Crystal Palace vs Man City: EPL Match Preview, Predicted Line-ups and Fantasy XI

For Crystal Palace vs Man City on Saturday, City have hit form again after draws with Nottingham Forest and RB Leipzig and will look to carry that momentum into their trip to face Crystal Palace.

Match Details:

• Location: London, England
• Stadium: Selhurst Park
• Date: Saturday 11 March
• Kick-off Time: 17:30 GMT / 12:30 ET / 09:30 PT
• Referee: Robert Jones
• VAR: Neil Swarbrick

Crystal Palace vs Man City: EPL Match Preview:

Pep Guardiola's side trail Arsenal by five points in the Premier League title race and host Leipzig in the Champions League round of 16 second leg three days after their journey to London.

Patrick Vieira is under pressure in south London having overseen a poor run of Palace form, with the Eagles without a league win since New Year's Eve.

Team News:

Crystal Palace:

Palace are without Cheick Doucoure after he was sent off in their game against Aston Villa. Both Sam Johnstone and Nathan Ferguson are absent with injuries.

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— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) March 9, 2023

Any of Naouirou Ahamada, Will Hughes or James McArthur could be chosen by Vieira to take Doucoure's place in midfield alongside Albert Sambi Lokonga. He is the only serious absentee Vieira would otherwise like in his starting XI.

Man City:

There is a chance City will have their entire squad available for selection on Saturday evening. Phil Foden was back in training this week despite having an ongoing foot problem.

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— Manchester City (@ManCity) March 7, 2023

It seems Kyle Walker's place is not under threat after being investigated by police for exposing himself in a bar. Pep Guardiola has some decisions to make at centre-back as both Aymeric Laporte and John Stones need to build fitness after being out injured.

Crystal Palace vs Man City: Head to Head:

Crystal Palace haven't mustered a single win in their last seven Premier League home matches against Manchester City.

All of Manchester City's last nine goals against the Eagles in the Premier League have come in the second half of games. Crystal Palace are yet to win a game in 2023.

They have gone nine successive Premier League games without a win, losing four and drawing five. Manchester City have dropped 15 points already this season. That's four more than they did in the whole of the 2021-22 season.

Predicted Line-ups:

Crystal Palace predicted XI vs Man City (4-3-3): Guaita; Clyne, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Hughes, Lokonga, Eze; Ayew, Zaha, Olise.

Man City predicted XI vs Crystal Palace (4-3-3): Ederson; Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Ake; Bernardo, Rodri, De Bruyne; Foden, Haaland, Grealish.

CP vs MCI: Fantasy XI

Ederson; Andersen, Guehi, Dias, Hughes, Lokonga, De Bruyne; Foden,Zaha,Haaland, Grealish.