Crystal Palace welcome Manchester City in the Premier League and you can find our preview, prediction, the team news and confirmed line-ups down below.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Preview
Manchester City ended their winless run, which spanned across six matches in all competitions, with an emphatic 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest last time out.
Kevin De Bruyne marked his return to the starting eleven with a goal and an assist, as the Belgian looks to make a huge impact after missing several matches since September.
Erling Haaland failed to score once again which means his poor run of form continues, well poor for the Norwegian’s standards – not scoring in three consecutive league games.
As for the hosts, building a run of strong results has been a struggle but the Eagles did clinch their second victory of the season against Ipswich.
Jean-Philippe Mateta’s superb chipped finish was enough to secure all three points at Portman Road and Glasner will be looking to build on this result against the champions.
The Eagles currently sit three points above the relegation place and are moving away from the favourite options to go down on UK betting sites.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Team News
Manchester City will be without Rodri, Oscar Bobb and John Stones who are all recovering from long-term injuries and missed the clash against Forest.
Defensive duo, Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji were forced off during the 3-0 win over Nuno Espirito Santo’s side and are now unavailable for the trip to Selhurst Park.
Phil Foden missed out with bronchitis but could recover in time for Saturday’s fixture.
Crystal Palace were unscathed against Ipswich but will be without Adam Wharton, Matheus Franca and Rob Holding.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Confirmed Line-Ups
Crystal Palace: Henderson; Chalobah; Guehi, Lacroix; Munoz, Hughes, Lerma, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; Mateta
Manchester City: Ortega; Walker, Dias, Gvardiol; Lewis; Gundogan; Savinho, Silva, De Bruyne, Nunes; Haaland
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Prediction
Ending their run of poor form could be crucial for Manchester City and might be the start of a string of victories for Pep Guardiola’s side.
With that said, we expect the hosts to score against City but the Premier League champions will have too much and win by two clear goals.
Prediction: Crystal Palace 1-3 Manchester City
