Manchester City and Crystal Palace will take on on Saturday the 16th of December at 3:00 pm in the 17th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Manchester at the Etihad Stadium. The chosen referee is Paul Tierney.
Manchester City is in the 4th position in the standings with 33 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Luton Town in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 10 times, draw 3 times, and lost 3 times.
Crystal Palace occupies the 15th place in the league with 16 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Liverpool in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 4 times, draw 4 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Manchester City
Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (11 times or 68.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (11 times) and 3-2-4-1 (5 times).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Crystal Palace with the following players: Ederson, Josko Gvardiol, Rúben Dias, Manuel Akanji, Kyle Walker, Mateo Kovacic, Rodri, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva and Julián Álvarez.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Manchester City would be 26.90.
There are doubts about the presence of Jack Grealish.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will probably not be able to employ Jérémy Doku and Erling Haaland because of injury.
Zack Steffen and Kevin De Bruyne will definitely miss the match.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (12 times or 75.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (12 times) and 4-3-3 (4 times).
Roy Hodgson is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: Nathaniel Clyne, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guéhi, Joel Ward, Will Hughes, Chris Richards, Michael Olise, Jeffrey Schlupp and Odsonne Édouard.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Crystal Palace would be 27.22.
There are doubts about the presence of Sam Johnstone and Jefferson Lerma.
Roy Hodgson will probably not be able to employ Tyrick Mitchell because of injury.
Dean Henderson, Nathan Ferguson, Rob Holding, Cheick Doucouré, Eberechi Eze and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi will definitely miss the match.
Roy Hodgson will not be able to have the presence of Jordan Ayew who is suspended.