Manchester City vs Crystal Palace: Preview and Predictions

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace
English Premier League
Date: Saturday, 6th May 2017
Kick off at 12:30 UK/ 13:30 CET
Venue: Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City will host Crystal Palace in the first game of the day on Saturday.

The Citizens have the imperative to claim three points and keep the fourth position which leads to Champions League in the next season.

The visitors already managed to produce some shocking wins over the last couple of weeks, but they won’t come in the game at The Etihad in high spirits after losing two on the bounce.

Manchester City

Pep Guardiola’s men barely managed to grab a point on the visit to Riverside Stadium last weekend. It was he recovered Gabriel Jesus who notched the equalizer five minutes from time for the Citizens.

The Spanish managed will definitely want to see his team improving the home record because City managed to take no more than a single win from the previous four fixtures on at The Etihad.

Crystal Palace

The Eagles failed to remove all doubts about saving the elite class status last Monday when they showed a disappointing display in the 0-2 loss to the fellow strugglers Burnley.

It was their second consecutive defeat on the road. However, Man City will still need to be very careful because the Glaziers took three wins from their last four games on the road (including the visits to Stamford Bridge and Anfield).

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace: Head to head

The Citizens have been ruthless in the most recent meetings with Crystal Palace.

Man City have six wins on the trot against the Eagles. This includes both of the matches at Selhurst Park in this season.

The league tie saw a narrow 1-2 win for Man City, while the FA Cup clash gave them a demolishing 0-3 victory

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace: Prediction

Even though Palace already managed to make upsets in the games with top five teams, the Citizens just can’t allow a slip up here.

Gabriel Jesus is also worth taking as the anytime goalscorer pick at the odds of 4/6 as Pep will most likely pair him with Aguero up front from the very first minute.