Manchester City is following Liverpool in the Premier League hierarchy and Pep Guardiola’s students do not allow the wrong moves. In the 18th round, “citizens” receive their own visit to Crystal Palace, a band that failed to score in the Manchester gate in 5 of the last six direct disputes.
City scored at least two goals in all 9 home games this season, and the offensive tendency of the games involving the champions will not change over the weekend. Crystal Palace will accept the dominance of the favorites, who should use their good play to build dangerous dangers at the London gateway. The Palace has few arguments on its side this weekend.
Even though Guardiola can not rely on Danilo, Mangala, Mendy and David Silva, the host team is strong enough to replace the absences. Only Benteke is missing from the Palace, and the heavy attack will only fall on Zaha’s and Towsend’s shoulders. Without being a force player, the two should be easily annihilated by Guardiola’s football triangles, so Ederson is unlikely to have much to do with the red-blue. No wonder City has such a small share!
In the rankings, City is in second place (48-10 golaveraj and has 4 wins in the last 5 stages, managed to pass well over the failure of the match with Chelsea (0-2). On the other hand, Roy Hodgson’s team is only on the 15th place (go 14-23) and came out of the relegation zone after winning two consecutive stages on his own field. The last step, City passed Everton 3-1, while Palace defeated Leicester (1-0) after a big fight, but Crystal Palace is used to playing a very defensive play (two wins in 9 matches this season), and a team like Manchester City will penalize London’s defensive attitude.
The last direct duel ended in Selhurst Park 0-0 in the previous season, but Manchester City won 5-0 the previous two games against Palace, both disputed in 2017. Prior to these two successes, “citizens” checked out two wins and a 3-0 and 2-1 away. Probably City will be holding the fate of the game before the last half hour, when it will impose a slower pace.
MANY PERSONAL TEAMS. CITY – CRYSTAL PALACE
Manchester City (4-3-3): Ederson – Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Delph – B. Silva, Fernandinho, Gundogan – Sterling, Aguero, Sane
Crystal Palace (4-4-2): Hennessey – Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt – McArthur, Kouyate, Milivojevic, Meyer – Townsend, Zaha
PREDICTION: Over 3.5 goals @ 1.89
