Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th December 2025

Crystal Palace enjoy home advantage, when visitors Manchester City swing by this coming Sunday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Placed fourth in the table Crystal Palace have amassed 26 points after 15 matches. On 31 points, The Citizens rank twoth with 15 matches played this season.

Crystal Palace are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Manchester City but odds don't favour them to pull it off.

The Eagles only average a modest 1.4 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 14 goals. They also conceded ten for an average of one per game. They kept their opponents from scoring four times.

The Sky Blues scored a decent 26 goals in ten outings, or an average of 2.6 goals per game. They allowed a total of 11 goals against, an average of 1.1 goals per match, while achieving four clean sheets.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Crystal Palace played against Manchester City. It finished 5-2 in a great match between the pair.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Prediction

Crystal Palace Form

Crystal Palace swept all aside in their last three matches and started off by winning 0-1 against Burnley. They went on to defeat Fulham 1-2 and made it three on the spin against Shelbourne in a 0-3 victory. Crystal Palace claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Premier League. They also drew three and lost one, scored eight goals and conceded six.

Crystal Palace are among the title candidates in the Premier League again this season, and first place is still within reach.

Manchester City Form

Manchester City are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Fulham got left behind in a 4-5 win, before Sunderland got hammered in a 3-0 victory. Real Madrid was the most recent victim in a 1-2 win for Manchester City. In their last six away matches in the Premier League, Manchester City won twice, while also recording one draw. They endured three defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying ten goals conceded and nine scored.

Going into the season as a title candidate in the Premier League, Manchester City are currently on track to fulfil the expectations.

Manchester City picked up some decent results recently, which makes them our preferred pick, when they turn up at Selhurst Park to challenge Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace earned four points from their last four matches against teams inside the top 6. They claimed one wins, following four goals scored while also conceding three. Manchester City scored 13 goals and conceded four in their last eight games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. This earned them four wins and 13 points. Crystal Palace have a record of seven wins, five draws and three defeats in the Premier League this season. Manchester City have a record of ten wins, one draw and four defeats in the Premier League.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Squads

Crystal Palace Squad

The 51-year-old coach of the home team, Oliver Glasner, will select the lineup against Manchester City from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Dean Henderson (0/15), Remi Matthews (0/0), Walter Benitez (0/0), Borna Sosa (0/0), Chadi Riad (0/0), Chris Richards (0/15), Daniel Munoz (3/14), Jaydee Canvot (0/5), Kaden Rodney (0/0), Marc Guehi (2/14), Maxence Lacroix (0/15), Nathaniel Clyne (0/2), Tyrick Mitchell (1/15), Adam Wharton (0/13), Caleb Kporha (0/0), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/0), Christantus Uche (0/5), Daichi Kamada (0/13), Jefferson Lerma (0/14), Justin Devenny (0/12), Naouirou Ahamada (0/0), Rio Cardines (0/0), Romain Esse (0/1), Will Hughes (0/12), Edward Nketiah (2/9), Ismaila Sarr (3/11), Jean-Philippe Mateta (7/15), Yeremy Pino (1/13).

Manchester City Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Manchester City players that the manager Pep Guardiola will choose from for the upcoming game:

Gianluigi Donnarumma (0/12), James Trafford (0/3), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/0), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/4), John Stones (0/7), Josko Gvardiol (2/11), Nathan Ake (0/7), Rayan Ait Nouri (0/4), Rico Lewis (0/6), Ruben Dias (2/15), Bernardo Silva (0/15), Jeremy Doku (1/15), Kalvin Phillips (0/0), Mateo Kovacic (0/1), Matheus Nunes (1/13), Nico Gonzalez (1/14), Nico O'Reilly (1/14), Oscar Bobb (0/9), Phil Foden (6/13), Rayan Cherki (1/10), Rodri (0/6), Savinho (0/11), Tijjani Reijnders (2/14), Erling Haaland (15/15), Omar Marmoush (0/9).

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Team News

Crystal Palace might be looking at four missing players for their upcoming assignment against Manchester City. Will Hughes, Ismaila Sarr and Christantus Uche can't be called up by the Crystal Palace-manager, with both serving a ban.

Crystal Palace are unable to field Cheick Oumar Doucoure on Sunday against Manchester City, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Manchester City have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match this coming Sunday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands.

Manchester City need to do without Rodri and Oscar Bobb, who are not fit enough to travel to Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Lineups

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City H2H

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Crystal Palace played against Manchester City. It finished 5-2 in a great match between the pair. Manchester City often enjoy happy days when facing Crystal Palace, claiming five wins in the last ten meetings. Manchester City hammered their next opponents by 5-2 in the most recent meeting. The bookies best betting odds on an away win are at 17/20.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Results

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last ten matches between Crystal Palace and Manchester City. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 6/5 with bookies.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Betting Tips

Look no further than Jean-Philippe Mateta, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for Crystal Palace in the Premier League, while Phil Foden managed five goals in the last half dozen matches for The Sky Blues in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Crystal Palace won three of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing five and losing two as well. Manchester City won six from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew two and lost two in this run. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Selhurst Park since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Crystal Palace. The same occurred in six of the last 10 league games away from home for Manchester City.

Over 3.5 goals happened six times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Crystal Palace managed an average of 1.2 goals, with Manchester City averaging 2.4 goals. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Crystal Palace, who scored an average of 1.8 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals were scored in nine of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Manchester City. They performed an average of 2.7 goals in these.