Manchester City v Crystal Palace Betting Tips [12 April 2025]

Manchester City and Crystal Palace will start off the 32nd round of matches in the Premier League. The Saturday lunchtime kickoff finds hosts City in sixth place, five ahead of Palace, who trail them by nine points. Follow on for our prediction of this match.

There’s some reprieve at Manchester City after the news that the Premier League will have five teams in the Champions League. The champions are out of title contention and are battling to even get into the top four.

They return home keen on rising again after their bore draw in the Manchester derby last time out. That was their seventh draw in the league this season.

Crystal Palace haven't beaten City in the last 12 meetings between the teams. They went close to erasing that record last time out, twice letting their lead slip before settling for a 2-2 draw.

The Eagles will hope to finally make it happen this Sunday. They are in good shape, heading there undefeated in seven matches across all competitions, winning six. Palace have also secured a semi-final berth in the FA Cup and will hope to ride this tide.

It is now 10 matches since they lost an away match in the league and they won six of those 10 matches.

Apart from facing their toughest season under Pep Guardiola, Manchester City have struggled with lunchtime kickoff matches. This season they won none of three such matches, and here they also have to do without their main striker Erling Haaland.

This is sure to further diminish their attack, having failed to score in three of the last six league matches. They’ve managed three clean sheets in the same period, though. Crystal Palace have been doing well defensively and will target another clean sheet here. Our prediction for Manchester City v Crystal Palace is: BTTS – NO.