Crystal Palace are winless in their last 10 Premier League home games against Man City (D3 L7) since a 2-1 victory under Alan Pardew in April 2015.
Man City have lost just two of their last 20 Premier League games against Crystal Palace (W13 D5), with both defeats in that run coming at the Etihad Stadium.
Both teams have scored at least twice in each of the last four Premier League meetings between Crystal Palace and Manchester City, with two 2-2 draws and 4-2 & 5-2 victories for Man City. The last top-flight fixture to have this happen more consecutively was Arsenal vs Burnley between 1959 and 1961 (5).
Crystal Palace have opened the scoring in the opening 10 minutes in four of their last six Premier League meetings with Man City but have failed to go on to win any of these (D1 L3).
Crystal Palace have won 26 points after 15 Premier League matches this season (W7 D5 L3), their best ever start to a campaign, while it’s double the total they had at this stage last season (13). Palace are the first side to have at least double the number of points from their previous campaign after 15 games since Newcastle in 2021-22 (10) and 2022-23 (30).
Manchester City are the leading Premier League scorers this season with 35 goals, while they also lead the way for xG (30.0). They have the third best overperformance on xG in the division (5 goals), behind Tottenham (10.1) and Aston Villa (5.6).
17 of Crystal Palace’s last 20 Premier League wins have come when they’ve had lower than 50% possession, with 13 of those coming in 2025. The last team to have more than 13 wins with the lower share of possession in a year was Newcastle in 2022 (14).
Manchester City have won their last three Premier League matches, scoring at least three goals in each win, last doing so in more in a row in April 2024 (4). Pep Guardiola has 149 wins while seeing City score 3+ goals and could be the third manager with 150, along with Sir Alex Ferguson (245) and Arsène Wenger (228).
Among players to play 300+ minutes in the Premier League this season, the two players to create the most chances per 90 minutes are Man City duo Jérémy Doku and Rayan Cherki (3.4); in Cherki’s case, he also ranks first for big chances created per 90 (1.6) and expected assists per 90 (0.55), while he’s assisting a goal every 80 minutes (5 in 398 mins), the best ever ratio in a Premier League campaign.
Crystal Palace’s Eddie Nketiah has scored 21 of his 24 Premier League goals in London (18 at home, 3 away), the highest percentage of any player to score 20 goals in the history of the competition (87.5%). His last 12 goals have been scored in the capital, the longest run by an English player since Cole Palmer between January and May 2024 (13).
