Crystal Palace vs. Manchester City Predictions

Prediction, Odds & Betting Tips for Crystal Palace vs. Manchester City at FA Cup

Where: Wembley, London, England
When: Saturday, May 18, 05:30 AM

The battle between Crystal Palace and Manchester City will decide the winner of the oldest football competition in the world. For Palace, this is a unique chance to win the silverware, their first ever major in English football. On the other hand, the City’s players aim to lift the trophy and close an era at the Etihad, as most of the veterans won’t be coming back next season.

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Crystal Palace

The Eagles are in good form these days, having won two of the last three and not losing the previous five matches. This team’s most recent appearance was against the Spurs at the Tottenham Stadium.

They would win 0-2, boosting morale ahead of the FA Cup finals. As stated, Palace has not had a defeat in the past five events, winning two and posting three ties. The latest three events they played were moderately efficient, meaning two or three goals.

We also want to say that the team looks physically good and robust, which might be its biggest plus right now. Also, an encouraging thing is that Mateta and the boys upfront netted at least twice in three of the last four meetings.

Manchester City

City snapped its five-game winning streak in Southampton last weekend, playing without goals against the worst team in the Premiership. This could complicate their Champions League plans. However, if nothing else, their defense again kept clean sheets, for the third time in a row and for the seventh time in the last nine matches.

Pep Guardiola has Haaland back, yet to be honest, he didn’t show a thing against the Saints, looking rather rusty and without orientation on the field. It’s possible for the Norwegian to start the finals on the bench.

Other than that, everything is as usual in City. De Bruyne is excellent, and he will try to win this one and have a successful farewell from the team where he became one of the best players in European history.

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Crystal Palace and Manchester City Possible Lineups

Crystal Palace: Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Hughes, Kamada, Mitchell; Eze, Sarr; Mateta

Manchester City: Ederson; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Gonzalez, Gundogan, Bernardo; Marmoush, Haaland, Doku

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Head to Head

City didn’t lose to Palace in the last seven games, winning four and having three ties. They met in the EPL twice this year, with the meeting at Selhurst concluding 2-2 and the one at the Etihad 5-2. The past four matches saw at least four goals on both ends, with both teams netting twice or more.

Crystal Palace vs. Manchester City Predictions

Since this is the final, there won’t be too many offensive actions from both ends early on, because nobody wants to risk conceding right away. Instead, since all the action will probably take place in the second half, we pick over 1.5 goals in that part of the event.

Our verdict: Over 1.5 goals second half