Premier League: Crystal Palace vs Manchester City – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League round 15 match between Crystal Palace and Manchester City and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Bookmakers favour Manchester City to be victorious against Crystal Palace in their upcoming Premier League encounter. Despite their recent unconvincing form, a win for the former seems likely on Saturday. They should not underestimate Crystal Palace, though.

Crystal Palace are placed 17th with 12 points after 14 matches. Manchester City occupy a position as fourth in the league on 26 points.

Form: Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

Crystal Palace Form

Crystal Palace currently look solid, going undefeated in three matches, which started by drawing 2-2 against Aston Villa. They followed that up by sharing the spoils with Newcastle in a 1-1 encounter, before beating Ipswich in a 0-1 encounter. Crystal Palace just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the Selhurst Park. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored four and conceded six goals.

Manchester City Form

In their last three matches, Manchester City drew 3-3 with Feyenoord, lost 2-0 against Liverpool and beat Nottingham Forest 3-0. Manchester City won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches says nine goals conceded and eight scored.

Betting stats and facts for Crystal Palace and Manchester City

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Crystal Palace and Manchester City. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

Erling Haaland scored just two goals in his last six games, but did manage 12 goals during the season so far. He will be eager to add to his total, when Manchester City take aim at Crystal Palace. This could be a good opportunity for him to improve his tally, and siding with him in the betting market look a decent prospect.

Betting markets: Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

Full-time result

Crystal Palace claimed three wins, drew four and lost three of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Manchester City won four, drew one and lost five of their last 10 games away. Manchester City have not lost to Crystal Palace in 10 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Crystal Palace scored the first goal in six out of their last ten games. Manchester City scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Manchester City should feel cheery over the chances of getting at least one goal in this coming Saturday, as Crystal Palace only managed two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. Manchester City claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 games.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Crystal Palace, who scored an average of one goal along the way. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Manchester City. They performed an average of 1.6 goals in these.