On the upcoming Saturday, Manchester City are coming to visit Crystal Palace within the fourth round of the English Cup. Despite the field factor, which will be on the London Eagles’ side, bookmakers reckon, that the Eagles from Manchester have bigger chances on the positive outcome of the encounter. First and foremost, the line is related to the current form of the future competitors. Under the management of Sam Allerdyce, Crystal Palace show even weaker football, than under Alan Pardew’s, while Manchester city are steadily gaining conditions.
Within the last five matches, Crystal Palace managed to win only once, which happened in the English Cup replay against Bolton, wwhohich perform in League One, i.e, third division of the English football. Apart from the victory, the Eagles had a draw with the same Bolton, only in away game, and also lost to Swansea, West Ham and Everton.
Manchester City do not perform so great either recently. Guardiola’s team won only two matches within the last five, and the defeated teams were West Ham and Burnley. Man City lost to Liverpool and Everton and had a draw with Tottenham. It is important to say, that the Manchester team plays more than ok in away matches this season. The Eagles managed to get seven victories in eleven matches outside their native walls in the EPL.
Crystal Palace are far from their best conditions right now, the team has serious squad problems, which cannot be fixed in a short period of time. Guardiola, in his turn, is definitely set to win the English Cup, that is why one should expect maximum activity from his team on the upcoming Saturday.
Prediction for the match: Manchester City to win
