Crystal Palace vs Manchester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

Manchester City will look to keep legs fresh in the second half ahead of a Champions League tie on Tuesday and look to catch the Palace defence tiring. De Bruyne would be an obvious addition if Guardiola’s side fail to take the lead early after the restart, while Alvarez will more than likely see action. Crystal Palace have Eze on the bench should they wish to switch one of the three behind the striker, while Edouard or Mateta could play a more traditional role at the top-end of the pitch.

An entertaining first half despite relatively little in the way of goal-mouth action, Crystal Palace and Manchester City take a nil-nil draw into the interval. As expected, the visitors dominated in both possession and shot statistics, but they failed to trouble Guaita with a meaningful effort despite eight shots; all off-target. Crystal Palace were resolute and organised in the face of the oncoming waves of attacks but Zaha and Olise were unable to get anything going via counter-attacks or set-pieces - the two most likely ways for Palace to score in this match.

HALF-TIME: CRYSTAL PALACE 0-0 MANCHESTER CITY.

Crystal Palace are winless in their last seven Premier League home games against Manchester City (D2 L5), since a 2-1 win in April 2015. They've failed to score in five of these seven games, including each of the last three.

Foden sweeps a free-kick to the back post with great shape but Ayew is first to the ball, popping it straight up in the air before controlling the ball and taking it to the corner-flag. With a bit of trickery, he manages to hold possession in the face of two pressing Manchester City players, before winning a goal-kick.

After clearing the initial set-piece, Crystal Palace give up another corner - with Foden instead of Gundogan tasked with taking it. Floated to the back post for Stones, the right-back is unable to direct his knock-down to a team-mate, allowing the hosts to clear.