Crystal Palace vs Manchester City
England – Premier League
Date: Saturday, 19 October 2019
Kick-off at 17:30 UK/ 18:30 CET
Venue: Selhurst Park (London).
Preview: Crystal Palace vs Manchester City
crystal Palace
Although the Palace flying high in the table in minutes, Saturday's game marks the start of a run that saw them play five games in a row.
As often happens on the larger side, Roy Hodgson's men will stick to the principles of their defense, which aims to keep the game tight before you go looking for the ultimate goal as open.
The key to the Eagles would take something from the match Ghana striker Jordan Ayew, who already has three goals for this season.
While the goals have been important, it is the action of enzymes and physical will be important against a team like City would dominate possession and prevent him from getting a lot of openings former Swansea man.
Similarly, the Eagles will be bolstered by the return of influential midfielder Luka Milivojevic, who missed their victory over West Ham United after receiving five yellow cards in the club's opening seven league matches this season.
Although the Palace entered the match as a huge underdog, there are several factors pointing in their favor, such as vulnerability City behind that is so well utilized by Norwich City and Wolves.
In addition, Hodgson is the only English manager has recorded victories against Guardiola during the entire managerial career the Spaniard to date.
Do Palace to pick up a win from this match will be the first against City at Selhurst Park since April 2015 and it will give them a run of three wins for the first time in 17 months.
Manchester City
Following on from their defeat to Wolves, City palace facing a team which is the right sort of hand they have had trouble with crashes in the past.
How Guardiola has set his side up means that they thrive on fast, attacking football and Hodgson has set the palace to defend narrow, keeping things tight and stop the creative players such as Raheem Sterling City, David Silva and Riyad Mahrez from getting behind.
In order to overcome this, Citizens will, like Tottenham did last month, aiming to suppress the Palace of off and score early, as it is forcing the south side of London to open up a little more and pursuing the main goal earlier on, which in turn then gave away the more opportunities.
This approach seems highly unlikely given the club's track record under Guardiola responded to defeat by coming in the next game as if they have something to prove.
Kota has scored eight goals this season involves more than 10 passes in the build, and play like that - with quick passing and plenty of movement off the ball - will be key to the palace they break down and record a victory.
Also supports men Guardiola is an excellent form of self which they lately which has seen them win 10 of their last 11 games on the road.
More interestingly, the Sky Blues have a great new record in London, leaving with a maximum nine points from their last 10 visits to the capital.
The game between the two has often involved a lot of goals, with the City of scoring in 15 of the 16 most recent meeting of the couple.
Head to record Head (H2H)
These sides have met on 18 occasions during the Premier League era, with only four of those matches ended in a draw.
Man City have 11 victories to their name - h which has been on the road - with Palace winning three (two of which are at home).
Formation Projected
Crystal Palace: Guaita; van Aanholt, Cahill, Kelly, Ward; McArthur, Schlupp, Milivojevic, Kouyate, Zaha; Ayew.
Man City: Ederson; Zinchenko, Otamendi, Stones, Walker; Fernandinho, De Bruyne, David Silva; Sterling, Aguero, Bernardo Silva.
PREDICTION
Manchester City have a squad loaded with reinforcements on the way in John Stones and Benjamin Mendy. Stone in particular was a great addition, and if he is fit to play, his presence gives this new squad behind. However, Crystal Palace is as tough as any mid-table side in the Premier League and will be hungry to prove that they mean business challenge for Europe this season. It will be a hard-fought grind, but Man City walk away with a quality win 1-0 behind goals from Raheem Sterling.
