Crystal Palace vs Manchester City — Tips & Analysis

Crystal Palace +1: Manchester City rarely win big at the moment, and that is the whole case for Palace. City have won by 2 or more goals in only 5 of their last 17 games. Just 2 of those 17 games produced four or more goals. They win, but they win small. Palace are built to make that hard work. At Selhurst Park they have won 4, tied 2 and lost 2, letting in just over a goal a game, better than their record across all games. They will sit deep and hand City the ball. The trouble is at the other end. Ismaila Sarr is still not fit and Chadi Riad has no return date after the knee injury at Everton. Palace score just over a goal a game, so chances will be rare. City have their own gaps. Jeremy Doku is out for two to three weeks and Matheus Nunes is still being checked. Rayan Cherki is in good form after two assists on the opening weekend. The most likely single score is a 1-0 City win. That is the type of tight game we want, but we need Palace to take something from it. The risk is an early City goal. Palace have lost by 2 or more in 5 of their last 16 games, and they have lost 12 of the last 20 meetings. We still want Palace to keep this close, and we think they will.