Manchester City vs Crystal Palace betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions & odds

By Jamie Brown Published: January 16, 2021 12:34 am
Last Updated: January 16, 2021 6:11 pm

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Sterling, Raheem

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Townsend, Andros
Batshuayi, Michy

De Bruyne, Kevin
Cancelo, Joao

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Gundogan, Ilkay
Torres, Ferran

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Milivojevic, Luka
Riedewald, Jairo

Stones, John

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Silva, Bernardo
Foden, Phil

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Gundogan, Ilkay

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Stones, John

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Starting lineup

Ederson31

Walker, Kyle2

Dias, Ruben3

Stones, John5

Zinchenko, Olexandr11

De Bruyne, Kevin17

Fernandinho25

Gundogan, Ilkay8

Sterling, Raheem7

Silva, Bernardo20

Jesus, Gabriel9

31Guaita, Vicente

2Ward, Joel

5Tomkins, James

24Cahill, Gary

27Mitchell, Tyrick

18McArthur, James

22McCarthy, James

4Milivojevic, Luka

25Eze, Eberechi

9Ayew, Jordan

10Townsend, Andros

Substitutes

Steffen, Zack13

Cancelo, Joao27

Mendy, Benjamin22

Doyle, Thomas69

Foden, Phil47

Rodri16

Mahrez, Riyad26

Torres, Ferran21

Delap, Liam48

1Butland, Jack

17Clyne, Nathaniel

6Dann, Scott

3Van Aanholt, Patrick

44Riedewald, Jairo

23Batshuayi, Michy

20Benteke, Christian

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace betting tips

This article covers Manchester City vs Crystal Palace betting tips and predictions.

Also included is a thorough Manchester City vs Crystal Palace betting preview.

Note: All odds mentioned in this article are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change.

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace: Match details

Match: Manchester City vs Crystal Palace

Competition: Premier League

Date: January 17, 2021

Kick-off time: 7:15 pm, January 17, 2021 (UK time)

Stadium: Etihad Stadium

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 23: General view inside the stadium with a close up of the corner flag prior to the Premier League match between Manchester City and AFC Bournemouth at Etihad Stadium on December 23, 2017 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)

Betting prediction: Manchester City 2-0 Crystal Palace

Manchester City to beat Crystal Palace 2-0

Betting odds: 11/2

Manchester City are seeking a fifth consecutive win on Sunday to close the gap on the top two.

Pep Guardiola’s side are currently third and they will be looking to take advantage of any dropped points between Liverpool and United.

Crystal Palace are now three games unbeaten, with their previous outing seeing them hold Arsenal to a goalless draw.

The Gunners’ run of three wins was brought to an end by the Eagles and they will be hoping to also end City’s impressive run of form.

SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 31: Kyle Walker of Manchester City celebrates with teammates after scoring his team’s first goal during the Premier League match between Sheffield United and Manchester City at Bramall Lane on October 31, 2020 in Sheffield, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace: Recommended bets

Phil Foden to score first. The 20-year-old is quickly announcing himself as one of the Premier League’s hottest young talents this season.

Foden has had to be patient under Guardiola but his chance looks to have finally arrived with the midfielder netting in City’s last two league matches.

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace: Phil Foden to score first

Betting odds: 7/2

Manchester City’s English midfielder Phil Foden (R) celebrates with teammates after scoring their third goa during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on July 2, 2020. (Photo by LAURENCE GRIFFITHS / POOL / AFP)  

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace: What are the betting odds?

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace – recent form and head to head statistics

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace: Match preview

Following a slow start, City are finally looking like a side ready to challenge for the title this season.

Guardiola’s side are on a run of four straight wins and sit just four points off leaders Manchester United with a game in hand.

Defensively, they have made huge improvements with Ruben Dias and John Stones forming a strong partnership.

City have conceded just two goals in their last eight league matches and have the best defensive record in the league this season.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 17: Ruben Dias of Manchester City in action during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Arsenal at Etihad Stadium on October 17, 2020 in Manchester, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Palace end Arsenal winning run

Roy Hodgson’s side ended Arsenal’s run of four consecutive wins in all competitions to claim a point at the Emirates.

Palace are now three games unbeaten having drawn with Arsenal and Leicester and defeating Sheffield United.

The Eagles are currently sat 13th in the table with 23 points.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 19: Wilfried Zaha of Crystal Palace celebrates scoring their second goal during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on September 19, 2020 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)

Manchester City team news vs Crystal Palace

Manchester City will remain without both Sergio Aguero and Ayermic Laporte.

Aguero is having to self-isolate due to Covid and Laporte is continuing to recover from a thigh injury.

Eric Garcia, Cole Palmer and Adrian Bernabe are all available after recovering from Covid.

Nathan Ake remains sidelined with a muscular injury.

SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND – JANUARY 21: Aymeric Laporte of Manchester City looks on as he warms up prior to the Premier League match between Sheffield United and Manchester City at Bramall Lane on January 21, 2020 in Sheffield, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matt McNulty – Manchester City/Manchester City FC via Getty Images)

Crystal Palace team news vs Manchester City

Gary Cahill and Scott Dann both returned from injury against Arsenal, but only made the bench.

Connor Wickham, Jeffrey Schlupp, Mamadou Sakho, Martin Kelly, Wayne Hennessey and Nathan Ferguson all remain sidelined.

Predicted Manchester City line-up vs Crystal Palace

Predicted Manchester City line-up vs Crystal Palace

Predicted Crystal Palace line-up vs Manchester City

Predicted Crystal Palace line-up vs Manchester City

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