Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th December 2023

Manchester City will be hosting a Etihad Stadium encounter this coming Saturday when Crystal Palace arrive for a test of their credentials.

Manchester City rank fourth with 33 points to their name from 16 matches, while visitors Crystal Palace rank 15th in the table on 16 points.

Manchester City took down Crystal Palace in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Saturday.

Manchester City scored 2.2 goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 22 times. They conceded 15 goals, an average of 1.5 and pulled off one clean sheet.

Crystal Palace are currently not the most scoring team in the Premier League, as they only found the back of the net nine times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.9 goals a game in which they conceded 16 times, an average of 1.6 per game. They managed three clean sheets in these.

Manchester City won the last two meetings against Crystal Palace, as they followed up a 4-2 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 1-0 score.

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Prediction

Manchester City Form

Manchester City look back on their last three matches with six points to show for their efforts. Against Aston Villa, they were left empty-handed in a 1-0 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Luton in a 1-2 win. They followed that up with a 2-3 win against FK Crvena Zvezda in their most recent outing. Manchester City put four wins on the board in their previous six Premier League matches at the Etihad Stadium. They drew twice while losing none, scored 19 goals while conceding seven.

Crystal Palace Form

In their previous three games, Crystal Palace drew 1-1 with West Ham, then lost 0-2 against Bournemouth and 1-2 against Liverpool. In their last six away matches in the Premier League, Crystal Palace 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 six scored.

Neither Manchester City nor Crystal Palace have been experts at maintaining a clean sheet in recent matches. We count on both to continue this trend and bank on both being able to score a goal.

Manchester City took 16 points from their last seven encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to five wins after scoring 20 times and conceding nine. Crystal Palace claimed one win and three points in their last five games against teams from the top six. They scored four times in these matches, but also conceded eight goals. Manchester City claimed ten wins, three draws as well as three defeats in the Premier League this season. Crystal Palace are looking at four wins, four draws and eight defeats in the Premier League.

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Squads

Manchester City Squad

The 52-year-old Guardiola will select the starting eleven against Crystal Palace from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Ederson (0/15), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/1), Zack Steffen (0/0), John Stones (0/6), Josko Gvardiol (0/12), Kyle Walker (0/16), Manuel Akanji (2/13), Nathan Ake (2/12), Rico Lewis (0/7), Ruben Dias (0/14), Sergio Gomez (0/2), Bernardo Silva (4/13), Jack Grealish (2/9), Kalvin Phillips (0/4), Kevin De Bruyne (0/1), Mateo Kovacic (0/12), Matheus Nunes (0/9), Phil Foden (4/16), Rodri (3/13), Erling Haaland (14/15), Jeremy Doku (2/11), Julian Alvarez (4/16), Oscar Bobb (0/5).

Crystal Palace Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Crystal Palace head coach Hodgson will select from for his starting XI:

Dean Henderson (0/0), Remi Matthews (0/1), Sam Johnstone (0/16), Chris Richards (0/7), James Tomkins (0/1), Joachim Andersen (2/16), Joel Ward (0/15), Marc Guehi (0/15), Nathan Ferguson (0/0), Nathaniel Clyne (0/5), Rob Holding (0/0), Tyrick Mitchell (1/15), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/11), Eberechi Eze (2/10), Jairo Riedewald (0/3), Jefferson Lerma (0/12), Jeffrey Schlupp (1/14), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (0/6), Malcolm Ebiowei (0/0), Matheus Franca (0/2), Michael Olise (1/5), Naouirou Ahamada (0/9), Will Hughes (0/13), Jean-Philippe Mateta (1/13), Jordan Ayew (1/16), Odsonne Edouard (6/15).

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Team News

Manchester City could have up to six missing players for various reasons for their upcoming match against Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku, Mateo Kovacic, Jack Grealish, Kevin De Bruyne and Zack Steffen nurses various injuries and won't take part for Manchester City against Crystal Palace at Etihad Stadium.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for Crystal Palace, who are looking at seven players nursing various problems. Jordan Ayew is ineligible for selection in the Crystal Palace squad, as he is suspended.

Tyrick Mitchell, Rob Holding, Eberechi Eze, Cheick Oumar Doucoure, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Dean Henderson and Nathan Ferguson all face a spell on the sidelines for Crystal Palace due to various injuries.

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Lineups

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace H2H

The Citizens had a good reading on The Eagles in their last two meetings, which they won by 4-2 and 1-0, respectively. Manchester City have been slightly more successful than Crystal Palace in recent meetings. With a 6-2-2 advantage going into this match, betting on The Sky Blues has often proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1/6.

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Results

Punters probably shouldn't go looking for both teams to score, when Crystal Palace come visiting Manchester City. At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in their last ten matches. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 7/10 with the bookies.

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips

It is a great season for Erling Haaland, who currently has 14 league goals to his name during this season. The Citizens will rely on his services to gun down Crystal Palace.

Manchester City sailed through their 10 most recent outings at home with eight wins, while they drew two. Crystal Palace won four of their previous 10 outings away from home across all tournaments, whilst they drew two and lost four. Goals should be on the menu at Etihad Stadium, with both teams scoring in seven of the last 10 matches at home for Manchester City. The same outcome paid dividends in five of the last 10 away games for Crystal Palace.

Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in the ten encounters most recent outings between Manchester City and Crystal Palace. More than three goals came out five times, as Manchester City scored two goals on average, with Crystal Palace pulling off one goal on average. Manchester City scored an average of 2.8 goals in the past ten matches at Etihad Stadium across the tournaments and over 2.5 goals came out eight times. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Crystal Palace, who managed to score 0.9 times in those matches.