclusively in Palace's half. Riyad Mahrez meets a deep cross and heads it back into the centre. It's hard to see a way through. City are getting a bit panicked here. Guardiola must be happier to have decided against the double substitution that he was planning. Simply register, place an acca on football or horse racing and if it goes down, you will get a FREE BET of the same value, up to a max of £30! When they were trailing at Newcastle, Guardiola wanted them to slow things down and not rush. Aymeric Laporte is already out long-term with City not expecting a return for him for at least another month. What a noise. Two full-backs off for attackers.

Report and free match highlights as Erling Haaland scores his first goals at the Etihad; John Stones own goal and Joachim Andersen header saw Crystal Palace ...

"You have to defend well for 90 minutes, 95 minutes, and in the second half we were a little less aggressive, maybe because we had already run quite a lot. "It's been a really good start to the season. I think we defended really well, we managed to score the two goals and knew they would be a different side in the second half. "We have the ability to score goals, but we are conceding a lot lately. "Haaland was also the second Man City player to score twice on his Premier League debut, following Aguero in August 2011. But it's nice to leave the situation with a good comeback. Gabriel Jesus did not prove to be the answer and the solution was simple when looking towards the transfer market - it was just a case of whether Man City could land Haaland. But Haaland was lurking at the back post to tap home to see Man City in front for the first time. "The striker cut a frustrated figure in the first half when Crystal Palace's defenders marked him out of the game. "But as ever, they could and they did, with the Norway international already demonstrating the attributes that he is Aguero's clear successor. Ilkay Gundogan was offered plenty of space to drive through the midfield before slotting his team-mate in through the middle. "Finally Phil played the ball to me!

Erling Haaland scored a hat trick as Manchester City fought back from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace 4-2 at the Etihad on Saturday. Palace took an early lead through a John Stones own goal in the fourth minute when Eberechi Eze's free kick ...

In the end we scored four goals and that's a really good thing. It's about working harder," he said. We had to listen to the manager". Amazing feeling to score a hat-trick," Haaland said. "It's a mentality that we trust each other and we know the chances will come. [Bernardo Silva](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/313062/Bernardo-Silva) cut in from the right and his low shot took a slight deflection and beat goalkeeper [Vicente Guaita](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/97429/Vicente-Guaita).

Manchester City fought back from 2-0 down to beat Crystal Palace as a hat trick from Erling Haaland secured the impressive comeback win.

Three games into his Manchester City career, Haaland has three goals and one assist to his name, with Kevin De Bruyne off to a similarly red-hot start (one goal and three assists). City did struggle to create chances in the first half but the rest of the game saw Kevin de Bruyne, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva dictate the tempo (City had 75 percent possession) and Erling Haaland was on hand to finish off the chances created for him. After Saturday, the Eagles will have already played half of the big-six sides after just four weeks, with tricky challenges against Brentford and Newcastle preceding a visit from Manchester United to round out their first seven games. The fact that Palace were 2-0 up early on meant that City had even more of the ball than usual, as Patrick Vieira’s side sat back and tried to hold on to their lead. Peak Haaland drags City to win: A header, tap in and a powerful turn and finish. They held out until the 53rd minute before City scored but had Zaha been around they would have surely found him up top and he would have taken the pressure off them.

Join us for live coverage of the Premier League clash between Man City and Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium. The hosts are looking to return to winning ...

A huge blow for the visitors. What a start for the visitors! That ended 3-3, just like the scoreline at Newcastle in their last league fixture. It should've been a City free-kick, not a corner. The hosts do win a corner though. Palace make it three, but the goal's disallowed! Palace took the lead after four minutes through a Stones own goal from an Eze free-kick and then Andersen headed in after 21 minutes from a corner which shouldn't have been given as Cancelo was very clearly elbowed by Edouard in the lead up. A Stones own goal and Andersen header gave Palace a 0-2 lead at HT, but Haaland's hat-trick and B Silva's goal gave Guardiola's men the points. The Portuguese gets the ball on the edge of the box, he goes one way and then the other and his shot deflects off Schlupp into the back of the net! Join us for live coverage of the Premier League clash between Man City and Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium. A ball finds Foden and his cross finds Haaland who heads in from six yards! All over at the Etihad and Haaland's second half hat-trick gave the hosts the points.

Erling Haaland got two goals on the way to the victory, after Bernardo Silva opened the scoring with a fine goal.

Absolutely brilliant in the second-half. Absolutely brilliant performance. Manchester City had to come back from two goals down for the second game in a row against Crystal Palace, but this time they got the three points.

Manchester City are likely to be short of defenders for Saturday's visit of Crystal Palace in the Premier League. Nathan Ake is expected to miss out with a ...

"Haaland was also the second Man City player to score twice on his Premier League debut, following Aguero in August 2011. "But Haaland shows no signs of slowing down, even in these early few weeks of his Man City career. But Haaland was lurking at the back post to tap home to see Man City in front for the first time. Gabriel Jesus did not prove to be the answer and the solution was simple when looking towards the transfer market - it was just a case of whether Man City could land Haaland. Manchester City host Nottingham Forest at 7.30pm on Wednesday at the Etihad Stadium. "The striker cut a frustrated figure in the first half when Crystal Palace's defenders marked him out of the game. Ilkay Gundogan was offered plenty of space to drive through the midfield before slotting his team-mate in through the middle. "But as ever, they could and they did, with the Norway international already demonstrating the attributes that he is Aguero's clear successor. Haaland was ahead of Joel Ward, collecting the ball with ease and holding off the defender before firing home. "It's hard to look past anyone else for the man-of-the-match award from Saturday's game. Bernardo Silva - subject to reported transfer interest from Barcelona - set the wheels in motion in the 53rd minute. Silva's pass found Stones in the middle, but he scuffed his own shot that looked to be going wide.

Report and free match highlights as Erling Haaland scores his first goals at the Etihad; John Stones own goal and Joachim Andersen header saw Crystal Palace ...

"You have to defend well for 90 minutes, 95 minutes, and in the second half we were a little less aggressive, maybe because we had already run quite a lot. "It's been a really good start to the season. I think we defended really well, we managed to score the two goals and knew they would be a different side in the second half. "We have the ability to score goals, but we are conceding a lot lately. "Haaland was also the second Man City player to score twice on his Premier League debut, following Aguero in August 2011. But it's nice to leave the situation with a good comeback. Gabriel Jesus did not prove to be the answer and the solution was simple when looking towards the transfer market - it was just a case of whether Man City could land Haaland. But Haaland was lurking at the back post to tap home to see Man City in front for the first time. "The striker cut a frustrated figure in the first half when Crystal Palace's defenders marked him out of the game. "But as ever, they could and they did, with the Norway international already demonstrating the attributes that he is Aguero's clear successor. Ilkay Gundogan was offered plenty of space to drive through the midfield before slotting his team-mate in through the middle. "Finally Phil played the ball to me!