Crystal Palacevs.Man City

The Citizens ended a miserable seven-match winless run across all competitions courtesy of a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night.

Palace, meanwhile, secured just their second top-flight win of the campaign and their first away from home when they beat Ipswich Town 1-0 at Portman Road on Tuesday.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 71

Crystal Palace wins: 17

Draws: 16

Man City wins: 38

Crystal Palace and Manchester City have faced each other a total of 71 times across all competitions, with the Citizens leading the overall head-to-head record having posted 38 wins to the Eagles' 17, while there have also been 16 draws played out between the two clubs.

The very first meeting between these two teams took place back in January 1921 when Crystal Palace won 2-0 on home soil in the first round of the FA Cup. Man City had to wait just over five years to get their revenge in the fifth round, and did so in emphatic fashion as they smashed the Eagles 11-4 at Maine Road, unsurprisingly their biggest win over the London club to date.

Palace and Man City played each other regularly in the old Divisions One and Two between the mid-1960s and early 1990s, with the Citizens winning 14 times and drawing seven of their 30 league encounters during that period.

At the beginning of the Premier League era (from 1992), Palace drew each of their first three meetings with City in the division, before cruising to a 4-0 League Cup win and a 2-1 league victory in the space of four months in 1995. Both teams then dropped into the second tier and faced each other six times over a three-year period, winning two, drawing two and losing two games each.

Since then, Man City have dominated this fixture across league and cup competitions, winning 20, drawing four and losing only three of their last 27 meetings.

Crystal Palace have only come out on top in two of their last 18 Premier League meetings with Man City (D4 L12), and both of those victories were secured at the Etihad Stadium in December 2018 and October 2020.

April 2015 was the last time the Eagles beat Man City at Selhurst Park (2-1), while the Citizens have since won two games by a 5-0 scoreline, two by a 4-0 scoreline and two by a 4-2 scoreline, most recently winning by the latter on the road in April 2024.

Raheem Sterling and Yaya Toure are the highest-scoring player in this fixture with seven goals each for Man City, while club legend Sergio Aguero is next on the list with six strikes.

Previous meetings

Apr 06, 2024: Crystal Palace 2-4 Man City (Premier League)

Dec 16, 2023: Man City 2-2 Crystal Palace (Premier League)

Mar 11, 2023: Crystal Palace 0-1 Man City (Premier League)

Aug 27, 2022: Man City 4-2 Crystal Palace (Premier League)

Mar 14, 2022: Crystal Palace 0-0 Man City (Premier League)

Oct 30, 2021: Man City 0-2 Crystal Palace (Premier League)

May 01, 2021: Crystal Palace 0-2 Man City (Premier League)

Jan 17, 2021: Man City 4-0 Crystal Palace (Premier League)

Jan 18, 2020: Man City 2-2 Crystal Palace (Premier League)

Oct 19, 2019: Crystal Palace 0-2 Man City (Premier League)

Apr 14, 2019: Crystal Palace 1-3 Man City (Premier League)

Dec 22, 2018: Man City 2-3 Crystal Palace (Premier League)

Dec 31, 2017: Crystal Palace 0-0 Man City (Premier League)

Sep 23, 2017: Man City 5-0 Crystal Palace (Premier League)

May 06, 2017: Man City 5-0 Crystal Palace (Premier League)

Jan 28, 2017: Crystal Palace 0-3 Man City (FA Cup Fourth Round)

Nov 19, 2016: Crystal Palace 1-2 Man City (Premier League)

Jan 16, 2016: Man City 4-0 Crystal Palace (Premier League)

Oct 28, 2015: Man City 5-1 Crystal Palace (League Cup Round Four)

Sep 12, 2015: Crystal Palace 0-1 Man City (Premier League)

Last 10 Premier League meetings

Apr 06, 2024: Crystal Palace 2-4 Man City (Premier League)

Dec 16, 2023: Man City 2-2 Crystal Palace (Premier League)

Mar 11, 2023: Crystal Palace 0-1 Man City (Premier League)

Aug 27, 2022: Man City 4-2 Crystal Palace (Premier League)

Mar 14, 2022: Crystal Palace 0-0 Man City (Premier League)

Oct 30, 2021: Man City 0-2 Crystal Palace (Premier League)

May 01, 2021: Crystal Palace 0-2 Man City (Premier League)

Jan 17, 2021: Man City 4-0 Crystal Palace (Premier League)

Jan 18, 2020: Man City 2-2 Crystal Palace (Premier League)

Oct 19, 2019: Crystal Palace 0-2 Man City (Premier League)

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Oliver Thomas