Crystal Palace FC

Football England - FA Cup Wembley Sat 17 May 23:30

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  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Squads
  7. Table

Citizens Look the Smart Pick

Get ready for the FA Cup final as Crystal Palace clash with Manchester City at Wembley.

The 1.85 about City beating Palace makes lots of appeal and Pep Guardiola's team are our betting prediction on the Full-Time Result market. Hopefully this can secure a profit.

Match Preview & H2H

Crystal Palace´s previous match was a 2-0 away win against Tottenham at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Eagles enjoyed 53% possession and had ten shots on target in the Premier League encounter, with Eberechi Eze finding the net twice.

Manchester City drew 0-0 away with Southampton in their last game, with City having four shots on goal and 72% of possession in the Premier League match at St. Mary's Stadium.

In the FA Cup semi-final stage, Palace beat Aston Villa 3-0, while City claimed a 2-0 victory against Nottingham Forest.

City are unbeaten in the past seven games against Palace. In the last clash, City bagged a 5-2 Premier League victory as the home side. The previous 10 H2H games have featured six City wins, three draws and one Palace victory.

Crystal Palace – Last 10 League Games

Palace have 4 wins, 2 losses and 4 draws, averaging 1.5 goals from 4.1 shots on goal and 12.6 attempts. The South London club have averaged 42.0% possession, 347.0 passes and 4.6 corners per match, with the opposition scoring 1.6 goals from 4.5 shots on goal, 11.3 attempts and 3.9 corners.

Top goalscorer is Eberechi Eze on 5 goals, while Jean-Philippe Mateta and Ismaila Sarr have both bagged 3. Eberechi Eze is top assists maker with 3, while goalkeeper Dean Henderson has kept 3 clean sheets.

Manchester City – Last 10 League Games

City have won 6, lost 1 and drawn 3, with an average of 1.5 goals from 14.1 attempts and 4.8 shots on goal. There’s been an average of 63.9% possession, 599.4 passes, 5.2 corners awarded and 3.5 corners against them, while they’ve conceded 0.6 goals from 8.1 attempts and 2.3 shots on goal.

Omar Marmoush has scored 3 goals, followed by Kevin De Bruyne, Mateo Kovacic, Nico O'Reilly and Erling Haaland on 2. Ilkay Gundogan has been chief assist maker with 3, while Ederson Moraes and Stefan Ortega have recorded 3 clean sheets between them in the last 10 games.

Confirmed Lineups

Crystal Palace confirmed lineup (4-4-2): Dean Henderson (GK), Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guehi, Daniel Munoz, Adam Wharton, Daichi Kamada, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaila Sarr, Eberechi Eze, Jean-Philippe Mateta.

Manchester City confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Stefan Ortega (GK), Manuel Akanji, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Savinho, Omar Marmoush, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland.

Expert FA Cup Analysis

We use the injury and suspension information to come up with the best possible football tips. You will also see that we take a stats-led approach by considering the key numbers.

Key Crystal Palace vs Manchester City stats:

  • City have not lost any of their last 10 matches
  • City have won 7 of their past 10 matches
  • City have scored 2 or more goals in 8 of their past 10 matches
  • City have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive matches
  • City have not lost any of their last 7 matches against Palace

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Prediction

Our prediction is to confidently back Manchester City on the 1x2 market for this FA Cup final. You can get 1.85 that the Citizens get the upper hand by the full-time whistle.

The City to win + Both Teams to Score Yes combination bet is trading at a bigger price if you think that both teams will score in the game.

Our Pick

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Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Odds

With the bookies giving them a 54% probability of winning, Manchester City might become a popular accumulator pick at their current betting odds. That is reflected in their 1.85 price of winning this FA Cup clash. Crystal Palace are the outsiders at 4.10 and they’re regarded as least likely to win.

You can find the shortest odds for Over 2.5 Goals, which means three goals or more being scored. An alternative angle is a Both Teams to Score bet and Yes has been chalked up at 1.67.

There are hundreds of markets when it comes to betting on the FA Cup coupon and we recommend visiting the leading betting sites to find the bet that matches your view on the game.

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Team Stats

Latest FA Cup and domestic league stats. Full Time Result, Goals, Corners and Possession.

