Crystal Palace – Manchester City. Prediction and announcement for the match of the championship of England

On Sunday, December 14, the match of the 16th round of the English Championship between “Crystal Palace” and “Manchester City” will take place. The game will start at 16:00 Kyiv time.

Crystal Palace

The Eagles are pleasantly surprising this season. In the Premier League, for 15 matches, the club managed to win 26 points, which at the moment allow it to occupy the 4th step of the tournament table. Both the 1st and 14th place teams are separated by 7 points. In the English League Cup, the Londoners knocked out Millwall and Liverpool, thanks to which they went to the quarter-finals, where they will play against Arsenal.

In the Conference League, the English are also doing well. For 5 rounds of the tournament, “Crystal Palace” picked up 9 points, thanks to which it now occupies the 9th place in the overall table of the competition. For 1 round before the end of the main stage, the distance from the required top-8 is only 1 credit point.

Manchester City

The Manchester team is gradually getting into its best form. After 15 rounds of the English championship, he has 31 points on his account – such results allow the “townsmen” to be in 2nd place in the table, lagging behind the leader, “Arsenal”, by only 2 points. In the English League Cup, Man City reached the quarter-finals (where they will face Brentford), knocking out Huddersfield and Swansea on their way.

The English are very confident in the Champions League. After 6 games, they have 13 points on their balance sheet, which allows them to occupy the 4th place in the overall tournament table. However, the competitors are very close – even from the 12th position, the distance is only 2 points.

Personal meetings

In the last 5 games between the clubs, “MC” has a slight advantage. On the account of the townspeople, there were 2 victories, the same number of matches ended in a draw, and Crystal Palace won another 1 match.

Interesting facts

• Manchester City have scored 35 goals in the current Premier League season, the most of any team.
• Crystal Palace have conceded just 12 goals in the Premier League this season – the 2nd best of all teams.
• The winning streak of “MC” lasts 4 games, “Crystal Palace”, in turn, won in the last 3 matches.

Forecast

I will bet on the total over 2.5 with odds of 1.64.