Manchester City are now behind the eight ball, at least a little bit, in the Premier League title race. However, they are still City, and we will definitely see that on Saturday at Crystal Palace. We saw that yesterday, in the 4-1 rout of a very good Aston Villa side. The only highlight, for the Villans, was a goal from ex-Chicago Fire striker Jhon Duran.
City will look to be clinical at Palace this weekend, but they will also no doubt have one eye on the UCL clash with Real Madrid early next week a well.
Manchester City at Crystal Palace FYIs
Kick: Sat. Apr. 6, 12:30pm, Selhurst Park, London, UK
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PL Position: Manchester City 3rd, 66 pts Crystal Palace 14th, 30 pts
Form Guide: Manchester City WDDWW Crystal Palace LDDLW
Google Result Probability: Manchester City 72% Crystal Palace 11% Draw 17%
Expect some squad rotation here for sure. Look for superlative scoring sensation Erling Haaland to come back into lineup here.
Manchester City Starting XI Prediction at Crystal Palace
Stefan Ortega; Rico Lewis, Manuel Akanji, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol; Mateo Kovacic, Matheus Nunes; Sergio Gomez, Oscar Bobb, Phil Foden; Erling Haaland
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