Crystal Palace – Manchester City (LIVE STREAM)

Crystal Palace and Manchester City play at Selhurst Park in a 12th round Barclays Premier League duel. The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the visiting team, who in the last 3 matches have won 2 and lost 1. Indeed, in the last showdown at this stadium, in a match for Barclays Premier League on 12-09-2015, Manchester City only Managed to win, by (0-1). K. Iheanacho (90 ‘) scored the only goal of the match. In this match the home factor may play a decisive role, as Manchester City has shown differences in performance in their games at home and as a visitor.
Crystal Palace Review
The home team is currently in 16th place with 11 points earned after 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost at home to Liverpool by (2-4). In the last match, he lost out to Burnley by (3-2). This is a team that maintains the income when it plays outside its stadium, because in the last 30 games it registers 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses as a visitor; Against 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses in his stadium. In the last 5 home games for the championship, Crystal Palace has won 1, 1 draw and 3 defeats, having won 4 points out of 15.

In this competition, it registers a sequence of 4 defeats in the last departures. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded at least one goal in each of the last 10 games, but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches in this competition. This is a team that scores a few times first: just opened the scoring in 2 of their last 11 games by the Barclays Premier League, these 2 reached the break in lead in 1 and won in the late 90 ‘in all. In 11 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 9 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard. In the last 7 home matches in all competitions there are 1 periods in the standings: he suffered 3 of his 8 goals between the minutes (16’-30 ‘).

Crystal Palace is going through a critical period in this English championship, adding four consecutive defeats in the competition. In the last game the home team added a defeat away from home to Burney, 3-2: goals scored by Wickham and Christian Benteke. In this home game coach Alan Pardew should keep the team in 4-5-1 with Christian Benteke being the most offensive reference. However, the team’s main highlight is midfielder James McArthur, who already has 4 goals and 2 assists. It is worth mentioning that the great problem of the team in home games has been the defensive sector: suffered on average 1.6 goals per game. For this game the coach can not count on Souaré, Remy and Jonathan Benteke, injured, and still has in doubt Mandanda and Bakary Sako.
Manchester City Analysis
The visiting team is currently in 3rd place with 24 points, after 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, he won out for West Bromwich by (0-4). In the last match, they tied at home to Middlesbrough for (1-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses as a visitor, with a total of 27 goals scored and 21 conceded. Already inside the home, it won 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss, with a total of 29 goals scored and 10 conceded. In the championship, Manchester City won 12 points in 15 chances, after 4 wins and 1 loss in their last 5 away games. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition.

The team led by Pep Guardiola comes to this apprehensive round due to the draw at home against Middlesbrough in 1-1: the only goal of the team was scored by Sergio Aguero. In this away game the Spanish coach must maintain the usual tactical system, consisting of four defenses, three more positioned socks and three more offensive players. Argentine striker Sergio Agüero is the highlight of the team with 8 goals scored. It is important to note that Manchester City have made very positive matches away from home, with four wins in the last five games. Apparently the coach can not count on Fabian Delph, injured, and still has doubts Sagna, Kompany and Fernando.