Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th May 2025

This will be the first time that Crystal Palace face Manchester City lately, as the teams have not shared a spot in the same division in this century.

The match on Saturday has all the makings of a tight battle as Crystal Palace and The Sky Blues look to bag a crucial win in the process.

The Eagles scored an average of 1.7 goals in ten matches or a total of 17 while allowing six goals against. This is an average of 0.6 goals against per match with six clean sheets along the way.

The Citizens scored a decent 28 goals in ten outings, or an average of 2.8 goals per game. They allowed a total of seven goals against, an average of 0.7 goals per match, while achieving five clean sheets.

Having never played each other in the FA Cup in the 21st century, this is the first time Crystal Palace comes up against Manchester City in this tournament as of late. Thus, any eventual h2h stats stems from meetings in cup matches or friendlies.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Prediction

Crystal Palace Form

In their last three matches, Crystal Palace won 3-0 against Aston Villa, before recording a draw in a 1-1 match against Nottingham Forest. They were back on top last time out, defeating Tottenham 0-2. Crystal Palace won four of their last six FA Cup matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded three and scored 12 goals.

Manchester City Form

Manchester City look well suited to take on any opponent presently, as their last three matches saw them gaining two victories and a draw. They ran out 0-2 and 1-0 winners against Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton, respectively. Their winning streak came to an end against Southampton, as the match resulted in a 0-0 draw. Manchester City swept aside all competition with six win in their last six FA Cup away matches. They 16 times along the way and allowed four goals against.

In current form, we favour Manchester City to claim a win, when they challenge Crystal Palace at a neutral venue. We doubt, the home side is able to stop the visitors.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Squads

Crystal Palace Squad

The 50-year-old manager of Crystal Palace, Oliver Glasner, will select the lineup against Manchester City from the players listed below:

Henderson, Moulden, Turner, Matthews, Chilwell, Riad, Richards, Munoz, Ward, Guehi, Lacroix, Clyne, Mitchell, Wharton, Kporha, Doucoure, Kamada, Lerma, Devenny, Esse, Hughes, Eze, Nketiah, Umeh-Chibueze, Sarr, Mateta, Ebiowei, Franca.

Manchester City Squad

Here is the full team squad of Manchester City. The 54 year-old Pep Guardiola will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Abdukodir Khusanov, Bernardo Silva, Christian McFarlane, Claudio Echeverri, Ederson, Erling Haaland, Ilkay Gundogan, Jack Grealish, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, James McAtee, Jeremy Doku, John Stones, Josko Gvardiol, Kevin De Bruyne, Manuel Akanji, Mateo Kovacic, Matheus Nunes, Nathan Ake, Nico Gonzalez, Nico O'Reilly, Omar Marmoush, Oscar Bobb, Phil Foden, Rico Lewis, Rodri, Ruben Dias, Savinho, Scott Carson, Stefan Ortega, Vitor Reis.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Team News

At the time of writing, Crystal Palace have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Manchester City on Saturday. Will Hughes and Ismaila Sarr can't be called up by the Crystal Palace-manager, with both serving a ban.

Sidelined with an injury, Crystal Palace can't field Cheick Oumar Doucoure on Saturday against Manchester City.

Apparently, Manchester City have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Saturday.

Rodri and Oscar Bobb all face a spell on the sidelines for Manchester City due to various injuries.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Lineups

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City H2H

Having never played each other in the FA Cup in the 21st century, this is the first time Crystal Palace comes up against Manchester City in this tournament as of late. Thus, any eventual h2h stats stems from meetings in cup matches or friendlies. The Eagles picked up one win in their previous ten matches against The Citizens, while the latter claimed six wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 3/1.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Results

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Jeremy Doku has been hitting the net regularly and now has three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Saturday, it is because Manchester City bank on him to build on these numbers against Crystal Palace. The latter relies on Ismaila Sarr, who found the target three times in six games.

Crystal Palace claimed a modest six wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing two. Manchester City won five of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost three of the games in this run. Goals are usually flowing for Crystal Palace on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened four times for Manchester City in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Crystal Palace, who scored an average of 1.6 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Manchester City's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.8 goals in these matches.