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Predictions and Tips
Manchester City host visitors Crystal Palace at The Etihad Stadium in this Premier League game on Wednesday.
Our Manchester City v Crystal Palace tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below (including the best match odds).
📏 Form Guide
Manchester City
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Manchester City, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 3-0 Premier League success versus Brentford.
In that game, Manchester City managed 59% possession and 25 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. For Manchester City, goals were scored by Jérémy Doku (60'), Erling Haaland (75') and Omar Marmoush (92'). For their opponents, Brentford had 4 shots at goal with 2 on target.
Manchester City haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, netting in each and every one of their last 6 games.
They’ve managed to rack up 14 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 5. We will find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Manchester City:
- have not lost a league tie with Crystal Palace in their last 8 matches. A long run without a loss.
- are undefeated in their last 14 home league matches. What a fantastic run.
Crystal Palace
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Previously, Crystal Palace drew 2-2 in the Premier League match with Everton.
In that game, Crystal Palace managed 59% possession and 21 shots on goal with 8 on target. For Crystal Palace, the goalscorers were Ismaïla Sarr (34') and Jean-Philippe Mateta (77'). Everton had 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target. James Tarkowski (6') and Beto (47') scored for Everton.
The stats don’t lie, and Crystal Palace have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 10 goals in total. In defence, Crystal Palace can certainly do much better.
Ahead of this meeting, Crystal Palace haven't won against Manchester City in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.
👥 Head to head
A look at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 16/12/2023 shows us that Manchester City have won 3 of these games & Crystal Palace 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.
Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 25 in all which averages out at 4.17 goals per match.
The previous league match featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 16 on 14/12/2025 when the final score was Crystal Palace 0-3 Manchester City.
That day, Crystal Palace managed 38% possession and 16 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.
Manchester City got 7 shots on goal with 6 on target. Erling Haaland (41', 89') and Phil Foden (69') scored.
The match was refereed by Darren England.
📋 Team News: Manchester City
It looks as if The Citizens will possibly kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one with Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guehi, Nico O'Reilly, Bernardo Silva, Nico Gonzalez, Antoine Semenyo, Rayan Cherki, Jeremy Doku and Erling Haaland.
📋 Team News: Crystal Palace
We’re of the thinking that The Eagles appear most likely to elect for a 3-4-2-1 lineup, starting the game with Dean Henderson, Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix, Jaydee Canvot, Daniel Munoz, Jefferson Lerma, Will Hughes, Justin Devenny, Brennan Johnson, Yeremy Pino and J. Strand Larsen.
💭 Prediction
Crystal Palace won’t find it easy at all to score against a Manchester City side who have the quality to boss this game in attack, midfield and defence.
We can see a comprehensive 3-0 winning scoreline for Manchester City when the referee blows the final whistle.
Lucas Pereira, 18:02 13/05/2026
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?
⚽️ Team Focus:
Manchester City
Formed: 1887
Stadium: The Etihad Stadium (53,400)
Captain: Bernardo Silva
Chairman: Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Competitions: Premier League position 2, FA Cup (Final), EFL Cup (Final)
🔑 Key Player: Phil Foden
Regularly playing in the Left Wing position, Phil Foden was born in Stockport, England. Having made a first senior appearance for Manchester City in the 2017 - 2018 season, the talented Forward has bagged 7 league goals in this Premier League 2025 - 2026 season so far from a total of 29 appearances.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 79 | LLWWW |
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35 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 74 | WWWDW |
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36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 65 | LWWWD |
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36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 59 | WWWLD |
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36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 59 | DWLLD |
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36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 55 | WWDWW |
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36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 53 | WDWLW |
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36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 51 | DDLWL |
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36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 49 | LLLLD |
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36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 49 | DLLDD |
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36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 48 | LDWLL |
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36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | -9 | 48 | WLLDD |
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36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 46 | LLLWD |
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36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | -5 | 44 | WWDWD |
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35 | 11 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 44 | WDLLD |
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36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 43 | DWWWD |
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36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | -9 | 38 | LDWWD |
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36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -20 | 36 | WDWLL |
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36 | 4 | 9 | 23 | -36 | 21 | LLLLD |
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36 | 3 | 9 | 24 | -41 | 18 | LLLDL |
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| Goals scored | 2.4 |
| Goals conceded | 0.7 |
| Time first goal scored | 25 |
| Time first goal conceded | 44 |
| Yellow cards | 1.6 |
| Red cards | 0 |
| Subs used | 3.8 |
| Biggest victory | 5-1 |
| Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
| Goals scored | 1.2 |
| Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| Time first goal scored | 43 |
| Time first goal conceded | 40 |
| Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| Red cards | 0.1 |
| Subs used | 3.6 |
| Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
| Erling Haaland | 38 |
| Rayan Cherki | 10 |
| Phil Foden | 10 |
| Antoine Semenyo | 10 |
| Nico O'Reilly | 9 |
| Ismaïla Sarr | 21 |
| Jean-Philippe Mateta | 15 |
| Daniel Muñoz | 5 |
| Yéremy Pino | 5 |
| Eddie Nketiah | 4 |
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