Manchester City v Crystal Palace
TEAM NEWS
Manchester City will assess recent injuries to Jack Grealish, Nathan Ake and Kalvin Phillips.
Aymeric Laporte is still working his way back into fitness after his knee surgery in May.
Crystal Palace are without James McArthur, James Tomkins and Nathan Ferguson.
Goalkeeper Jack Butland is currently recovering from a wrist injury and is expected to return in a few weeks.
SUTTON’S PREDICTION
Crystal Palace have beaten Manchester City twice at the Etihad Stadium in recent years so they know how to win there and there is the connection to their manager Patrick Vieira who used to play and coach at the club.
Palace are one of the most dangerous counterattack teams in the league, but you can’t get past Manchester City.
It was really interesting how brave Newcastle were and attacked City and hurt them, but I expect City with home advantage to win this game, although I think Palace will score.
Forecast: 3-1
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MATCH FACTS
head to head
- Crystal Palace won this game 2-0 last season with goals from Wilfried Zaha and Conor Gallagher.
- Palace were the only side City didn’t score against last season; They drew 0-0 at Selhurst Park.
- A win for the Eagles would give them a third league win at Pep Guardiola’s City. Only Manchester United have had three Premier League wins away from the Spaniard.
Manchester City
- Manchester City are two goals down in three of their last five Premier League games but have avoided defeat in all three (W1, D2).
- The champions have scored at least two goals in each of their last 12 Premier League games, scoring 40 times.
- They have lost just two of their last 54 Premier League games, which kicked off at 3pm on a Saturday (W46, U6), but both have played against Crystal Palace at home.
- Kevin de Bruyne has had an assist in four straight Premier League games. He is aiming to become the first City player to assist in five straight games in the competition.
crystal palace
- Palace drew 1-1 in their first away game at Liverpool, and their first two away games in the Premier League have featured last season’s top two teams. This has only happened once before, when Burnley won at Chelsea and drew at Tottenham in 2017-18.
- Wilfried Zaha has scored 11 goals in his last 16 top division games, one more than in his previous 41 games.
- Eberechi Eze has been involved in six goals in his last eight Premier League away games and has provided an assist in each of Crystal Palace’s last two away games.
- Palace manager Patrick Vieira ended his playing career at Manchester City, scoring three goals in 28 Premier League games and winning the FA Cup in 2011.
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