Manchester City vs Crystal Palace – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Sreya

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace – Manchester City host Crystal Palace at the Etihad on 6th May, Saturday in a crucial English Premier League fixture.

The race for ‘top four’ is far from over with Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal still fighting for the two UEFA Champions League qualifying berths and separated by just nine points.

Manchester City are fourth in the league standings with sixty six points, three points behind Liverpool and one point ahead of Manchester United. Their opponents tonight, Crystal Palace are sixteenth with thirty eight points and are yet to secure top flight football for next season.

Team News

Sergio Aguero, Ilkay Gundogan, David Silva, Claudio Bravo and John Stones are sidelined through injuries for the hosts. The visitors will be without the injured Connor Wickham, Scott Dann, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho and the unfit Loic Remy and Pape Soaure.

Manchester City Possible Starting Lineup: Willy Caballero, Jesus Navas, Nicolas Otamendi, Vincent Kompany, Gael Clichy, Yaya Toure, Fernandinho, Raheem Sterling, Kevin de Bruyne, Leroy Sane, Gabriel Jesus.

Crystal Palace Possible Starting Lineup: Wayne Hennessey, Joel Ward, Martin Kelly, Damien Delaney, Patrick van Aanholt, James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic, Wilfried Zaha, Jason Puncheon, Andros Townsend, Christian Benteke.

“We will see if we are able to make our step forward to qualify. If we win all four games we will definitely be in the Champions League and maybe in the third position. It depends on us. Our home games have not been perfect this season. We have to change it in three home games if we want to play in the Champions League next season.”

– Pep Guardiola, Manchester City.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Manchester City vs Crystal Palace H2H Stats, Manchester City have won all of their previous five meetings with Crystal Palace. In fact, Manchester City have won 12 of their last 13 matches against Crystal Palace in all competitions.

A 2-1 win for Manchester City is the most likely result today.