Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Preview

Crystal Palace welcome Manchester City to Selhurst Park on Sunday, 14th December 2025 for a 14:00 GMT English Premier League clash. The Eagles enter this encounter having secured three consecutive victories, their most recent being a 3-0 triumph away at Shelbourne in the Conference League on 11th December. Prior to that, they won 2-1 away at Fulham in the Premier League on 7th December and 1-0 away at Burnley on 3rd December. Earlier in this sequence, they suffered back-to-back defeats, losing 2-1 at home to Manchester United on 30th November and 2-1 away at Strasbourg in the Conference League on 27th November.

Manchester City arrive at Selhurst Park in formidable form, having won four of their last five matches. Their most recent outing saw them edge Real Madrid 2-1 away in the Champions League on 10th December. In their previous fixture, they hammered Sunderland 3-0 at home in the Premier League on 6th December. Earlier in this run, they secured a thrilling 5-4 victory away at Fulham on 2nd December and defeated Leeds United 3-2 at home on 29th November. The Citizens’ only defeat in this period came at home to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League, losing 2-0 on 25th November.

Crystal Palace will deploy a 3-4-2-1 formation featuring Mitchell, Lacroix, Lerma, Pino, Henderson, Guéhi, Mateta, Wharton, Kamada, Richards, and Clyne. Manchester City counter with a 4-2-3-1 setup including Nunes, Cherki, Silva, Dias, Haaland, Foden, Donnarumma, González, Gvardiol, Doku, and O’Reilly.

The head-to-head record favours Manchester City, who have won two of the last five meetings, with two draws and one Crystal Palace victory. Most recently, Crystal Palace claimed a memorable 1-0 home win in the FA Cup on 17th May 2025. In the previous encounter, Manchester City won 5-2 away at Crystal Palace in the Premier League on 12th April 2025.

Fans can watch this fixture live on Sky Sports Premier League in the UK, Peacock in the USA, DAZN in Spain, and Stan Sport in Australia, with kick-off at 14:00 GMT.

Injured Players: Crystal Palace: Cheick Doucouré (Out), Chadi Riad (Out), Caleb Kporha (Out), Ismaïla Sarr (Out), Daniel Muñoz (Out)

Manchester City: Rodri (Out), Mateo Kovacic (Out)

Crystal Palace face significant injury concerns with five players ruled out, depleting their defensive and midfield options. Manchester City will be without two key midfielders, though they’re in considerably better shape than their opponents.

Possible Line-Ups:

Crystal Palace (3-4-2-1) Mitchell, Lacroix, Lerma, Pino, Henderson, Guéhi, Mateta, Wharton, Kamada, Richards, Clyne

Manchester City (4-2-3-1) Nunes, Cherki, Silva, Dias, Haaland, Foden, Donnarumma, González, Gvardiol, Doku, O’Reilly

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Crystal Palace – Last 5 Matches

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
W	Shelbourne	0-3	Crystal Palace	Conference League	Dec 11, 2025
W	Fulham	1-2	Crystal Palace	English Premier League	Dec 7, 2025
W	Burnley	0-1	Crystal Palace	English Premier League	Dec 3, 2025
L	Crystal Palace	1-2	Manchester United	English Premier League	Nov 30, 2025
L	Strasbourg	2-1	Crystal Palace	Conference League	Nov 27, 2025

Manchester City – Last 5 Matches

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
W	Real Madrid	1-2	Manchester City	Champions League	Dec 10, 2025
W	Manchester City	3-0	Sunderland	English Premier League	Dec 6, 2025
W	Fulham	4-5	Manchester City	English Premier League	Dec 2, 2025
W	Manchester City	3-2	Leeds United	English Premier League	Nov 29, 2025
L	Manchester City	0-2	Bayer Leverkusen	Champions League	Nov 25, 2025

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Head To Head Record

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
Crystal Palace	1-0	Manchester City	English FA Cup	May 17, 2025
Manchester City	5-2	Crystal Palace	English Premier League	Apr 12, 2025
Crystal Palace	2-2	Manchester City	English Premier League	Dec 7, 2024
Crystal Palace	2-4	Manchester City	English Premier League	Apr 6, 2024
Manchester City	2-2	Crystal Palace	English Premier League	Dec 16, 2023

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TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Broadcaster
Great Britain	Sky Sports Premier League
USA	Peacock
Spain	DAZN Spain
Australia	Stan Sport
Canada	DAZN Canada
Germany	Sky Sport Mix
France	Canal+ Live 3
India	Hotstar