Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) is expected to be part of the line-up in the upcoming match against Manchester City. The encounter is going to take place in Manchester at the Etihad Stadium at 3:00 pm. The designed referee is Paul Tierney. The weather is expected to be overcast clouds.
Following the forecasts the team with the best chances to win is Crystal Palace (85.76%). Manchester City has 6.67% to win. The chances of a draw are 12.5%. Crystal Palace has scored in average 0.94 goals and conceded 2.88 goals per match. When Crystal Palace plays at home it scored in average 0.88 goals and conceded 1.50 goals per match. When Crystal Palace plays at away it scored in average 1.00 goals and conceded 1.38 goals per match.
Joel Ward’s performance
Crystal Palace has so far conceded 23 goals in 16 matches (2.88 per match). Joel Ward has played 15 matches of 16. When he played his team recorded 5 clean sheets on 16 matches (31.3% in total).
He played more than 60 minutes on 15 times (100% in total). Joel Ward has received 4 yellow cards and was never sent off with a red card.
Referee Paul Tierney
The referee of the match is Paul Tierney. During this season he refereed 9 times. He gave 34 yellow cards (3.78 per match). The team that played on the home soil won twice (22%) and the away team won 4 times (44%). There were 3 draws. On average per match and the home team scored 1.4 goals and the away team scored 1.2 goals.