Another weekend and another exciting round of Premier League fixtures. Seven games are on Saturday, including a pair broadcast live on television to a global audience. The action gets underway in London, where Crystal Palace welcomes Manchester City, last season’s champions, to town for what promises to be a thriller.
The Eagles hold the home advantage and will be cheered on by a supportive audience, but even the biggest Palace fan understands the size of the task ahead of them. They’re up against last season’s treble winners and hosting a superpower of English football that knows this is a must-win game if they are to increase their chances of successfully defending their league title.
Palace continue to struggle
Crystal Palace has become a mainstay in the English Premier League in recent times, but they are always fighting for their survival, and the same is true this season. The hosts have given their loyal band of supporters plenty to cheer this season, and supporters hope they have already done enough to avoid the mess of relegation and remain in the top flight for at least another season. Beating the drop is Palace’s main ambition each term.
The home team has been in decent form but has found wins hard to come by of late, drawing too many games. Palace drew back-to-back matches against Luton Town at this venue before traveling to the City Ground and taking a point from Nottingham Forest. Avoiding defeats will go some way to keeping them in the league, but most pundits expected Palace to win those fixtures. Better is required.
The city remains in the mix
We’re all set for a grandstand finish to the season with three teams battling to win the Premier League crown. Liverpool is back at its best and wishes to send manager Jurgen Klopp off with another title as he’s planning to exit Anfield in the summer to take on a new position in another country, possibly back in Germany. Arsenal wants to go one better than last season and win the league, while City hopes to tighten its iron grip on English football.
Bet hereWhen looking through the stats, we notice few surprises in the head-to-head figures, with Man City dominating Palace in recent years. The last meeting of the Cityzens and Eagles saw Pep Guardiola’s side end 2-2 back in the middle of December, despite racing into a 2-0 lead. The champions were guilty of thinking the game was won that day and took their foot off the gas, allowing their opponents back into the play. That was a game where City dropped two valuable points and will be determined not to make the same mistake again.
Crystal Palace vs Man City prediction
Crystal Palace deserves credit for fighting back from 2-0 down to gain a share of the spoils when they last played Man City. However, we must remember they were behind early in that game, and it looked like they could concede more than two goals. They’ll need another rub of the green to get anything out of this game, but it’s not impossible.
Many Man City fans expected the league to be all but wrapped up by this point of the season, and they have achieved that in the past. But they have much work to do if they are to fend off the interests of Arsenal and Liverpool, who remain in the hunt and are determined to spoil the party. Man City arrive in good form and should have enough class to win the game.
Premier League odds
The pre-match betting odds are in, and 22Bet customers can wager on the result of this hotly anticipated live game in London. But which team do you think will win?
Crystal Palace trades at 8.74, while an away win for Man City is yours at 1.36. Fancy the draw? Another level finish is 5.24.
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