Man City v Crystal Palace

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Preview

Manchester City ended their four-match winless run in the Premier League last weekend with a 2-1 win away from home against lowly Luton Town at Kenilworth Road and Pep Guardiola's side will now return to the comforts of their Etihad Stadium for this upcoming clash with Crystal Palace who have dropped down the top flight table to 15th place after being dealt a fourth defeat in five games following a 2-1 loss at home to Liverpool.

Although City have experienced something of a wobble by their extremely high standards, the bigger picture shows the hosts have suffered just the three defeats so far in this season's campaign and they still occupy fourth spot and trail Liverpool by just four points heading into this weekend's fixtures.

It's also worth noting that Manchester City's three losses were all inflicted upon Guardiola's side on their travels with defeats at Wolves, Arsenal and Aston Villa while results on home soil at the Etihad Stadium still remain solid as City are still unbeaten as they have collected five wins and drawn twice in their seven home games so far this term.

Manchester City are now unbeaten in their previous 17 home games.

Crystal Palace have slowly but surely dropped down the Premier league table in recent weeks as The Eagles have found themselves failing to win any of their last five matches and the visitors have slumped to four defeats within this period as well, thus making this upcoming trip to the Etihad Stadium another potentially disappointing outing for Roy Hodgson's side.

Recent defeats to Everton, Luton Town, Bournemouth and Liverpool have sparked off a few alarms of late at the London club although the visitors do possess a useful seven-point cushion above the relegation zone but perhaps they are now starting to keep one eye over their proverbial shoulders.

Palace have managed to muster just four league wins so far this term which has not been a great return for their troubles but the one thing in Crystal Palace's favour perhaps is the fact that three of these four victories have been achieved on their travels with wins registered at Sheffield United, Manchester United and Burnley.

Of course, an away trip to face Manchester City at their Etihad Stadium is likely to be a totally different prospect especially as The Eagles have found themselves on the losing side against City more often than not in recent exchanges.

Manchester City v Crystal Palace Verdict

Manchester City have won six of the last nine meetings against Crystal Palace and the hosts certainly look the more likely to grab all three points against a wobbling Palace outfit despite City's recent hiccup and the quality and depth in squad should see an easy home win here.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS No @ 1.70

Other side bets worth considering:

Manchester City win & BTTS No @ 1.83

Correct Score: Manchester City 2-0 @ 7.00