Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th December 2024

Manchester City are out to consolidate their place inside the top four of the Premier League table, when stepping up against Crystal Palace for a match on Saturday. Crystal Palace no doubt have a surprise in mind, but a win for Manchester City nevertheless seems the likely outcome.

Placed 17th in the table Crystal Palace have amassed 12 points after 14 matches. On 26 points, Manchester City rank fourth with 14 matches played this season.

Crystal Palace are chasing revenge after succumbing to a disappointing defeat in the latest encounter against Manchester City. However, judging by prices from the bookmakers, they are in for a tough assignment on Saturday.

Crystal Palace 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 11 goals. They managed three clean sheets in these matches.

Manchester City scored 14 goals, conceded 16 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

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 2-4 in a great match between the pair.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Prediction

Crystal Palace Form

Crystal Palace currently look solid, going undefeated in three matches, which started by drawing 2-2 against Aston Villa. They followed that up by sharing the spoils with Newcastle in a 1-1 encounter, before beating Ipswich in a 0-1 encounter. Crystal Palace claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Premier League, which also saw them drawing three and losing two matches, in which they scored four and conceded six goals.

Manchester City Form

In their last three matches, Manchester City drew 3-3 with Feyenoord, lost 2-0 against Liverpool and beat Nottingham Forest 3-0. 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 nine goals conceded and eight scored.

Crystal Palace don't score many goals but, they are equally tough to crack down. This makes for a low scoring match, when Manchester City come visiting on Saturday.

Crystal Palace fought their way to zero wins and one points from their last three games against teams inside the top six. They were on target one times in these matches, but also let in three goals. Manchester City recorded three wins from their last three games against teams placed in the bottom six and collected nine points. They scored seven goals while conceding two. Crystal Palace are looking at a record of two wins, six draws and six defeats in the Premier League this season. Manchester City are looking at eight wins, two draws and four defeats in the Premier League.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Squads

Crystal Palace Squad

Glasner will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Manchester City from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Dean Henderson (0/14), Louie Moulden (0/0), Matt Turner (0/0), Remi Matthews (0/0), Chadi Riad (0/1), Chris Richards (0/6), Daniel Munoz (1/14), Joel Ward (0/0), Marc Guehi (2/14), Maxence Lacroix (0/11), Nathaniel Clyne (0/6), Rob Holding (0/0), Trevoh Chalobah (1/8), Tyrick Mitchell (0/14), Adam Wharton (0/8), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/7), Daichi Kamada (0/11), Jefferson Lerma (0/10), Jeffrey Schlupp (0/10), Will Hughes (0/12), Eberechi Eze (1/11), Edward Nketiah (0/9), Franco Umeh-Chibueze (0/0), Ismaila Sarr (1/14), Jean-Philippe Mateta (4/14), Matheus Franca (0/0).

Manchester City Squad

Here is the full team squad of Manchester City. The 53 year-old Pep Guardiola will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Ederson (0/12), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/2), Jacob Wright (0/0), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (0/1), John Stones (2/7), Josh Wilson-Esbrand (0/0), Josko Gvardiol (3/13), Kyle Walker (0/10), Manuel Akanji (0/12), Nathan Ake (0/5), Rico Lewis (0/13), Ruben Dias (0/11), Bernardo Silva (1/14), Ilkay Gundogan (0/13), Jack Grealish (0/10), James McAtee (0/0), Jeremy Doku (2/10), Kevin De Bruyne (2/8), Mateo Kovacic (3/11), Matheus Nunes (0/10), Nico O'Reilly (0/0), Oscar Bobb (0/0), Phil Foden (0/10), Rodri (0/2), Savinho (0/11), Erling Haaland (12/14).

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Crystal Palace, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment. For their upcoming match in round 15, Crystal Palace are unable to call upon Ismaila Sarr, who is suspended.

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

Manchester City seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace.

Oscar Bobb nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Manchester City.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Lineups

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City H2H

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-4 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest this coming Saturday? Manchester City seem to have a bit of a love affair with Crystal Palace, as they have beaten them six times in last ten encounters. The bookies have Manchester City to win this match at best price odds of 4/7.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Results

In the last ten matches between Crystal Palace and Manchester City over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 2/3 with bookies.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Betting Tips

Erling Haaland scored just two goals in his last six games, but did manage 12 goals during the season so far. He will be eager to add to his total, when Manchester City take aim at Crystal Palace. This could be a good opportunity for him to improve his tally, and siding with him in the betting market look a decent prospect.

Crystal Palace claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing three. Manchester City won four of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost five of the games in this run. Crystal Palace have not exactly been great at shutting out their visitors at Selhurst Park. In their previous 10 lmatches at home, they claimed just two wins, while also holding on to a clean sheet.

Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened five times. Crystal Palace managed an average of one goal, while Manchester City averaged 2.1 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Crystal Palace, who scored an average of one goal along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Manchester City, who managed to hit the net 1.6 times on average in these games.