Crystal Palace vs Man City Prediction: Victory for the stronger team
The match between Crystal Palace and Man City in the English Premier League will take place at 9:00 PM on December 14th. Nghe An newspapers, radio, and television will analyze the form, provide football commentary, and predict the score.
Latest Crystal Palace vs Man City team news
Regarding the squad situation, Manchester City are likely to remain largely unchanged on Sunday, as Guardiola will continue to be without John Stones (confirmation), Rodri (hamstring), and Mateo Kovacic (ankle).
At the Bernabeu, the visiting manager kept the same starting lineup that had beaten Sunderland a few days earlier, but one or two adjustments could be considered as Man City have three more games before December 20th.
Bringing Tijjani Reijnders on to replace Bernardo Silva is one of the obvious options, but Rayan Cherki and Jeremy Doku are likely to retain their places against the FA Cup champions.
On the Crystal Palace side, fans are awaiting news on the availability of Jean-Philippe Mateta (knee) and Ismaila Sarr (ankle), but Glasner is optimistic that both could feature.
Centre-back Jaydee Canvot is also in a similar situation after falling ill, while speedy full-back Daniel Munoz will be out until 2026 due to a knee injury, along with Cheick Doucoure (knee), Chadi Riad (knee), Rio Cardines (groin) and Caleb Kporha (back).
Justin Devenny also had fitness issues in the final minutes of Thursday's win, where he was forced to play out of position as a right wing-back, but Nathaniel Clyne was expected to return for the clash against Man City.
Latest predicted lineups for Crystal Palace vs Man City
Crystal Palace:
Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Clyne, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Pino, Nketiah; Mateta
Manchester City:
Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly; Gonzalez; Cherki, Reijnders, Foden, Doku; Haaland
Latest Crystal Palace vs Man City football match preview
Due to an unexpected injury, fans were unable to witness the highly anticipated showdown between Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe at the Bernabeu, but the Norwegian striker still fulfilled his role and made a decisive impact against a severely depleted Real Madrid defense.
Following earlier goals from Rodrygo and Nico O'Reilly, Haaland's successful penalty kick secured Pep Guardiola's side their second Champions League victory in history at Real Madrid's ground, extending their winning streak to four consecutive matches across all competitions.
Having beaten Leeds United, Fulham, and most recently Sunderland in the Premier League, Man City are close behind Arsenal and only two points behind the leaders. However, Mikel Arteta's side are likely to temporarily widen the gap with a predicted victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.
A disastrous slip-up by Arsenal would open the door for Guardiola's team to climb to the top of the Premier League, where the renowned Catalan strategist could be just 90 minutes away from a historic milestone.
Man City have won 149 Premier League matches with three or more goals scored under Guardiola. Only two managers have ever led their teams to more than 150 Premier League wins with at least three goals per game: Sir Alex Ferguson (245) and Arsene Wenger (228).
Speaking of victories by three goals, Oliver Glasner's Crystal Palace easily overcame the less-fancied hosts Shelbourne at Tolka Park, where Christantus Uche, Eddie Nketiah and Yeremy Pino all scored in the Conference League.
Glasner has every reason to regret that his team should have won by a larger margin, as Palace missed numerous opportunities to increase their lead, and that wastefulness could prove costly when facing teams like Man City.
Nevertheless, the reigning FA Cup champions are now back at home after three consecutive away wins against Burnley, Fulham, and most recently Shelbourne. These first two victories have propelled them into the Champions League qualification zone in the Premier League table after 15 rounds of matches.
The home side have also suffered only one home defeat in the Premier League this season, although that was their most recent loss against rivals Manchester United. Only two of Palace's seven Premier League matches at Selhurst Park in the 2025-26 season ended in victory.
Four draws at home is the most of any Premier League team this season, and coincidentally, this fixture also ended 2-2 last season. Prior to that, Man City had won 5-2 at home, only to then succumb to Eberechi Eze's decisive cup-winning goal at Wembley.
Latest Crystal Palace vs Man City score prediction
Based on the above football analysis, we and leading football websites worldwide have provided our predictions for the match.Crystal Palace vs Man Cityas follows:
- Sportsmole:Crystal Palace 1-2 Man City
- WhoScore:Crystal Palace 0-2 Man City
- We predict:Crystal Palace 1-2 Man City
When and where can I watch Crystal Palace vs Man City live?
To watch the Crystal Palace vs Man City match live in the English Premier League at 9:00 PM on December 14th, viewers can tune in to the following channels:K+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. We hope you enjoy watching football.
