Manchester City defeated Crystal Palace 4-1 in this Premier League fixture played on 2026-08-28. The shot count was 9 for Crystal Palace and 18 for Manchester City. Possession finished at 28.0 percent against 72.0 percent. Expected goals were 0.66 for the home side and 2.21 for the visitors. The starting shapes were 3-4-2-1 and 4-2-3-1. The final score, attacking indicators, discipline, goalkeeper data and visual comparison are detailed below. The figures provide a factual account of the completed match and do not turn the recap into a prediction. The Football dashboard retains the interactive filters, team histories and season views for deeper analysis.
Read it this way: PSxG conceded is how dangerous the shots on target were, Goals conceded is how many actually went in, Goals saved is the gap between the two (higher is better, a minus means he should have saved more), and Save % is the share of on-target shots kept out.
Crystal Palace GK
PSxG conceded3.08
Goals conceded4
Goals saved-0.92
Save %55.6%
Manchester City GK
PSxG conceded0.05
Goals conceded1
Goals saved-0.95
Save %0.0%
Crystal Palace's keeper let in roughly 0.9 goal more than an average keeper would, while Manchester City's keeper let in roughly 0.9 goal more than an average keeper would.
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Referee TendencyTeam output under each referee they played for
Goalkeeper WeaknessWhere the keeper concedes — by zone & foot
