Manchester City v Crystal Palace - Erling Haaland hat-trick sees City come back from 2-0 down to win 4-2!

What a fantastic start to this game for the visitors!

It's Joachim Andersen who heads in from an Ebere Eze corner from the right hand side and City are once again done from a set-piece! What a header from the centre back!

Manchester City are currently registering 80% possession so far in this game, which is no surprise, but they still find themselves behind!

Cancelo finds Mahrez with a teasing cross towards the back post, and the Algerian attempts to head the ball back into the danger area for Haaland, but Guehi deals with it and Haaland is eventually penalised for a foul in that exchange.

Foden completely does Ward for pace one-on-one and tries to find Haaland with a low cross from the left after dropping the shoulder, but Guehi is there to make a vital block and clears.

Mahrez sends in a corner towards the near post, and Haaland does well to get in front of his marker, but he sends his header over the bar.

Cancelo attacks from his position and sends a cross into Foden, but the forward's touch is poor and the ball goes into the crowd.

Ayew tries to beat Dias in a 1 v 1 situation down the right wing but the defender recovers and wins a goal kick.

Palace score from the free-kick! It's an own goal from John Stones!

Eze whips the ball in with pace, and the ball takes a couple of ricochets before finally coming off John Stones and it's in the back of the net!

Ayew is caught by Cancelo after Ederson rushes off his line to get the ball, and the goalkeeper made a mistake in the process. Free-kick in a dangerous position just outside the area for Palace.

The home side are on the front foot as Mahrez is played in by Walker, and he finds De Bryune at the byline, but the low cross into the centre is held by Guaita in the Palace goal.

That was a nice move, and the home side are making use of the width of the pitch.

We are underway here at the Etihad Stadium!

Manchester City are sticking with their usual 4-3-3, which often sees only the back two centre halves remain in defence during build-up, with Joao Cancelo becoming inverted to add another body in midfield.

Palace, on the other hand, are going with the same formation they used against Liverpool, a 5-4-1 shape.

We are moments away here at the Etihad Stadium. Who will come out on top?

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been speaking to the media pre-match.

Guardiola on injuries: "Yeah [they're short-term problems]. But we have a busy, busy schedule and many injuries, so hopefully they can come back soon..."

For Manchester City, Kalvin Phillips, Aymeric Laporte (knee), Jack Grealish (ligament) and Nathan Ake (groin) all miss out.

For Crystal Palace, Wilfried Zaha, James McCarthur (groin), James Tomkins (calf), Jack Butland (broken wrist) and Nathan Ferguson (foot) all won't be available today.

Manchester City - 35 wins

Crystal Palace - 17 wins

Draws - 15

Manchester City will have to be wary of the threat posed by Palace today, as their only two Premier League defeats in their last 54 games to have kicked off at 3pm have come against the Eagles.

Also, last season Patrick Vieira's side secured four points from their two league games against City.

Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira has also named his starting line-up for this game, and notably, Wilfried Zaha remains absent due to injury.

Crystal Palace: Guaita, Clyne, Ward (C), Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Ayew, Schlupp, Doucoure, Eze, Edouard.

Subs: Johnstone, Whitworth, Richards, Rodney, Hughes, Milivojevic, Ebiowei, Olise, Mateta.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has named his starting line-up for the big game this afternoon, and he makes two changes to the team that played out an entertaining 3-3 draw last weekend against Newcastle. Riyad Mahrez and Ruben Dias come back into the side.

Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Dias, Cancelo, Rodri, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Mahrez, Foden, Haaland.

Subs: Ortega, Gundogan, Alvarez, Gomez, Palmer, Gomes, Lewis, Knight, Wilson-Esbrand.