Manchester City VS Crystal Palace Match Prediction
2017-09-23
14:00:00
Manchester City
VS
Crystal Palace
Our Prediction Tip
Manchester City will win this match.
2017-09-2314:00:00 Manchester City will win this match.
City have been dominant against Palace of late in the league, utterly thrashing them at every single turn on most occasions. Overall, they have 22 wins, nine draws, and ten losses. Here's a look at the last five results:
May 6, 2017: City 5-0 Palace
Jan 28, 2017: Palace 0-3 City (FA Cup)
Nov 19, 2016: Palace 1-2 City
Jan 16, 2016: City 4-0 Palace
Oct 28, 2015: City 5-1 Palace
Bet365 have the following odds available for this match:
Manchester City are at 1/7 to win, a draw is at 7/1, and a Crystal Palace win is at 14/1.
The objective in this match for Palace should be to come in and keep it close against City. While that might sound like a loser's mentality, the fact of the matter is that they have very little chance of getting a point without a red card of major mistake from City. Even then, the Citizens have shown to be strong.
Rather, it's about staying competitive and having an opportunity to win for the Eagles. If Sakho can continue the impressive form he has shown since coming into the club, they could keep it close here. And that would be a lot of positive things for them as they go into 'easier' matches with 'smaller' clubs.
The attack of Aguero and Jesus has the best goals per minute ratio of any strike partnership in the history of the Premier League.
Sergio Aguero scored his sixth Premier League hat trick last weekend. He only trails the likes of Shearer, Fowler, Henry, and Owen now on the list.
Aguero and Jesus are each at 2/1 to score two or more goals.
As much as you'd like to see Palace improve and give City a fight, it's hard to see anything but a comfortable win for City.
Pep Guardiola continues to be without center back Vincent Kompany due to his calf injury.
Sergio Aguero has started the season in sparkling form, and he is showing exactly why he deserved to stay along with Jesus up front. The two of them have formed a great strike partnership. Aguero's hat trick at Watford last week took him up to five goals on the season. He has 14 of them, as well as five assists, in his last 17 appearances in the league and could chalk up even more here.
Manchester City have won five wins in their last five matches. They won 1-2 away to Bournemouth before the 5-0 win at home over Liverpool really ignited their charge. They then got away wins against Feyenoord (0-4) in the Champions League and Watford (0-6) in the league. On Wednesday, they went to West Brom in the EFL Cup and they won 1-2.
Goalkeeper:Ederson
Defenders:Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Mendy
Midfielders:Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Silva, Sane
Forwards:Aguero, Jesus
Roy Hodgson will be unable to field forward Connor Wickham and winger Wilfried Zaha due to injuries. Center back Mamadou Sakho could play a role here after he played on Tuesday in the EFL Cup for them.
The aforementioned Sakho could be the difference maker that is needed in this Palace side as they try to climb off the foot of the table for good. The former Liverpool man helped the Eagles keep their first clean sheet of the season as they shut out Huddersfield on Tuesday, and he was a big reason they stayed in the league last term when he was loaned in. Look for him to have a whole lot to do here in this match if they are to keep it close.
Palace have two wins and three losses in their last five outings. They defeated Ipswich 2-1 in the EFL Cup before a 0-2 league defeat at home to Swansea. The 1-0 loss at Burnley saw Frank de Boer lose his job, but Hodgson saw them lose at home to Southampton by that same score on his bow. They did win in the EFL Cup on Tuesday, though, as they beat Huddersfield 1-0.
Goalkeeper:Hennessey
Defenders:Ward, Dann, Sakho, Schlupp
Midfielders:Townsend, Cabaye, McArthur, Puncheon
Forwards:Loftus-Cheek, Benteke
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