Crystal Palace hosts Manchester City in round 9 of English Premier League. The match will be played on Saturday, October 19th at Selhurst Park (London)
Crystal Palace gained as many points as Chelsea and Leicester did at the start of the season (14). Hodgson's team has already managed to beat Manchester United away and dealt with unyielding West Ham. In general, the Eagles played well in the attack in the last two matches, having managed to hammer four goals. A scoring streak of the team amounts to three games in a row. Crystal Palace is experiencing problems only in defense. The Eagles kept a clean sheet in only one of the last four games (with a newcomer to the Premier League). In a duel with Tottenham, they managed to concede as many as 4 goals.
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Having lost to Wolverhampton at home, Manchester City allowed Liverpool to create a gap of 8 points. Given the competition of the teams in the last season, the Citizens can’t lose points anymore. They rarely leave the field without goals scored. In 2019, Manchester failed to score only Wolves in the Premier League. In that match, the team of Guardiola created a lot of attempts but lacked luck. Let’s look at its goal statistics. In eight matches of the Premier League, the Citizens have already scored as many as 27 goals (3.38 goals per game, on average). Tottenham, Everton and West Ham conceded 10 goals from them in total. The team of Guardiola also sent three balls to the net of Shakhtar in the Champions League visit. Its attack can be rightfully considered the strongest not only in England but also on the whole continent.
Crystal Palace managed to keep a clean sheet in only one of fourteen last head-to-head matches against Manchester City. In the last season, Londoners conceded three goals from Man City even on their pitch. That is, the goal of the visitors in the upcoming game is a matter of time. But the hosts are also capable of scoring. For example, Crystal Palace scored the Citizens in both matches of the last season. Moreover, the Eagles became the only team that managed to take away points from Etihad (CP won 2-3). Currently, the team of Guardiola does not play so reliably in defense. It managed to keep a clean sheet only in 3 out of 8 matches of the Premier League. As for away games, the Citizens conceded from Everton, Bournemouth and 3 goals from Norwich - a newcomer to the Premier League. In 2019, the Eagles didn’t score in only 2 out of 13 home matches in the Premier League. I expect that the team of Hodgson will be able to aggrieve the Citizens’ goalkeeper in the upcoming game.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score - yes
