Match Centre: Manchester City vs Crystal Palace
De Bruyne 33′Marmoush 36′Kovacic 47′McAtee 56′O'Reilly 79′
Eze 8′Richards 21′
Player of the match Kevin De Bruyne 8.8
GolVolt rating 7.6GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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0:2 → 5:2
Manchester City came from behind to win.
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6 → 4
Manchester City climb 2 places in the table. Crystal Palace stay in place 11.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Comeback from 0:2, plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Comeback from 0:2.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 7.3 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% De Bruyne: a goal and an assist, De Bruyne: rated 8.8.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 4.9 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Race for the top places. Stakes: 7.9 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 7 goals.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 7.7 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 7.6more watchable than 76% of Premier League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
7 goals5 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 8' Goal: Eberechi Ezeassist: Sarr0:1
- 21' Goal: Chris Richardsassist: Wharton0:2
- 31' Daichi Kamadayellow card
- 33' Goal: Kevin De BruyneManchester City1:2
- 36' Goal: Omar Marmoushassist: Gündoğan2:2
- 40' Nico Gonzálezyellow card
- Half-time · 2:2
- 46' SubstitutionHughes for Mateta
- 47' Goal: Mateo Kovacicassist: De Bruyne3:2
- 54' Maxence Lacroixyellow card
- 56' Goal: James McAteeassist: Ederson4:2
- 63' 2 substitutionsChilwell for MitchellClyne for Lacroix
- 68' James McAteeyellow card
- 71' SubstitutionOrtega for Ederson
- 79' Goal: Nico O'ReillyManchester City5:2
- 80' 2 substitutionsDevenny for WhartonFrança for Eze
- 82' 2 substitutionsBobb for MarmoushSavinho for McAtee
- 87' 2 substitutionsDoku for De BruyneGrealish for Kovacic
- 90+4' Jefferson Lermayellow card
- Full-time · 5:2
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Manchester City
Crystal Palace
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Manchester City
- 18 Stefan Ortega GK on
- 22 Vitor Reis DEF —
- 45 Abdukodir Khusanov DEF —
- 10 Jack Grealish MID on
- 20 Bernardo Silva MID —
- 27 Matheus Nunes MID —
- 52 Oscar Bobb MID on
- 11 Jérémy Doku ATT on
- 26 Savinho ATT on
Crystal Palace
- 31 Remi Matthews GK —
- 2 Joel Ward DEF —
- 17 Nathaniel Clyne DEF on
- 25 Ben Chilwell DEF on
- 58 Caleb Kporha DEF —
- 19 Will Hughes MID on
- 55 Justin Devenny MID on
- 11 Matheus França ATT on
- 46 Franco Umeh-Chibueze ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Manchester City Kevin De Bruyne
- 2. place · Manchester City Mateo Kovacic
- 3. place · Manchester City Nico O'Reilly
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