England - Premier LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace, taking place on Saturday, 16 December 2023, at The Etihad Stadium in Manchester.
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Manchester City, Recent FormManchester City head into this match with some confidence in the knowledge that they recorded a solid 2-1 away win against Luton Town in their last league encounter. They achieved 65% possession in that match and had 18 strikes at goal, with 6 hitting the target, up against Luton Town's tally of 4 efforts at goal, 2 of which were on target.
While they have been strong in attack with 16 goals scored in their last 6 games, their defence has let them down slightly, by conceeding 11 at the other end which has led to points being dropped. Their goal scoring streak at home now stands at 40 games in a row, but they have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 games at The Etihad Stadium.
There will be mixed feelings from The Citizens, although undefeated in their last 18 league games at home, 2 of these games ended in a draw.
On an individual basis, Erling Haaland will be looking to get on the scoresheet again at The Etihad Stadium having scored 6 goals in Manchester City's last 6 home games in the league.
Crystal Palace, Recent FormCrystal Palace won't feel too deflated by the 2-1 home defeat to Liverpool, given that their opponents sit a full 14 places above them in the league table. In that game they had 24% possession and managed 8 attempts on goal, with 4 on target, compared to Liverpool who had 14 attempts and 2 on target.
It's reasonable to say they have enjoyed some decent goal scoring form of late, with 7 goals notched up in their last 6 matches, but while their offensive line is working, their defensive setup has shown cause for concern with 10 goals shipped and valuable points dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
Results have been poor for Palace recently, with 4 losses and only 1 win from their last 6 league games their current form is not going to help them move up the table.
Odsonne Édouard will be hoping to create problems for Manchester City in this one, having scored 2 goals in his last 6 outings on the road for Crystal Palace.
Not many saw the outcome of the last meeting between these sides as a surprise, with Manchester City running out winners in a match that ended 0-1.
Playing at home, Man City have conceded at least one goal in 2 of their last 3 league games against Palace.
Man City has won the last 2 games they've played against Palace in the league.
Man City manager Pep Guardiola has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Kevin De Bruyne (Hamstring), Jérémy Doku (Leg) and Zack Steffen (Knee surgery) are all currently out of contention for this game.
The injury list is starting to mount up for Palace manager Roy Hodgson with Tayo Adaramola (Ankle), Eberechi Eze (Ankle), Nathan Ferguson (Hamstring), Dean Henderson (Hip), Rob Holding (Ankle) and Tyrick Mitchell (Strain) all unavailable for selection, and Cheick Doucouré (Achilles tendon) out for the rest of the season.
Manchester City Playing at home | Crystal Palace Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| 20' | Time first goal scored | 49' |
| 53' | Time first goal conceded | 39' |
| 2.1 | Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| 0.3 | Red cards | 0 |
| 2.9 | Subs used | 2.6 |
| 6-1 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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