Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

Both teams will want to produce back to back victories in the premier league when Manchester City visits Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on a Saturday afternoon fixture.

Last year the Eagles managed only a 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium though they were defeated 4-2 at home ground in April.

The end October and start November has seen Crystal Palace pulling away from the relegation zone having been defeated 3-0 at Southampton on September 28, 2016, then on October 21, 2016 having lost three successive league games, the Eagles have tasted defeat only once across the subsequent six league games and collected nine points to rise up the Premier League table.

The Eagles made it three games without a defeats after managing a vital 1-0 win at Ipswich Town on Tuesday night, and a second half strike by Jean-Philippe Mateta helped the Eagles clinch only their second Premier league league victory of the season and none away so far.

Despite what they could have offered against Palace and even though the Austrian has admitted that they were not at their best against the Eagles, Glasner has insisted that his team is moving in the right direction.

Sitting 17th in the table and only three points ahead of the relegation playoff place, Palace will be keen to better their miserable home record of only one win in the seven Premier League games at Selhurst Park this term after an impressive five out of seven wins in their final matches last season with Glasner in charge.

Nevertheless, chances on Saturday may not be very bright as the Eagles have managed to win only two of their last 18 encounter with Man City in the Premier League (D4 L12), and both triumphs were recorded in the Etihad stadiums, December 2018 and October 2020.

With a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest on Wednesday, Pep Guardiola's team ended their dismal run of play. Man City had fallen into trouble after going seven games without a win in all competitions, losing six of those games, and giving up 19 goals during that time.

The Citizens earned maximum points for the first time since the end of October with to goals from Jeremy Doku, Kevin De Bruyne, and Bernardo Silva. The defending champions also maintained just their third clean sheet of the season.

Although many have said that Man City's title challenge is over, their victory over Forest in the middle of the week put them two points ahead of leaders Liverpool, who are now nine points ahead of Guardiola's team after Wednesday's 3–3 draw with Newcastle United. As of this writing, Man City is currently ranked fourth in the Premier League table.

Man City had lost all five of their previous away games in all competitions going into Saturday's match. The previous time they suffered six straight away losses was in February 1994, while the last time the top flight champions had six consecutive away losses was during the 1968–69 season.

However, The Citizens have won seven of their last nine away Premier League encounters with Crystal Palace, including the previously mentioned 4-2 triumph at Selhurst Park in April of last season, thus they may be sure of winning this game.

After Glasner clarified that his halftime substitution against Ipswich was due to a booking rather than an injury, Cheick Doucoure is cleared to start. In the middle of the field, the Mali international will compete with Will Hughes and Jefferson Lerma.
After serving a three-match ban, Daichi Kamada is available for selection. He might help Mateta and Eberechi Eze in attack or play in midfield.

Along with fellow midfielders Ilkay Gundogan and Jack Grealish, Guardiola will consider whether to give De Bruyne his second start in as many days. Stefan Ortega, the goalkeeper, may play for the third straight game against Ederson.