Stored context before this match
Before this match, Man City have 17 scored home results and Crystal Palace 17 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Man City at home: 2.47 points per match (17 measured matches); Crystal Palace away: 1.35 points per match (17 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Man City scored 2.41 per home match (17 measured matches); Crystal Palace scored 1.18 away (17). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.37 per club appearance across 718 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 17 of 34 pooled club appearances (50.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 10. Man City: 6 wins; Crystal Palace: 1 wins; draws: 3.
Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.
A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.
