EPL 2025-26 Matchday 16 Highlights: Man City Beat Crystal Palace, Sunderland Win Tyne-Wear Derby - As It Happened

Good evening and welcome everyone. Four simultaneous Sunday fixtures await in the English Premier League, and we will present the build-up and live updates from all of them.

The four concurrent EPL matches kick off at 7:30pm IST. The English Premier League Matchday 16 games will be live streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India. They will be telecast on the Star Sports Network TV channels in the country.

The reason why the Sunderland vs Newcastle United clash tonight is a big deal, is that it's the return of the Tyne-Wear derby in almost a decade. March 2016 was the last time the two sides faced off in the Premier League, although Eddie Howe did lead the Magpies to a a 3-0 FA Cup victory on their rivals' pitch in 2024.

While Crystal Palace are fourth in the Premier League table with 26 points, Manchester City are five points better off in second, only two adrift of leaders Arsenal. Though Palace have a reputation for troubling City, Guardiola's side have an excellent record at Selhurst Park.

City have lost just two of their last 20 Premier League meetings with the Eagles (13 wins, five draws), with both of their defeats in this run coming at the Etihad Stadium.

Check out the line-ups for the Tyne-Wear derby ahead of kick-off:

And here are the line-ups for Manchester City's visit to Crystal Palace:

Play kicks off at all four venues: Stadium of Light (Sunderland), Selhurst Park (Crystal Palace), City Ground (Nottingham Forest) and London Stadium (West Ham). It's an electric atmosphere in Sunderland, especially for the rare iteration of the Tyne-Wear derby.

It's quite an eventful start to the West Ham vs Aston Villa clash. The Hammers take the lead in the very first minute via Mateus Fernandes, but pressure from Ollie Watkins leads to a Konstantinos Mavropanos own goal in the ninth minute.

West Ham are back in the lead against Aston Villa in the 24th minute! Jarrod Bowen nudges Freddie Potts' shot into the goal, and a VAR review confirms that Bowen was on-side.

At the City Ground, Callum Hudson-Odoi hands Nottingham Forest the advantage against Tottenham in the 28th minute. A defensive error from Spurs leads to Ibrahim Sangare setting it up for Hudson-Odoi, who clinically scores.

Manchester City did not create any big chances in the first 40 minutes, but take the lead against Crystal Palace in the 41st minute, courtesy star striker Erling Haaland's header to Matheus Nunes' cross. The scoreline stays that way till half-time.

The Tyne-Wear Derby stays goalless after the first period, while Nottingham Forest lead Tottenham 1-0 and West Ham are up 2-1 against Aston Villa, going into the break.

We are back underway for the 2nd half of all the matches. It will be an interesting chase for Manchester City.

Phil Foden puts City 2-0 ahead against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Nottingham Forest are enjoying their 3-0 lead against Thomas Frank's Tottenham Hotspur. Welcome win for Sean Dyche's side.

The Magpies are still behind against Sunderland in the North-Eastern derby at the Stadium of Light.

Crystal Palace 0-3 Manchester City

Nottingham Forest 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Sunderland 1-0 Newcastle United

West Ham United 2-3 Aston Villa

That's all folks for today in matchday 16 of the English Premier League on Sunday goal rush. As it appears, Manchester City and Arsenal are the top contenders to claim the top-flight title.

It is going to be an interesting title race between the two sides. See you on matchday 17. Till then, have fun and catch all the highlights below.