Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Predictions

• Manchester City have lost their last five competitive away games.
• Crystal Palace have only lost one of their last seven matches.
• Manchester City have only won one of their last eight in all competitions.

Eagles showing promise after Ipswich win

Manchester City may have stopped the rot at home to Nottingham Forest on Wednesday, but the ailing champions may find themselves dropping points yet again when they visit a resolute Crystal Palace side.

The hosts beat Ipswich in their midweek fixture and, despite their 17th-place standing in the Premier League, they have only lost six of their 17 competitive games this term and only one of those has come in their last seven outings.

This includes a win over Spurs, draws against Chelsea and Manchester United, and limiting Premier League leaders Liverpool to a 1-0 scoreline, so they could give the visitors more trouble than many expect on Saturday.

Citizens stop the rot at the Etihad

Manchester City may have put three past a declining Nottingham Forest in midweek, but they have still lost six of their last eight games and their away form over the past month has been atrocious.

Their 2-0 defeat at Liverpool last weekend made it five defeats on the spin, including reverses against Bournemouth, Sporting, and Brighton. Prior to that they required a 90th-minute goal to beat Wolves and they drew with Newcastle.

Travelling woes to continue for Guardiola’s side

Pep Guardiola’s side have scored exactly once in four of these recent five away games and three of Crystal Palace’s last five games have ended all square, including a 1-1 draw against Newcastle in their last home match.

Backing Palace to get something from this game looks excellent value, and I’m going for a 1-1 correct score prediction on top of that.