Comments, predictions Man City vs Crystal Palace: Home team wins late
The match between Man City vs Crystal Palace in the English Premier League takes place at 6:30 p.m. on April 12. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Man City vs Crystal Palace squad information
Man City will be without Rodri (cruciate ligament rupture), Nathan Ake (foot injury), John Stones (thigh), Erling Haaland (ankle) and Manuel Akanji (groin). Although Akanji is recovering from surgery in mid-February, he is not yet ready for the upcoming match.
Rico Lewis – who scored and was sent off in the first leg against Palace – and Abdukodir Khusanov are expected to start in defence, but Guardiola is likely to stick with the quartet of Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol and Nico O'Reilly – who have kept two clean sheets in the last two games.
Nico Gonzalez could return to replace Mateo Kovacic or Ilkay Gundogan, while Kevin De Bruyne could wear the captain's armband at the Etihad for the first time since announcing his departure at the end of the season.
Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden are in danger of being replaced on the flanks, with Savinho, Jeremy Doku and Jack Grealish all competing. Up front, Omar Marmoush – who has scored five goals in five games at the Etihad since joining in January – is likely to continue in Haaland’s place.
For Crystal Palace, Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure remain sidelined with long-term knee injuries, while captain Marc Guehi and striker Eddie Nketiah are both suspended after being sent off against Brighton.
Maxence Lacroix was substituted with a concussion in the previous game and is a doubt, while Chris Richards is also doubtful after missing two games with a calf injury. Jefferson Lerma, Joel Ward and Nathaniel Clyne are all possible replacements in the back three.
Adam Wharton – who has been linked with a move to Manchester City – could partner Will Hughes or Daichi Kamada in midfield. The attack remains largely unchanged, with Eberechi Eze and Ismaila Sarr supporting centre-forward Mateta, who is looking to end a four-game scoreless run away from home.
Latest expected lineup Man City vs Crystal Palace
Manchester City:
Ederson; Lewis, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly; Gundogan, Gonzalez; Savinho, De Bruyne, Doku; Marmoush
Crystal Palace:
Henderson; Lerma, Lacroix, Richards; Munoz, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; Mateta
Latest Man City vs Crystal Palace football review
After seeing their team overcome Bournemouth to reach the FA Cup semi-finals and beat struggling Leicester City in the Premier League, City fans were hoping to enjoy a first three-game winning streak since January by overcoming rivals Manchester United last weekend.
However, the 196th Manchester derby was a dull and goalless affair at Old Trafford. The loss of two more points has put Pep Guardiola and his team in a difficult position in the race for a Champions League ticket with only seven rounds remaining.
The good news for Man City is that fifth place in the Premier League will also qualify for next season's Champions League. However, they are currently sixth, one point behind Chelsea (fourth) and Newcastle (fifth), with the latter having a game in hand.
Four of City’s next five games will be against teams in the bottom half of the table, starting with Saturday’s visit of 11th-placed Crystal Palace. City have lost just one of their last 12 Premier League meetings with Palace (W7 D4), with their only defeat coming a 2-0 defeat at the Etihad in October 2021.
However, Guardiola's side have only won two of their last six home games against Palace (D2 L2), and have failed to win any of their last three Saturday afternoon games (D1 L2). So, taking all three points this time around is not a given.
Man City will certainly be keeping an eye on Crystal Palace's impressive form, having lost just two of their last 17 games in all competitions since the end of December (W12 D3), and are on a seven-match unbeaten run following a 2-1 win over Brighton last weekend.
Despite finishing the M23 derby with just nine men, goals from Daniel Munoz and Jean-Philippe Mateta still secured all three points for Palace. They are currently 11th, just two points behind 10th-placed Bournemouth, and still in contention for a place in the European places, with Fulham in eighth just five points behind and Palace having a game in hand.
Only Liverpool (23 points) have collected more points than Palace (22 points – W7 D1 L2) in their last 10 Premier League games. Palace have also won four of their last five domestic games (D1), and six of their last eight away games (D2).
Oliver Glasner's side are on a 10-game unbeaten run away from home in the Premier League (W6 D4) - their best ever run. During that run, Palace won four consecutive 2-0 games before being held to a 1-1 draw by Southampton in their most recent outing.
Palace have been inconsistent in terms of scoring at the Etihad, failing to score in five of their last 11 visits and scoring just two goals in six. However, they can take some confidence from the fact that Man City have kept just four clean sheets in their last 15 home games this season.
Latest Man City vs Crystal Palace score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Man City vs Crystal Palaceas follows:
- Sportsmole:Man City 2-0 Crystal Palace
- WhoScore:Man City 2-1 Crystal Palace
- Our newspaper predicts:Man City 2-1 Crystal Palace
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