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Crystal Palace vs Man City predictions: Premier League tips and odds
James Milton’s Crystal Palace vs Manchester City betting tips include 17/2, 5/2 and 15/1 selections, including Rodri to score or assist
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Our betting expert has three Crystal Palace vs Manchester City tips for the Saturday lunchtime Premier League match at Selhurst Park (12.30pm kick-off). Scroll down for the analysis behind his selections.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City betting tips
- Manchester City to win 3-1 @ 17/2 with Paddy Power
- Rodri to score or assist a goal @ 5/2 with Paddy Power
- Bet builder – half-time draw, Will Hughes to be shown a card and Eberechi Eze to have two or more shots @ 15/1 with Paddy Power
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Champions should avoid slip-up against struggling Eagles
Manchester City have had some awkward recent fixtures against Crystal Palace but they cannot afford to slip up this time, given the relentless form of title rivals Liverpool and Arsenal.
In the 2021-22 Premier League season, the Eagles won 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium before a 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park. Last term they lost 4-2 in Manchester, where they had led 2-0 at half-time, and City needed a late Erling Haaland penalty to break the deadlock in south London.
Palace have already taken a point off the champions this term, coming from 2-0 down to grab a 2-2 draw at the Etihad thanks to an injury-time Michael Olise penalty.
Olise is a major injury doubt and England centre back Marc Guehi is one of a host of Palace absentees, while the South Londoners are still finding their feet under new manager Oliver Glasner.
He won his first game in charge, a 3-0 home victory against 10-man Burnley, but has taken just two points from four subsequent league matches against Tottenham Hotspur, Luton Town, Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth.
City responded well to last weekend’s stalemate against Arsenal, thumping Aston Villa 4-1 on Wednesday night when Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne and John Stones were unused substitutes.
They should be fresh for the trip to Palace and a 3-1 win for the Light Blues looks a decent price in the correct-score market – six of their 16 victories in all competitions since Christmas have been by that scoreline.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City tip 1: Manchester City to win 3-1 @ 17/2 with Paddy Power
City’s midfield gem can sparkle at Selhurst Park
Phil Foden’s hat-trick lit up City's midweek win over Villa but Rodri produced yet another excellent display, scoring the opening goal with a fine finish and claiming an assist for Foden’s second.
The Spain international was given a well-earned breather for the final 15 minutes on Wednesday so he should be raring to go against Palace and is worth backing to score or assist a goal.
Nominally a defensive midfielder, this gem of a player has a licence to get forward and he set up two of City’s three goals in last month’s Manchester derby win over United.
He has contributed seven goals and six assists in 27 league starts this term and had three shots in December’s reverse fixture against Palace.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City tip 2: Rodri to score or assist a goal @ 5/2 with Paddy Power
Gritty Palace could stand firm until the break
While title-chasing City are hot favourites to win the game, Palace may offer some early resistance as they have not conceded a first-half goal in any of their past seven Premier League matches.
The half-time draw is the first leg of our bet builder – and Palace midfielder Will Hughes to be shown a card is also an appealing selection.
Arsenal’s tactical fouling was a feature of last Sunday’s 0-0 at the Etihad and Hughes, cautioned in Palace’s midweek defeat at Bournemouth, may have to do some dirty work in the engine room.
With Olise unlikely to start, Eberechi Eze shoulders the attacking burden for the hosts and the England international should be backed to have at least two shots at goal, having racked up 10 attempts in his past two home games.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City tip 3: Bet builder – half-time draw, Will Hughes to be shown a card and Eberechi Eze to have two or more shots @ 15/1 with Paddy Power
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City odds
- Crystal Palace @ 19/2 with Paddy Power
- Draw @ 9/2 with Paddy Power
- Manchester City @ 2/7 with Paddy Power
Odds, correct at the time of publication, are subject to change.
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