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Premier League: Crystal Palace stops Manchester City with a 0-0 draw

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LONDON. Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester City played out a goalless draw.

LONDON. Manchester City didn’t concede much to Crystal Palace to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Monday. Manchester City was far superior when it came to possession ball (74%)​.

The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Martin Atkinson with the help of Lee Betts and Richard West. The 4th official was Simon Hooper. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 6.7 degrees Celsius or 44.04 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 89%.​

Match Statistics

Manchester City was in firm control of the ball 74% while Crystal Palace was struggling with a 26% ball possession.

Manchester City was more aggressive with 88 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Manchester City to win the contest​.

Crystal Palace shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Manchester City shot 18 times, 4 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards (C. Kouyate, C. Gallagher and O. Edouard). On the opposite side, Manchester City received 1 yellow card (J. Grealish).

After this contest, Crystal Palace will have 33 points like Leicester City and Brighton & Hove Albion to stay in the 11th place. On the other side, Manchester City will have 69 points to stay in the 1st place.

Match Events

  • 44'
    44'

    C. Kouyate

  • 54'
    54'

    J. Grealish

  • 65'
    65'

    J. Ayew

    M. Olise

  • 65'
    65'

    O. Edouard

    J. Mateta

  • 84'
    84'

    C. Gallagher

  • 90'
    90'

    O. Edouard

Next match

In the upcoming Premier League match, Crystal Palace will host Arsenal on the 4th of April with a 9-2 head to head stats in favor of Arsenal (6 draws).

Manchester City will play away against Burnley on the 2nd of April with a 13-1 head to head in favor of Manchester City (3 draws).

Crystal Palace: Formation and Lineups

Crystal Palace started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Patrick Vieira chose to play with the following team: Vicente Guaita (7.3), Nathaniel Clyne (6.4), Joachim Andersen (6.8), Marc Guéhi (7.0), Tyrick Mitchell (6.9), Cheikhou Kouyaté (6.9), Jeffrey Schlupp (6.5), Michael Olise (6.5), Conor Gallagher (6.8), Wilfried Zaha (7.0) and Jean-Philippe Mateta (7.0).

Substitutes

Crystal Palace made 2 changes: M. Olise for J. Ayew (65′) and J. Mateta for O. Edouard (65′).

Best player: Vicente Guaita

The player that probably impressed the most for Crystal Palace was the goalkeeper: Vicente Guaita. His rating is 7.25. He performed 4 saves.

Manchester City: Formation and Lineups

Manchester City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the opposite side, Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson (6.9), Kyle Walker (6.8), John Stones (7.3), Aymeric Laporte (7.5), João Cancelo (7.7), Kevin De Bruyne (7.3), Rodri (7.8), Bernardo Silva (5.8), Riyad Mahrez (7.3), Phil Foden (6.6) and Jack Grealish (7.1).

Substitutes

Manchester City decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.

Top player: Rodri

Probably the most impressive player in Manchester City was Rodri.

His rating is (7.8) with 118 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 16.

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