City still with snow-white home waistcoat?
Manchester City welcome Londoners Crystal Palace for matchday ten. The home side haven’t lost since their opening defeat to Tottenham and are particularly strong at home, winning three and drawing one with a goal difference of 12-0!
On top of that, Pep Guardiola will be celebrating a jubilee in the upcoming match: The Catalan will be on the sidelines for the 200th time as a coach in the Premier League. With 146 wins to his name, he has the best record of any manager in the league to have reached this milestone in terms of games played.
For the match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace, the prediction also includes another win for his selection and that too to nil.
Manchester City – Statistics & current form
The champions already boast 11 different goalscorers this season, a number topped only by Chelsea with 14. After the departure of Sergio Aguero to Barcelona, who has been the club’s top scorer for most of the last few seasons with more than 20 goals, the forward duties are now spread across more shoulders.
This change has not harmed the efficiency of Manchester’s attack: only the league leaders in the shape of the Blues and Liverpool have scored more goals than coach Pep Guardiola’s team. Especially at home in the Etihad Stadium, the attack is not a matter of spilling the beans, but of making the most of it.
The Citizens have scored an average of three goals in their four home games this season. Admittedly, the difficulty of the tasks on home soil with teams like Burnley or Norwich has been limited so far, but the upcoming opponent can also be counted in this category as 15th in the table.
Will the Citizens once again be ahead at the break?
With that in mind, the odds on a home win – including an interval lead – in the clash between Manchester City and Crystal Palace are also linked with value. The prediction is supported by the Sky Blues’ three previous home victories, all of which have involved such a fixture.
This week’s defeat at West Ham in the EFL Cup should have left hardly any traces on the hosts. Although it ended their chances of winning the already unprestigious competition for the fifth time in a row, Manchester’s packed schedule means that frustration at the elimination is unquestionably limited.
Predicted Manchester City line-up:
Ederson – Dias – Walker – Laporte – Cancelo – Gündogan – Rodri – Silva – Gabriel Jesus – Foden – Grealish
Last matches played for Manchester City:
Carabao Cup
10/27 2021 – West Ham (5)0 – 0(3) Manchester City
Premier League
10/23 2021 – Brighton 1 – 4 Manchester City
Champions League Grp. A
10/19 2021 – Club Brugge 1 – 5 Manchester City
Premier League
10/16 2021 – Manchester City 2 – 0 Burnley
10/03 2021 – Liverpool FC 2 – 2 Manchester City
Crystal Palace – Statistics & current form
The Londoners are a welcome visitor to the Premier League at the moment, having conceded at least two goals in their last six league outings. Should this now be the case again, this negative series would then stand at seven games for the first time in Palace’s history in the Premier League.
With this in mind and the hosts’ strong attacking line-up, odds on at least three goals by the third-placed side in the table are additionally a good idea for the match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace.
Eagles usually wake up late
Furthermore, coach Patrick Vieira’s team, who never lost to Manchester as a player (6-1-0), has an offensive problem regarding the first half of the game. No less than 91 per cent of their season-long goals have been scored after the break – the highest figure in the division.
Furthermore, the only first-half goal the visitors have managed this season came very close, as it came in first-half injury time in the match against Brighton.
Benteke not keen to face City
On the offensive side, hopes are currently pinned on Christian Benteke. The Belgian scored on the last two matchdays and was able to overcome his previous lack of goals. However, the upcoming opponents do not suit him: The Diable Rouge has already scored 13 times against the Sky Blues. This is his worst record against a Premier League team.
Moreover, the visitors’ away record so far cannot give them much hope of success in Manchester: They have yet to win any of their four away games this season (0-2-2).
Predicted line-up of Crystal Palace:
Guaita – Guehi – Andersen – Ward – Mitchell – McArthur – Milivojevic – Gallagher – Olise – Benteke – Edouard
Last matches played by Crystal Palace:
Premier League
10/23 2021 – Crystal Palace 1 – 1 Newcastle United
10/18 2021 – Arsenal London 2 – 2 Crystal Palace
10/03 2021 – Crystal Palace 2 – 2 Leicester
09/27 2021 – Crystal Palace 1 – 1 Brighton
09/18 2021 – Liverpool FC 3 – 0 Crystal Palace
Manchester City – Crystal Palace Direct Comparison / H2H Record
The hosts came out on top in both matches last season. A review of the past 32 years also reveals only two away victories for the capital at City (12-4-2). For the upcoming match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace, the odds already clearly assign the home side the role of favourites.
Manchester City – Crystal Palace Tip
The starting position of the match is quickly told: The home side are unbeaten since matchday one and the visitors have been waiting for their next win for five rounds of matches. The forecast for the clash between Manchester City and Crystal Palace is a home win to nil.
This is mainly due to the enormous defensive strength of the hosts on their own ground: In the four home games they have played, they have not conceded a goal! In addition, the Londoners have been harmless in their away games so far. There have been four of these so far and none have been won.
On the other hand, they are very generous with goals conceded: on average, they have conceded 2.5 in their matches on foreign soil – only last-placed Norwich are even more generous. The statistics also back up the prediction: the hosts have won 60 per cent of the past ten home games against the Eagles by zero!
