Crystal Palace 1–4 Manchester City
- Donnarumma 56' (o.g.)
- Haaland 17'
- Cherki 54'
- Cherki 59'
- Haaland 84'
28 August 2026
The match in data
Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 4–1 on 28 August 2026, on matchday 2 of the 2026-27 Premier League.
Player of the match: Marc Guéhi (Manchester City), rated 86, thanks above all to 17 final-third passes and 113 passes. Guéhi produced 1.9 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.1 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Crystal Palace, the highest-rated player was Adam Wharton, with 69.
Erling Haaland scored twice.
Rayan Cherki scored twice.
Marc Guéhi
Manchester City · 90'
Produced 1.86× and cost 0.14× their position's average
- 17 final-third passes 3.0×
- 113 passes 2.4×
- 2 interceptions 1.8×
- 2 misplaced passes 0.3×
- 1 duel lost 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Wharton | Midfielder | 90 | 69 |
| Chris Richards | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Yéremy Pino | Forward | 68 | 61 |
| Takehiro Tomiyasu | Defender | 74 | 59 |
| Anan Khalaili | Midfielder | 75 | 52 |
| Daichi Kamada | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Dwight McNeil | Forward | 22 | 42 |
| Jaydee Canvot | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Eddie Nketiah | Forward | 68 | 35 |
| Tyrick Mitchell | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Jørgen Strand Larsen | Forward | 63 | 28 |
| Evann Guessand | Forward | 27 | 24 |
| Zavier Gozo | Forward | 22 | 18 |
| Dean Henderson | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Axel Disasi | Defender | 16 | no rating |
| Óscar Mingueza | Defender | 15 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Guéhi ★ | Defender | 90 | 86 |
| Rúben Dias | Defender | 90 | 73 |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | Defender | 89 | 71 |
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 90 | 67 |
| Elliot Anderson | Midfielder | 82 | 60 |
| Phil Foden | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Rayan Cherki | Midfielder | 82 | 50 |
| Antoine Semenyo | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| Josko Gvardiol | Defender | 75 | 39 |
| Nico O'Reilly | Defender | 89 | 24 |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Mateo Kovacic | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Ayyoub Bouaddi | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Ryan McAidoo | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Kaden Braithwaite | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Vitor Reis | Defender | 1 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.