Crystal Palace vs Manchester City prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-12-06 15:00.
[p]Following a slender 1-0 win at Ipswich in midweek, Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner claimed he is “very happy” despite commenting on their lacklustre performance. Despite that victory ending a four-game winless run of Premier League games (D3, L1) the Eagles still sit perilously close to the bottom-three, so they shouldn’t be feeling too comfortable just yet.[/p]
[p]Returning home isn’t guaranteed to stimulate further progress for Glasner’s men, who have won just one of their last seven Premier League games here (W1, D3, L3). Palace can take stock from the fact they’ve avoided defeat as betting outsiders in six of their nine such league games this season (W1, D5), yet a visit from four-time consecutive champions Manchester City is rarely easy.[/p]
[p]But City and Pep Guardiola have been through the ringer lately with a run of seven straight winless games – their longest under the Spaniard – which only just ended with their 3-0 win against Nottingham Forest on Wednesday. That win came after Guardiola called upon the fans to back their side, and he’ll need a similar level of support if they’re to notch back-to-back league wins for the first time since a run of three single-goal margin wins in October. [/p]
[p]Next on the agenda is to end a five-game losing run of away games, their worst such sequence since five straight travelling reversals in 2015. You’d have to look back to 1995 to find the last time City had lost 6+ away games in succession, so avoiding the ignominy of such an outcome will rely on maintaining their ongoing ten-game unbeaten run of competitive H2Hs at Selhurst Park (W8, D2). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Often scoring crucial goals for Palace, Jean-Philippe Mateta hit decisively in four of his last five scoring league appearances, the last two of which ended 1-0. For City, full-back Rico Lewis may fancy his chances here after both of his Premier League goals since breaking into the senior setup came in both league H2Hs last season. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Crystal Palace have scored a Premier League-low one first half home goal this season.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Matthew Billon[/i][/p]