Crystal Palace vs Man City Premier League Prediction

Overview

After a disappointing run of form with 6 losses and 1 draw, Man City temporarily escaped the crisis with a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest. This result is a huge mental medicine for coach Pep Guardiola's team. They will have to face an extremely harsh schedule in December.

In the next 4 matches, The Citizens will only play 1 home match, and that is to welcome Man United. In the 3 away matches, they will have to face Crystal Palace, Juventus and Aston Villa. Therefore, the Premier League champions must win all 3 points against Crystal Palace, because this is the easiest opponent in the upcoming journey.

However, Crystal Palace are not an easy opponent at the moment. They have only lost 1 of their last 7 matches in all competitions. In which, they have had impressive matches such as winning against Tottenham, drawing with Newcastle, Aston Villa and reaching the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.

Despite their good form, Crystal Palace do not have enough quality personnel to compete with Man City. The Citizens are still having trouble finding a replacement for Rodri in midfield. However, they will know how to finish the match thanks to players like De Bruyne and Haaland.

Crystal Palace will take confidence from their recent record against Man City in the Premier League. The Eagles have avoided defeat in three of their last six meetings with the Citizens.

Human resources situation

Daichi Kamada will return to action for Crystal Palace after serving a three-match ban. However, Adam Wharton, Chadi Riad and Matheus Franca are all ruled out through injury.

On the other side of the front line, Man City will once again be unable to have the services of John Stones, Mateo Kovacic, Oscar Bobb and Rodri.

Expected lineup:

Crystal Palace: Henderson, Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Doucoure, Hughes, Mitchell, Sarr, Eze, Mateta.

Man City: Ortega, Akanji, Dias, Ake, Gvardiol, Gundogan, Grealish, Silva, De Bruyne, Doku, Haaland.