Man City vs Crystal Palace

The Council of Very Smart Cityzens give their matchday predictions.

We predict Rodri will be in top gear as City get back to controlling the game for large periods, and the Blues will edge out Palace 2-1 at The Etihad. Crystal Palace can not continue their current pace of play. Can Crystal Palace play out of City’s high press? Crystal Palace have to walk into the Etihad and deal with hopefully a stadium full of Cityzens ready to support the City players until their hands sore and voices are gone. This due to Erling Haaland’s physicality, he will be the key defining piece that helps slay this unusual foe that usually bests and annoys City. Palace are a good side and City underestimated them last season.

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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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.

Manchester City this afternoon face one of their bogey teams of recent seasons in the form of Crystal Palace. Palace won this fixture last season 2-0, ...

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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.

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.

Crystal Palace went 2-0 up before Erling Haaland struck a 19-minute second-half hat-trick to lead Manchester City to a 4-2 home victory.

Haaland’s second, which put City 3-2 up, finished a pinball-like sequence that twice involved Silva and a scuffed Stones effort that allowed the lethal 22-year-old to prod home. The referee did award a foul for this and home boos ensued as Palace’s goalkeeper dawdled over the restart. Eze, though, was a reasonable deputy, troubling City’s backline when Palace used the same breakaway tactics. The striker scored a scintillating 19-minute hat-trick that featured the equaliser and goals that sealed victory as the champions came from two behind for a fourth time in their past six competitive games. At this stage City were toothless and required cooler heads than the one Haaland showed when booting Andersen’s. While the referee, Darren England, awarded a foul – maybe against a high leg from Édouard – VAR, at least, might have intervened as the goal appeared legitimate.

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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.

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.

JOE BERNSTEIN AT THE ETIHAD: Manchester City showed their credentials to be Premier League champions as they fought back from two goals down to beat Crystal ...

The hug between manager and star striker was genuine. The hat-trick goal showed off Haaland's speed and power. City were a different animal in the second half. He never runs away from the game, for a striker it is incredible. The other City scare came when Haaland raised a boot that caught Andersen in the head requiring treatment for the centre-half. When Edouard raised his foot to block Ederson's clearance, the ball dropped for Ayew to roll in for what he thought was 3-0. 'I saw his body language when we were 2-0 down and how he encouraged his mates. Vieira was again diplomatic: 'I don't want to spend too much time on it. We did that and got the result. 'In the end, we scored four goals, that is a really good thing. 'I haven't had a chance to look at it. But when we play at home we shouldn't concede early goals.

A fantastic hat-trick from Erling Haaland helped Manchester City recover from two goals down against Crystal Palace to secure a dramatic 4-2 comeback.

After completely being out of the game in the first half, Haaland has his third of the second half! Some fantastic one-touch football in the box following a corner sees Bernardo find Stones, and the defender plays in Haaland, albeit with a scuffed shot, and the striker has the easiest of tap-ins! It's Joachim Andersen who heads in from an Ebere Eze corner from the right hand side and City are once again done from a set-piece! He then showed just how good his turn of pace is in behind and the strength he has to hold off defenders for his third and final goal. It was a case of deja vu for Manchester City in the first half, as Crystal Palace's two-goal lead surely brought back flashbacks of last season's defeat to the Eagles at the Etihad Stadium. City completed the comeback ten minutes later, as Haaland took his first chance of the game to head in Phil Foden’s cross beyond Vicente Guaita at the far post.

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!

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!