Manchester City vs Crystal Palace live stream, Saturday 27 August, 3pm
Manchester City will be looking to bounce back from two dropped points last weekend when they host Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon.
Pep Guardiola's side were involved in a thrilling encounter on matchday three, sharing the spoils with Newcastle after a pulsating 3-3 draw. City were in cruise control with 15 minutes on the clock, but the Magpies fought back to take a 2-1 lead before half-time.
They then extended their advantage thanks to a magnificent Kieran Trippier free-kick shortly after the restart, before City responded with strikes from Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva to avoid defeat.
It was the first time the champions have dropped points this term, and they will be looking to get back on track this weekend. Curiously, City flew to Barcelona for a friendly in midweek, but that is unlikely to have too big an impact on this match given that Palace were also in action in the League Cup on Tuesday.
Patrick Vieira's team were one of three sides to avoid defeat by City in both Premier League meetings in 2021/22. A 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park followed a superb 2-0 triumph at the Etihad Stadium last December, as goals from Wilfried Zaha and Conor Gallagher inflicted an unlikely defeat on City in front of their own fans.
Palace showed in their recent 1-1 draw with Liverpool that they have the speed and quality on the counter-attack to cause problems to the biggest teams in the division, so this will by no means be a straightforward assignment for Guardiola and co.
City will have to make do without Nathan Ake, Aymeric Laporte and teenager Luke Mbete-Tabu, but Kalvin Phillips and Jack Grealish could be fit enough to make the bench.
Palace have no fresh injuries to deal with, but they remain without the quartet of Nathan Ferguson, Jack Butland, James Tomkins and James McArthur.
Kick-off is at 3pm BST on Saturday 27 August. See below for international broadcast options.
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If you’re out of the country for a round of Premier League fixtures, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to catch the action without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
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UK TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for UK subscribers
Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
US TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for US subscribers
NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season, with other matches split between NBCSN channel, CNBC and the over-the-air NBC broadcast channel. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
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