On Saturday, January 16, Manchester City hosts Crystal Palace in an English Premier League week22 fixture. The game will be played at the Etihad Stadium in the city of Manchester and will kick off at 15:00 BST.
The home side is currently 3rd on the league table, with 40 points from 21 games, while the visitors are in 8th place, with 31 points from 21 games.
A win for the title challengers can see them go top of the table, while a defeat will leave them stuck in their current position. A win for the underdogs can see them go as high as 6th place, while a defeat can see them tumble to as low as 11th place.
The Citizens, managed by Manuel Pellegrini are in good form, with two wins, two draws and one defeat in their last five games in all competitions. These wins were against Watford in the Premier League (1-2 on January 2), and Norwich City in the FA Cup (0-3 on January 9).
The 2014 Champions drew their recent league games against Leicester City (0-0 on December 29), and Everton (0-0 on January 13). Their only recent defeat was against Everton in the League Cup semi-final (2-1 on January 6).
The Eagles, managed by Alan Pardew are in poor form, with one win, two draws and two defeats in their last five games in all competitions. This single victory was against Southampton (1-2 on January 9).
The London based team drew consecutive league games against AFC Bournemouth (0-0 on December 26), and Swansea City (0-0 on December 28). They also suffered league defeats to Chelsea (0-3 on December 3), and Aston Villa (1-0 on December 12).
Manchester City have failed to score in their two of their last five games. Center forwards Kun Aguero and Wilfried Bony will need to perform much better in front of goal than they have been doing in recent games. Crystal Palace have also been struggling in front of goal, scoring just two in their last five games. Alan Pardew will be hoping at least one of the trio of Dwight Gayle, Maraoune Chamakh and Frazer Campbell can open their account for the season in this game.
The odds for this game for Bet 365 are 4/11 for a Manchester City win, 4/1 for a draw and 8/1 for a Crystal Palace win.
Manchester City have been underperforming of late, but come up against a Crystal Palace side who have been in very poor form recently. Manchester City to win this game.
