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WHEN AND WHERE

Pep Guardiola’s side travel to the Capital on Sunday 14 December, with the game scheduled for kick-off at 14:00 (UK).

The game will be shown live in the UK on Sky Sports Premier League, NOW TV, SKY GO Extra and SKY GO. You can also keep across all of the action via mancity.com and our official app, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity.

Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global TV listings below, courtesy of liversoccertv.com

Next Fixture

All fixtures

Sun 14 Dec

Premier League

C Palace

14:00

GMT

Man City

Opposing manager - Oliver gLASNER

Glasner played professionally as a defender for 19 years, making over 500 appearances for Austrian club, Ried.

Three years after his retirement he coached the same side for one season before taking over at German side Wolfsburg in 2019.

There he managed to qualify for the Champions League by finishing fourth in the 2020-21 Bundesliga season. Since then they have not recorded a higher finishing position.

The Austrian remained in Germany but changed to Eintracht, where his talents where displayed in the 2021/22 Europa League, reaching the final before beating Rangers 5-4 on penalties. This earned the club Champions League qualification for the first time in their history.

Glasner was appointed Crystal Palace head coach in February 2024.

The 51-year-old Austrian has since guided Palace to back-to-back record points totals in the Premier League and led them to a first major trophy as they claimed a 1-0 victory over the Blues to lift the trophy at Wembley last season.

That led to a first ever appearance in a major European competition, while they also beat league winners Liverpool to win the Community Shield.

KOLO TOURE PREVIEW 

Assistant coach Kolo Toure provided the latest update on the fitness and availability of John Stones and Rodri during his pre-Palace press conference. 

Addressing the media at Friday’s pre-match press conference, Toure - who was deputising for manager Pep Guardiola who was absent for a personal matter - said the Blues would finalise their squad selection at Saturday’s training session.

“The players are off today. Tomorrow when everyone comes back, we will know more about the players,” he said.

“It was John’s thigh. That’s the problem. I’m sure it wasn’t something too big and I think he will be back soon.

“Rodri is training well, and his rehab is going well.

“He is looking sharper and sharper.

“For sure we won’t see him for the weekend but he’s going through the process.”

TEAM NEWS

City have made one change for Sunday’s return to Premier League action away to Crystal Palace.

From the side that began last Wednesday’s memorable 2-1 UEFA Champions League victory away to Real Madrid, Tijjani Reijnders comes into the starting line-up in place of Jeremy Doku.

John Stones (thigh), Mateo Kovacic (ankle) and Rodri (hamstring) are all unavailable for selection this afternoon due to injury

Teams

CRYSTAL PALACE: Henderson, Clyne, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi (C), Mitchell, Wharton, Kamada, Sarr, Pino, Mateta

Subs: Benitez, Lerma, Nketiah, Uche, Hughes, Esse, Canvot, Sosa, Devenny

CITY XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Nico, Reijnders, Bernardo (C), Foden, Cherki, Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Ake, Marmoush, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Khusanov, Bobb, Mukasa, Lewis

Previous meeting

We last faced the Eagles in the FA Cup final in May, as Eberechi Eze’s 16th minute goal was all that separated us from claiming the title.

Turning back to the Premier League, we faced Palace the month prior to our head to head in the cup as we played out a 5-2 victory at the Etihad Stadium.

The Blues found ourselves 2-0 down following goals from Eze and Chris Richards, before staging an incredible comeback.

With Kevin De Bruyne sparking it all, in his first appearance at the Etihad since confirmation that he was set to leave City in the summer. 

The Belgian narrowed the deficit with a first half free-kick before then being involved in Omar Marmoush’s leveller before the break.

It was then De Bruyne again who set up Mateo Kovacic a minute after the restart to fire City ahead, before James McAtee – on his first Premier League start for City – extended the advantage via an outrageous Ederson assist.

Nico O’Reilly then rounded it all off by registering his first Premier League goal.

Last time out

Global TV listings

Supporters around the world can find out how to tune in to watch the match live by clicking here, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

Listings correct as of Sunday 14 December.

Match officials 

Referee: Darren England 

Assistants: Scott Ledger, Akil Howson

Fourth official: Anthony Backhouse

VAR: Matt Donohue

Assistant VAR: Peter Wright

Crystal palace v city app coverage

Our official Man City app allows you to follow all of the action from West London in one place.

Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at around 12:45 (UK).

Amos Murphy and Steven McInerney will be the guests on the latest Matchday Live show, offering their expert insight before, during and after the action. 

During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Michael Brown while our text commentary continues.

Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.

We’ll have a quick-hit 2-minute highlights package available from 17:45 (UK) while you can sign-in to watch a free 8-minute edit from midnight. 

On CITY+ meanwhile, from midnight there’ll be our popular full-match replay as well as our new extended highlights offering which features the best 20 minutes of action from the game.

City v Brentford tickets available

Tickets for City’s Carabao Cup quarter-final clash with Brentford on Wednesday 17 December are now available on general sale.

Having won this competition four times under Pep Guardiola and eight times in total, we have a storied history in the League Cup.

Victories over Huddersfield and Swansea have brought us to the last eight of this year’s competition, where we’ll face Keith Andrews’ side.

With a semi-final place to play for, it’s set to be an exciting night at the Etihad Stadium.

And with prices from £22.50 for adults and £5 for Under-18s, you can get your tickets now!

To purchase tickets, you will need a Matchday Membership.

Hospitality packages are also available, priced from £150 per person!

Buy tickets here