Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Prediction and Betting Tips

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Prediction and Betting Tips | 12th April 2025

Modified Apr 11, 2025 08:44 GMT

Crystal Palace FC v Manchester City FC - Premier League - Source: Getty — Manchester City take on Crystal Palace this weekend

The Premier League is back in action with another set of matches this weekend as Crystal Palace lock horns with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City side in an important encounter at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Both teams have been inconsistent this season and will want to win this game.

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Preview

Crystal Palace are in 11th place in the Premier League standings and have not been at their best this season. The away side edged Brighton & Hove Albion to a narrow 2-1 victory last week and will be confident ahead of this fixture.

Manchester City, on the other hand, are in sixth place in the league table and have failed to meet expectations this season. The Cityzens were held to a 0-0 stalemate by Manchester United in their previous game and will need to take it up a notch this weekend.

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

Manchester City have a good historical record against Crystal Palace and have won 38 out of the 72 matches between the two teams, as opposed to Crystal Palace's 17 victories.
Manchester City have lost only one of their last 12 matches against Crystal Palace in the Premier League, with their only such defeat during this period coming by a 2-0 scoreline at home in October 2021.
After a run of six defeats on the trot away from home against Manchester City in the Premier League, Crystal Palace have lost only two of their last six such games in the competition.
The team that has opened the scoring has won only one of the last five matches played between Manchester City and Crystal Palace in the Premier League, with the Cityzens securing the only such victory in 2023.

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Prediction

Manchester City have an excellent squad at their disposal and have a point to prove going into this game. Omar Marmoush has been a revelation for the Cityzens and will look to make his mark this week.

Crystal Palace have flattered to deceive this season but have troubled Manchester City on a few occasions in the past. Manchester City are the better team on paper, however, and should be able to win this game.

Prediction: Manchester City 2-1 Crystal Palace

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Manchester City to win

Tip 2: Game to have over 2.5 goals - Yes

Tip 3: Manchester City to score first - Yes

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Aditya is a European and international football writer at Sportskeeda, covering previews, news, post-match articles and live blogs for 5 years. During his time here, he has had the privilege of covering a press meeting during the collaboration between his favorite club Bengaluru FC and Sevilla, where he got a chance to interact with Sevilla president Jose Castro and explore the grassroots development in his city.

Aditya started following the sport after being dazzled by Ronaldinho’s silky feet at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He is a Barcelona fan and unsurprisingly, his favorite manager and players are Pep Guardiola and Andres Iniesta respectively. He admires the latter for his superhuman talent and his off-pitch demeanor, and his winning goal in Spain’s 2010 World Cup final win over the Netherlands left a lasting impact on Aditya.

The match-preview specialist believes that his ongoing five-year stint at Sportskeeda has given him the ability to identify the distinct line between emotional and fact-based articles, which separates him from other journalists. For him, fact-checking is the most integral part of his writing process and he only relies on authentic platforms for data.

Aditya is a semi-professional pianist and likes to participate in concerts and recitals when not immersed in football.

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