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Full time Result

  • 12 wins, 4 defeats and 4 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 4 wins, 2 defeats and 4 draws in previous 10 home matches

Full time Results

  • 13 wins, 3 defeats and 4 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 7 wins, 0 defeats and 3 draws in previous 10 away matches

Goals

Goals

Crystal Palace

Manchester City

Goals / match
1.6 1.4
Conceded / match
0.6 0.2
Total / match
2.2 1.6

Corners

Corners

Crystal Palace

Manchester City

For / match
5.4 8
Against / match
5.4 2.4
Total / match
10.8 10.4

Possession

Possession

Team News

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Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Lineups

Crystal Palace Confirmed Lineup 4-4-2

Manchester City Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Crystal Palace Confirmed Lineup 4-4-2

1 Dean Henderson
26 Chris Richards 5 Maxence Lacroix 6 Marc Guehi 12 Daniel Munoz
20 Adam Wharton 18 Daichi Kamada 3 Tyrick Mitchell 7 Ismaila Sarr
10 Eberechi Eze 14 Jean-Philippe Mateta
18 Stefan Ortega
25 Manuel Akanji 3 Ruben Dias 24 Josko Gvardiol 75 Nico O'Reilly
17 Kevin De Bruyne 20 Bernardo Silva
26 Savinho 7 Omar Marmoush 11 Jeremy Doku
9 Erling Haaland

Manchester City Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Crystal Palace Substitutes

  • 2Joel Ward
  • 8Jefferson Lerma
  • 9Edward Nketiah
  • 17Nathaniel Clyne
  • 19Will Hughes
  • 21Romain Esse
  • 25Ben Chilwell
  • 30Matt Turner
  • 55Justin Devenny

Manchester City Substitutes

  • 10Jack Grealish
  • 14Nico Gonzalez
  • 19Ilkay Gundogan
  • 22Vitor Reis
  • 27Matheus Nunes
  • 30Claudio Echeverri
  • 31Ederson Moraes
  • 45Abdukodir Khusanov
  • 47Phil Foden

Previous Crystal Palace Lineups

11 May Premier League
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
06 May Premier League
Crystal Palace 1-1 Nott’m Forest
27 Apr FA Cup
Crystal Palace 3-0 Aston Villa

Previous Manchester City Lineups

10 May Premier League
Southampton 0-0 Man City
03 May Premier League
Man City 1-0 Wolverhampton
27 Apr FA Cup
Nott’m Forest 0-2 Man City

You can find out the Crystal Palace vs Manchester City lineups including substitutes ahead of kick-off. Check out our predicted lineups before getting confirmed starting 11s.

England FlagTables & Standings

2024/2025 Season

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Liverpool 36 25 8 3 83:37 83
2 Arsenal 37 19 14 4 67:33 71
3 Newcastle 37 20 6 11 68:46 66
4 Chelsea 37 19 9 9 63:43 66
5 Aston Villa 37 19 9 9 58:49 66
6 Man City 36 19 8 9 67:43 65
7 Nott’m Forest 37 19 8 10 58:45 65
8 Brentford 37 16 7 14 65:56 55
9 Brighton 36 14 13 9 59:56 55
10 Fulham 37 15 9 13 54:52 54
11 Bournemouth 36 14 11 11 55:43 53
12 Crystal Palace 36 12 13 11 46:48 49
13 Everton 37 10 15 12 41:44 45
14 Wolverhampton 36 12 5 19 51:64 41
15 West Ham 37 10 10 17 43:61 40
16 Man United 37 10 9 18 42:54 39
17 Tottenham 37 11 5 21 63:61 38
18 Leicester 37 6 7 24 33:78 25
19 Ipswich 37 4 10 23 35:79 22
20 Southampton 37 2 6 29 25:84 12
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Liverpool 18 14 3 1 41:15 45
2 Chelsea 19 12 5 2 35:18 41
3 Aston Villa 19 11 7 1 34:20 40
4 Man City 18 12 3 3 40:22 39
5 Arsenal 19 11 6 2 35:17 39
6 Newcastle 18 12 2 4 40:19 38
7 Nott’m Forest 18 9 5 4 26:15 32
8 Brentford 19 9 4 6 40:35 31
9 Brighton 18 7 8 3 27:24 29
10 Fulham 18 7 5 6 27:28 26
11 Bournemouth 18 7 4 7 21:16 25
12 Everton 19 5 9 5 26:23 24
13 Crystal Palace 18 5 7 6 20:24 22
14 Tottenham 18 6 3 9 34:31 21
15 Man United 18 6 3 9 21:28 21
16 Wolverhampton 18 6 2 10 26:31 20
17 West Ham 19 5 5 9 23:34 20
18 Leicester 19 4 3 12 15:34 15
19 Ipswich 18 1 4 13 13:41 7
20 Southampton 18 1 3 14 12:45 6

We recommend looking at the FA Cup standings after each round of games so you can see where each side are placed in the table.