📊 Form Guide

Manchester City

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Manchester City go into this fixture following on from a 0-0 Premier League drawn result versus Manchester United.

In that match, Manchester City had 58% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Manchester United had 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have celebrated scoring 9 times in their last 6 outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in that same time stands at 5.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Manchester City:

• have not been beaten in the league by Crystal Palace in their previous 6 games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

Crystal Palace

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Crystal Palace will go into the encounter after a 2-1 Premier League win in the defeat of Brighton & Hove Albion in their previous outing.

In that game, Crystal Palace had 38% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. For Crystal Palace, the scorers were Jean-Philippe Mateta (3') and Daniel Muñoz (55'). On the other side, Brighton & Hove Albion got 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Danny Welbeck (31') scored for Brighton & Hove Albion.

A sequence of steadfast showings from the Crystal Palace defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their previous 6 clashes combined. During the same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 14. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Their previous form shows that Crystal Palace:

• have not won against Manchester City in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 10 league matches away from home. What an impressive run of results.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 14/03/2022 tells us that Manchester City have won 3 of them & Crystal Palace 0, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

A sum of 21 goals were produced between them in these games, with 13 of them for The Citizens and 8 for The Eagles. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.

The previous league game featuring the two was Premier League match day 15 on 07/12/2024 and the score finished Crystal Palace 2-2 Manchester City.

On that occasion, Crystal Palace had 32% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The goalscorers were Daniel Muñoz (4') and Maxence Lacroix (56').

At the other end, Manchester City had 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Erling Haaland (30') and Rico Lewis (68') scored.

The referee was Robert Jones.

🗞️ Team News: Manchester City

Manuel Akanji (Adductor injury), John Stones (Hamstring injury), Erling Haaland (Ankle injury), Nathan Aké (Foot surgery) and Rodri (Cruciate ligament tear) are unavailable for Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.

It looks as if The Citizens will probably opt for a 4-2-3-1 system for this one, handing starts to Ederson Moraes, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Nico Gonzalez, Ilkay Gundogan, Savinho, Jack Grealish, Jeremy Doku and Omar Marmoush.

📋 Team News: Crystal Palace

We believe The Eagles appear most likely to play in a 4-4-2 formation using Dean Henderson, Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix, Jefferson Lerma, Daniel Munoz, Adam Wharton, Daichi Kamada, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaila Sarr, Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that Crystal Palace should have enough to break down this Manchester City lineup, however it isn’t expected to be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 advantage for Manchester City by the conclusion of the game. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Lucas Pereira, 11:02 12/04/2025