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Predictions and Tips
Saturday heralds the buzz of the long-awaited FA Cup Final between Crystal Palace and Manchester City. Which club will prevail? Let’s hope it’s a good final.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Crystal Palace v Manchester City are shown below - as well as the best betting odds.
📏 Form Guide

Crystal Palace
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Crystal Palace will be looking for a repeat result of a 0-2 Premier League victory over Tottenham Hotspur.
In that game, Crystal Palace managed 53% possession and 23 shots on goal with 10 on target. The only player to score for Crystal Palace was Eberechi Eze (45', 48'). Tottenham Hotspur had 8 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.
Oliver Glasner's Crystal Palace have celebrated scoring a sum total of 8 times in their past six outings. The comparative number of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures amounts to 8.
Manchester City
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Previously, Manchester City drew 0-0 in the Premier League match with Southampton.
In that match, Manchester City managed 72% possession and 26 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Southampton got 2 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.
A run of outstanding performances by the Manchester City defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 3 from their past 6 outings combined. Over that same period of time, their own attack force has managed to score 12.
↔️ Head to head
A quick look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 27/08/2022 shows that these encounters have not been happy ones for Crystal Palace. They have not been able to register any wins whatsoever while Manchester City have been too good for them, finishing as winners in 67% of those match-ups.
There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 28 in total at an average of 4.67 goals per meeting.
The last league fixture featuring the two was Premier League match day 32 on 12/04/2025 when it finished Manchester City 5-2 Crystal Palace.
The match was refereed by Jarred Gillett.
ℹ️ Team News: Crystal Palace
Cheick Doucouré (Knee surgery) and Chadi Riad (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be able to play for Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner.
It seems likely that The Eagles could use the 3-4-2-1 system in the match, utilising Dean Henderson, Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guehi, Daniel Munoz, Will Hughes, Jefferson Lerma, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaila Sarr, Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta.
📰 Team News: Manchester City
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has multiple availability issues to deal with. Nathan Aké (Foot surgery) and John Stones (Hamstring injury) can’t be considered.
There’s a good chance that The Citizens will likely elect for a 4-2-3-1 system by sending out Ederson Moraes, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Bernardo Silva, Mateo Kovacic, Jeremy Doku, Kevin De Bruyne, Omar Marmoush and Erling Haaland.
🔮 Prediction
We envisage that Crystal Palace have the capability to breach the defence of this Manchester City side, but one goal may not quite be enough.
Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 advantage for Manchester City at the end of the match. Should be an interesting one.
Lucas Pereira, 15:00 17/05/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Crystal Palace
Formed: 1905
Stadium: Selhurst Park (25,486)
Captain: Marc Guéhi
Chairman: Steve Parish
Manager: Oliver Glasner
Competitions: Premier League position 12, FA Cup (Final)
🔑 Star Player: Jean-Philippe Mateta
Customarily playing in the Striker position, Jean-Philippe Mateta was born in Sevran, France. Having made a first senior appearance for Lyon in the 2016 - 2017 season, the goalscoring Forward has scored 14 league goals in the Premier League 2024 - 2025 campaign so far in a total of 35 appearances.
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36 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 83 | WWWLD |
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36 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 33 | 68 | DWDLD |
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36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 66 | WLWDW |
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37 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 66 | WWWLW |
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37 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 66 | WLWWW |
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36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 65 | WWWWD |
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36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 62 | LWLDD |
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36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 55 | DWWWW |
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36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 55 | DLWDW |
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36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 53 | WDDWL |
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36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 51 | LLWLL |
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36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | -2 | 49 | LDDDW |
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36 | 9 | 15 | 12 | -5 | 42 | WLLDW |
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36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | -13 | 41 | WWWLL |
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36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | -17 | 40 | LDLDW |
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37 | 10 | 9 | 18 | -12 | 39 | LDLLL |
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37 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 38 | LLDLL |
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36 | 4 | 10 | 22 | -42 | 22 | DLLDL |
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36 | 5 | 7 | 24 | -47 | 22 | DLLWD |
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36 | 2 | 6 | 28 | -57 | 12 | LDLLD |
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Eberechi Eze | 15 |
Ismaïla Sarr | 10 |
Eddie Nketiah | 7 |
Daniel Muñoz | 6 |
Erling Haaland | 30 |
Phil Foden | 10 |
Omar Marmoush | 8 |
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