Crystal Palace vs Mnchester City Match Analysis and Prediction

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Manchester City will be looking to open up a six-point gap at the summit of the Premier League table when the travel to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace on Monday.

The hosts enter the contest off the back of a 2-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers, while Manchester City progressed in the Champions League past Sporting Lisbon.

Four days after knocking out Stoke City in the FA Cup, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Wilfred Zaha were both on target for the Eagles before half-time to kill the games off in the opening 45.

Crystal Palace are 11th in the table, two points behind 10th-placed Southampton before Sunday’s fixtures commence, although a point for Leicester City at Arsenal on Sunday would see them drop down a place.

A top-half standing would surely constitute a successful debut season for Patrick Vieira, whose side have now won three of their last four in all competitions.

On a negative note, the Eagles have only managed to pick up one point from the last 12 on offer at Selhurst Park in the Premier League, conceding an average of two goals per game in that duration.

Pep Guardiola’s much-changed crop picked up a goalless draw agains Sporting Lisbon but still progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League with ease after a 5-0 away victory in the first leg, and the 4-1 derby success against Manchester United certainly saw the Citizens lay down a marker.

Manchester City’s lead at the top of the table has been cut back down to three points after Liverpool secured a 2-0 win at Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.

The Eagles shocked the English footballing landscape with a 2-0 win over City at the Etihad back in October, but the Citizens have won six and drawn one of their last seven meetings with Palace at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City head to head

The two clubs have previously met on 50 occasions across all competitions, where City have taken 27 victories while Palace have won 12, and they have drawn in 11. Palace have scored 45 goals and conceded 89. In their last five meetings, Palace have won once, City three with one draw.

Crystal Palace 0-2 Manchester City 19/10/19

Manchester City 2-2 Crystal Palace 18/01/20

Manchester City 4-0 Crystal Palace 17/01/21

Crystal Palace 0-2 Manchester City 01/05/21

Manchester City 0-2 Crystal Palace 30/10/21

Crystal Palace latest home form

Palace have recently been on a relatively good form at home, having lost just one of their last four matches, and have been unbeaten in their last two. In their last, they defeated Stoke City 2-1 in the FA Cup. In their last five, they have scored six goals and conceded six.

Crystal Palace 1-3 Liverpool 23/01/22

Crystal Palace 2-0 Hartlepool United 05/02/22

Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea 19/02/22

Crystal Palace 1-1 Burnley 26/02/22

Crystal Palace 2-1 Stoke City 01/03/22

Crystal Palace latest away form

The Eagles have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their last six matches. Their last away defeat came on December 26 when they lost 3-0 to Tottenham Hotspur. In their last five matches, they have scored eight goals and conceded three.

Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Crystal Palace 14/01/22

Norwich City 1-1 Crystal Palace 09/02/22

Brentford 0-0 Crystal Palace 12/02/22

Watford 1-4 Crystal Palace 23/02/22

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Crystal Palace 05/03/22

Manchester City latest home form

Man City recently lost 3-2 to Tottenham Hotspur in the league. However, they have been on a good run of form at home, and have lost just one of their last 13. In their last at home, they picked up a goalless draw against Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League.

Manchester City 4-1 Fulham 05/02/22

Manchester City 2-0 Brentford 09/02/22

Manchester City 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur 19/02/22

Manchester City 4-1 Manchetser United 06/03/22

Manchester City 0-0 Sporting Lisbon 09/03/22

Manchester City latest away form

The Citizens have been on a good run of form on the road, and have been unbeaten in their nine most recent away matches. They recently managed to defeat Peterborough United 2-0 in the FA Cup. In their last five matches, they have scored 13 goals and conceded just one.

Southampton 1-1 Manchester City 22/01/22

Norwich City 0-4 Manchester City 12/02/22

Sporting Lisbon 0-5 Manchester City 15/02/22

Everton 0-1 Manchester City 26/02/22

Peterborough United 0-2 Manchester City 01/03/22

Crystal Palace news

Defender Nathan Ferguson is yet to return from his thigh issue, while James McArther is set to be sidelined this weekend with a knock.

Jordan Ayew, Christian Benteke and Odsonne Edouard will likely be forced to wait their turn on the bench, with Mateta vying to lead the line against Man City.

Manchester City news

Guardiola will welcome Kyle Walker back from Champions League suspension, with Joao Cancelo’s illness leaving him doubtful for the contest.

John Stones and Aymeric Laporte continue at centre-back, while Guardiola could reintroduce Riyad Mahrez, Rodri and Kevin De Bruyne to the first XI this week, but Ruben Dias remains out of contention.

Prediction and Odds

Crystal Palace enter the contest with some new-found confidence under Vieira, and after defeating the champions last time out, they could want to repeat that playing at home.

However, the Eagles have not been good at home recently, and with Guardiola reverting to his strongest XI, we expect an away win.

Odds: 1 2.65 X 2.20 2 1.50