Crystal Palace vs. Manchester City 3/14/22 - Premier League Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 03/13/2022 at 9:43 PM ET
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Crystal Palace hosts Manchester City on Monday in an English Premier League fixture. Crystal Palace is 11th in the top-flight English league table at 7-12-9 on 33 points with a goal difference of +1. Crystal Palace defeated the Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 last Saturday. Jean-Philippe Mateta scored in the 19th minute to open the scoring for Crystal Palace and Wilfried Zaha scored from the penalty spot in the 34th minute.
Crystal Palace has three victories, one draw and one loss in its most recent five matches across all competitions and over that span has scored nine goals and conceded three. Wilfried Zaha is the leading goal scorer for Crystal Palace with nine, while Conor Gallagher has scored eight. Michael Olise is the leader in assists with five, while three others have three assists each.
Manchester City sits atop the top-flight English League table at 22-3-3 on 69 points with a goal difference of +50. Manchester City is three points clear of second-place Liverpool. The Citizens battled to a scoreless draw in the second leg of their round of 16 tie with Sporting Lisbon and moved forward on aggregate. Manchester City defeated Manchester United 4-1 in its most recent EPL fixture played last Sunday.
Manchester City has three victories, one draw and one loss in its most recent five matches across all competitions and over that span has scored nine goals and conceded four. Manchester City's goalkeeper and back line have three clean sheets in the last four matches. Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez are the leading goal scorers for Manchester City with 10 apiece. Gabriel Jesus is the leader in assists with seven.
Manchester City has won three of the last five matches head-to-head against Crystal Palace, while Crystal Palace has one victory and one has ended in a draw. Two of the last four matches between these two have seen four goals scored and therefore the play here is OVER. Expect a high-scoring end-to-end matchup with both clubs pushing forward with each possession and forcing the back line and keepers to come up big. Final Score Prediction, Manchester City win but our best play is OVER 3-1.