Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 28th August 2026

Manchester City head over to the Selhurst Park on Friday to face title favourites Crystal Palace in a round 2 match in the Premier League.

A glance at the Premier League table reveals that the current difference between the teams is three points and nine places.

Crystal Palace came away from their premiere match of the season with nothing to show for it and hope to make amends in the upcoming match.

While the hosts will battle for their first points of the season this coming Friday, Manchester City will aim to handle the upcoming game in a similar trend as their opening match of the season.

The Eagles are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net eight times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.8 goals per game, as they conceded 18 goals. They managed two clean sheets in these matches.

Manchester City scored 20 goals, conceded nine and held on for a clean sheet in four of their last ten matches.

The Sky Blues beat Crystal Palace twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 3-0 and 3-0, respectively.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Prediction

Crystal Palace Form

Showing inconsistent form, Crystal Palace lost two of their past three matches, going down 1-2 against Arsenal, before beating Rayo Vallecano 1-0. The joy was short-lived, as Everton proved too strong in a 2-0 defeat. Crystal Palace managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew three and lost one, as they scored six and conceded five goals.

Manchester City Form

In their last three matches, Manchester City lost against Aston Villa and Arsenal by 1-2 and 3-0, respectively, and beat Bournemouth by 2-1. Manchester City managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Premier League away matches, in which they scored ten while also conceding five times. They also experienced three draws and zero defeats.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Crystal Palace and Manchester City.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Squads

Crystal Palace Squad

The 47-year-old coach of the home team, Pierre Sage, 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 (0/1), Remi Matthews (0/0), Walter Benitez (0/0), Borna Sosa (0/0), Chadi Riad (0/1), Chris Richards (0/1), Daniel Munoz (0/1), Jaydee Canvot (0/1), Oscar Mingueza (0/0), Takehiro Tomiyasu (0/1), Tyrick Mitchell (0/1), Adam Wharton (0/1), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/0), Daichi Kamada (0/1), Jefferson Lerma (0/0), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (0/0), Justin Devenny (0/0), Romain Esse (0/0), Will Hughes (0/0), Anan Khalaili (0/1), Dwight McNeil (0/1), Edward Nketiah (0/1), Evann Guessand (0/1), Ismaila Sarr (0/0), Jean-Philippe Mateta (0/1), Joergen Strand Larsen (0/1), Matheus Franca (0/0), Yeremy Pino (0/1), Zavier Gozo (0/0).

Manchester City Squad

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

Geronimo Rulli (0/0), Gianluigi Donnarumma (0/1), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/1), Issa Kabore (0/0), Josh Wilson-Esbrand (0/0), Josko Gvardiol (1/1), Juma Bah (0/0), Marc Guehi (1/1), Rayan Ait Nouri (0/0), Rico Lewis (0/1), Ruben Dias (0/1), Vitor Reis (0/0), Claudio Echeverri (0/0), Elliot Anderson (0/1), Jack Grealish (0/1), Jeremy Doku (0/0), Mateo Kovacic (0/1), Matheus Nunes (0/1), Nico Gonzalez (0/0), Nico O'Reilly (0/1), Phil Foden (0/1), Rayan Cherki (0/1), Savinho (0/0), Antoine Semenyo (0/1), Erling Haaland (0/1), Jeremy Monga (0/0), Omar Marmoush (0/0).

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Team News

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

Cheick Oumar Doucoure sit this one out for Crystal Palace due to an injury.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Lineups

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City H2H

The Sky Blues beat Crystal Palace twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 3-0 and 3-0, respectively. Manchester City often enjoy happy days when facing Crystal Palace, claiming six wins in the last ten meetings. Manchester City hammered their next opponents by 3-0 in the most recent meeting. The bookies best betting odds on an away win are at 4/7.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Results

The past ten matches between Crystal Palace and Manchester City have largely been entertaining affairs. Over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in these encounters. It seems only natural to look for goals on Friday. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 2/3 with the bookies.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Betting Tips

With two goals in six matches Jean-Philippe Mateta has been a regular feature on the scoresheet in recent matches, making him a tempting betting prospect, when going up against Manchester City and their defence. The visitors hope Erling Haaland adds another to his current tally of three goals in his latest matches.

Crystal Palace claimed six wins, drew three and lost one of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Manchester City won five, drew three and lost two of their last 10 games away. 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 3.5 goals came out five times in the past ten encounters between Crystal Palace and Manchester City, with the former on an average of 1.2 goals a game. Manchester City scored 2.4 goals per game and both teams scored five times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Crystal Palace’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Manchester City, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.8 times goals per game.