Article by Dragoș Petrescu – Published Sunday, December 14, 2025, 4:00 p.m. / Updated Sunday, December 14, 2025 4:01 p.m.
Crystal Palace and Manchester Citythe formations prepared by Oliver Glasner and Pep Guardiola, meet NOW at Selhurst Park in a duel of the round #16 in the Premier League. The match started at 16:00, it can be watched in liveTEXT format on the GSP.ro website and live, for a fee, through the VOYO platform.
The full schedule of round #16 of the Premier League
Before today's match, the “citizens” occupy the second position in the ranking, with 31 points accumulated in the first 15 matches, and the “eagles” are in 5th place, with 26.
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Crystal Palace – Manchester City » Starting teams:
CRYSTAL PALACE (3-4-2-1): Henderson – Richards, Lacroix, Guehi – Clyne, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell – Sarr, Pino – Mateta
reserves: Benitez – Canvot, Devenny, Esse, Hughes, Lerma, Nketiah, Sosa, Uche
Coach: Oliver Glasner
MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Donnarumma – Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly – B. Silva, Nico, Reijnders – Cherki, Haaland, Doku
reserves: Trafford – Ait Nouri, Ake, Bobb, Khusanov, Lewis, Marmoush, Mukasa, Savinho
Coach: Pep Guardiola
Stadium: Selhurst Park (London)
Referee: Darren England
City are coming off the back of success with Real Madrid in the Champions League
Pep Guardiola's team is going through a good period. Both in the championship and in the Champions League. Last weekend's 3-0 away win over Sunderland at the Etihad marked a third consecutive Premier League success for the Citizens, who took advantage of leaders Arsenal's missteps to move within two points of the Gunners in the table.
However, Mikel Arteta's students won on Saturday, 2-1 against the last ranked Wolverhampton, and thus, the gap to the “blues” increased to five lengths. However, a win today will see the Manchester club move back to within two points of Arsenal and continue to blow the Londoners away.
In addition, City's morale is extremely high, thanks to their midweek Champions League win 2-1 against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. Rodrygo opened the scoring for the “galacticos”, but Nico O'Reilly and Erling Haaland turned the result before the break, and in the end, the English left victorious.
Crystal Palace won the first major trophy in the club's history in the last game against Manchester City
On the other hand, the formation prepared by Oliver Glasner also enjoys a series of positive results. Whether we are talking about domestic or international competitions.
In the Championship, Palace are coming off the back of two consecutive away wins, 1-0 at Turf Moor against newly-promoted Burnley and 2-1 in the previous round at Craven Cottage against Fulham.
Also in midweek, the Eagles completed their triangle of away wins with a 3-0 away win over Shelbourne in Ireland in the UEFA Conference League, a competition in which Palace are heavy favorites to win the trophy.
Last but not least, it is important to mention that the London group won the last direct duel with Manchester City. The two teams faced off in the FA Cup grand final of the previous season, with Palace lifting the trophy after a narrow 1-0 win at Wembley.
Eberechi Eze, now an Arsenal player, scored the only goal of the game, bringing the club's first major trophy in Selhurst Park history. Meanwhile, Palace also won the FA Community Shield, after beating Liverpool on penalties (3-2, 2-2 after 90 minutes).
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