Crystal Palace vs Manchester City prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-12-13 14:00.
[p]Two of the pre-round top four in the Premier League clash on Sunday as Crystal Palace meet Manchester City in a rematch of last season’s FA Cup final.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Sitting two places behind City pre-round, Crystal Palace know that the tightly-packed nature of the Premier League table means that any slip up could see them tumble down the table. Oliver Glasner’s men return home after a convincing 3-0 victory against Shelbourne in the UEFA Conference League in midweek, a game which saw the Eagles travel with only 15 available senior players. The Eagles have now won three games in a row across all competitions, and in the midst of their best-ever 15-game start to a Premier League campaign, certainly won’t fear City’s visit, even if they were beaten by another Manchester club in their last game at Selhurst Park, going down 2-1 against United. [/p]
[p]Although City have been far from at their fluent best this season, their mere presence in the title race is enough to keep league-leaders Arsenal on their toes. City start the round two points shy of the Gunners at the summit and travel to the capital on the back of a hugely impressive 2-1 victory away to Real Madrid in midweek UEFA Champions League action. They’ll bid to ride the crest of that wave in this clash as they seek to post three successive away victories for the first time this season, but doing so against a higher-ranked side may be tricky given that City are winless in all four away league games against sides who start this round 12th or higher (D1, L3).[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Palace’s only two wins across the last 20 top-flight H2Hs (D5, L13) came at the Etihad (D3, L7 at home), but they did beat City in last season’s FA Cup final.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Palace’s league matches have averaged a pre-round league-low 2.13 goals per game.[/p]
[p]Palace have opened the scoring inside ten minutes in four of the last six Premier League H2Hs but didn’t win any of them (D1, L3).[/p]
[p]City have only scored more than once in two of their seven away league games this season.[/p]
[p]City have conceded eight of their ten away league goals this term after half-time. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Palace’s Yéremy Pino was on target in midweek, with all three of his goals for the club serving as the last of the game in victories by a 2+ goal margin. City’s Rayan Cherki has similarly seen all four of his goals since joining the club arrive after the 80th minute and close the scoring. [/p]
[p]Palace are without Daniel Muñoz, while they’ll make late calls on Jean-Philippe Mateta and Ismaïla Sarr. Rodri and John Stones headline City’s absentees.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Injuries are starting to catch up with Palace, so with a larger and stronger squad, we’re backing a City victory here.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Chris Wilson[/i][/p]