Man City vs Crystal Palace

17 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Lee Mason

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • John Stones 26’, 68’
  • Ilkay Gündogan 56’
  • Raheem Sterling 88’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Crystal Palace. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, John Stones put Man City ahead with a header in the 26th minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne. In the second half, Ilkay Gündogan made it 2-0 from a corner in the 56th minute, Stones made it 3-0 from a corner in the 68th minute, and Raheem Sterling made it 4-0 with a direct free kick in the 88th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 0.97 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.05 from 2.

Match stats

Man City Crystal Palace
13 Shots 2
6 Shots on Target 0
11 Corners 1
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.96 xG 0.05
0.96 Non-penalty xG 0.05
5 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Man City Crystal Palace
Kick-off
John Stones
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne1-0 (Man City)
26’
Half-time1-0
Ilkay Gündogan2-0 (Man City)
56’
John Stones3-0 (Man City)
68’
Raheem Sterling4-0 (Man City)
88’
Full-time4-0

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.97 0.05 26’ John Stones (Man City), 1-0 26’ 56’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 2-0 56’ 68’ John Stones (Man City), 3-0 68’ 88’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 4-0 88’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.97 0.05 26’ John Stones (Man City), 1-0 Stones 26’ 56’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 2-0 Gündogan 56’ 68’ John Stones (Man City), 3-0 Stones 68’ 88’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 4-0 Sterling 88’
Man City 0.97 xGCrystal Palace 0.05 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Man City attacking 
26’ John Stones (Man City), from a corner, 0.38 xG, goal 68’ John Stones (Man City), from a corner, 0.10 xG, goal 88’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, goal 23’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 68’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 23’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 35’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 38’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 58’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 56’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 23’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 62’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 20’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 26’ John Stones (Man City), from a corner, 0.38 xG, goal 68’ John Stones (Man City), from a corner, 0.10 xG, goal 88’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, goal 23’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 68’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 23’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 38’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 35’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 56’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 23’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 62’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 20’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker DEF900 0.000.000
Rúben Dias DEF901 0.050.000
John Stones DEF9022 0.480.000
Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF900 0.000.000
Fernandinho MID900 0.000.000
Kevin De Bruyne MID7213 0.110.463
Ilkay Gündogan MID7214 0.160.092
Bernardo Silva FWD610 0.000.000
Gabriel Jesus FWD901 0.040.042
Raheem Sterling FWD9012 0.120.000
Phil Foden Sub290 0.000.000
João Cancelo Sub180 0.000.000
Ferrán Torres Sub180 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 81% Avg odds 1.18
Draw 13% Avg odds 7.39
Crystal Palace win 6% Avg odds 17.06

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man City DWWWW
Crystal Palace LLDWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Man City 2-2 Crystal Palace, 18 Jan 20 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 0-2 Man City, 01 May 21  All Man City vs Crystal Palace meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.