Crystal Palace v Man City: Line-ups, stats and preview
Crystal Palace take on Manchester City this coming Sunday in the Premier League.
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Crystal Palace v Man City preview
Palace head into the weekend in fourth place in the league table, two places and five points behind City, as Oliver Glasner continuues to do a wonderful job at Selhurst Park,
Both sides were victorious in midweek, Palace were able to rest and rotate to good effect and win in Ireland while City were at their best to beat Real Madrid.
Palace are likely to be without at least one key player but this promises to be a thrilling spectacle. Who will come out on top?
Crystal Palace v Manchester City team news
Palace are waiting to see if key forwards Jean-Philippe Mateta and Ismaila Sarr are fit after both were spared the Conference League triip to recover from minor injuries.
Wing-back Daniel Munoz is a big miss though, he will be out until January with a knee injury so Nathaniel Clyne should start.
City are still without John Stones, Rodri and Mateo Kovacic while Pep Guardiola may freshen up his side after a full-intensity win in Madrid.
Palace v Man City expected line-ups
Crystal Palace: Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Clyne, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Pino, Nketiah; Mateta
Man City: Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Gonzalez; Cherki, Reijnders, Foden, Doku; Haaland
How to watch Palace v Man City: TV channel, live online streams
Kick-off on Sunday is at 14:00 GMT (09:00 ET / 06:00 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra.
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Streaming is available on a vast variety of devices via the Sky GO app.
Crystal Palace vs Man City stats
- Crystal Palace are winless in their last 10 Premier League home games against Man City (D3 L7) since a 2-1 victory under Alan Pardew in April 2015.
- Crystal Palace’s Eddie Nketiah has scored 21 of his 24 Premier League goals in London (18 at home, 3 away), the highest percentage of any player to score 20 goals in the history of the competition (87.5%).
- Manchester City are the leading Premier League scorers this season with 35 goals, while they also lead the way for xG (30.0). They have the third best overperformance on xG in the division (5 goals), behind Tottenham (10.1) and Aston Villa (5.6).
Palace vs Manchester City prediction
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Palace’s fine season has been built on resilience and organisation and after resting plenty of players in midweek the hosts will have enough to take a share of the spoils.
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