Crystal Palace v Manchester City Betting Tips [6 April 2024]

After three straight home matches, Manchester City will be making the trip to Crystal Palace for their next Premier League game. Hosts Palace start this game eight points above the relegation zone, and City one behind league leaders Arsenal. Four matches without a win coming here have left Palace 14th with 30 points. In their reverse fixture back in December, Palace rose from 2-0 to draw City 2-2 at the Etihad. They’d love to even get closer to that for now, but their current form says otherwise. Palace are coming from a 1-0 away defeat at Bournemouth. That was their second defeat in four matches. Palace’s two wins in their last 10 league matches were against the bottom two sides. This game will be a serious upgrade on that. One clean sheet in 19 league matches will probably push Oliver Glasner to want to focus more on defending here. The manager will as well want to build on their improving home form. In seven home matches across all competitions, they have suffered just one loss.

Manchester City returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a 4-1 victory over Aston Villa on Wednesday. That came after two straight draws in the league, extending their unbeaten run in all competitions to 24 matches. The win over Villa took City’s tally to 67 points, one behind Arsenal at the top of the standings. That gap could be wider by the time they face Palace, as second placed Liverpool play on Thursday. Pep Guardiola rested a number of his first team players in the comfortable win over Villa and they may be unleashed for Palace. Erling Haaland and Kevin Debruyne were among the players who watched it from the bench. With five wins in six away matches, City will be very confident of bagging three points here. While City are favorites here, they will remember well how Palace have given them trouble in recent years. In the last five meetings, Palace have fought to two draws and a win over City. The visitors know just how detrimental dropping points here will be.

It is a crucial stage of the season and City will be banking on their dominance against Crystal Palace. They have done well and will be favorites, especially after resting their top players in the last game. The hosts aren’t at their best coming into this fixture and will need a lot to stop this City side. Palace have however been consistent in attack in recent games, while City have struggled to keep clean sheets. Both sides scoring is a likely outcome here. Our prediction for Crystal Palace v Manchester City is therefore for Manchester City to win and both teams to score.