Man City v Crystal Palace Tips: Back goals for both teams as hosts keep title race alive

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Must-win for title chasing Man City

This date with Oliver Glasner's side is Manchester City's game-in-hand on Premier League title rivals Arsenal.

City must win it to cut the gap to the Gunners. Victory would leave Pep Guardiola's men two points adrift with two to play so, while the destiny of the title is in Arsenal's hands, City can still keep the pressure on. They are 9/25.50 to overhaul Arsenal in the Premier League winner market on the Betfair Sportsbook.

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS	xGF	xGA	xGD	EXP	FCST
1 Arsenal	38	26	7	5	71	27	85	0	0	0
2 Man City	38	23	9	6	77	35	78	0	0	0
3 Man Utd	38	20	11	7	69	50	71	0	0	0
4 Aston Villa	38	19	8	11	56	49	65	0	0	0
5 Liverpool	38	17	9	12	63	53	60	0	0	0
6 Bournemouth	38	13	18	7	58	54	57	0	0	0
7 Sunderland	38	14	12	12	42	48	54	0	0	0
8 Brighton	38	14	11	13	52	46	53	0	0	0
9 Brentford	38	14	11	13	55	52	53	0	0	0
10 Chelsea	38	14	10	14	58	52	52	0	0	0
11 Fulham	38	15	7	16	47	51	52	0	0	0
12 Newcastle	38	14	7	17	53	55	49	0	0	0
13 Everton	38	13	10	15	47	50	49	0	0	0
14 Leeds	38	11	14	13	49	56	47	0	0	0
15 Crystal Palace	38	11	12	15	41	51	45	0	0	0
16 Nottm Forest	38	11	11	16	48	51	44	0	0	0
17 Spurs	38	10	11	17	48	57	41	0	0	0
18 West Ham	38	10	9	19	46	65	39	0	0	0
19 Burnley	38	4	10	24	38	75	22	0	0	0
20 Wolves	38	3	11	24	27	68	20	0	0	0

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Palace in preparation mode for Conference final

Palace have something City don't have - a European final to look forward to later this month. Glasner, whose reign was in the doldrums mid-season, has turned around his team's form and, with Palace up against Rayo Vallecano in the Europa Conference League final, has the chance to leave with a piece of silverware for the second consecutive campaign. Remarkable.

Of course, last season's trophy came in the FA Cup where Palace beat City 1-0 in the final. Could Glasner get one over on Guardiola again?

Palace can extend Etihad scoring run

Palace are one of the top-flight's better teams on the road. In fact, only Arsenal and City have won more Premier League away games this season than the Eagles (7).

Interestingly, no side has fewer away draws in the league in 2025/26 than Palace (2), so that suggests we should rule out the stalemate. Palace, who are 14th, safe from relegation and still in with an outside chance of cracking the top half, should give this a go.

That's what they have ddone on their last four visits to the Etihad Stadium, scoring two goals on each occasion.

We cannot ignore that precedent and, with City needing to win this, we like both teams to score at 1/12.00.

Back City to handle the pressure

Strange things happen when the pressure in on a team to keep pace in a title race.

It must have been demoralising for City to see West Ham's late equaliser chalked off by VAR against Arsenal on Sunday. Could that blow hamper City's chances on Wednesday?

Another potential factor in how City perform here could be Saturday's FA Cup final against Chelsea which might be on the hosts' minds.

Is this enough to persaude us to go against City, perhaps by backing Palace and Draw in the Double Chance market at 7/24.50? Not quite.

Guardiola's squad is deep, his players have been here before, know what they have to do at the business end of the season and should have enough to get the result.

Back Doku to make another vital impact

When it comes to who will score the goals at the Etihad on Wednesday, we are spoilt for choice.

Erling Haaland loves playing Palace in the Premier League and has scored in all five of his games -netting eight in total - against the Eagles. He's 4/91.44 to make it nine in six against them on Wednesday.

For the visitors, Ismaïla Sarr has scored nine goals in his last 10 starts in all competitions. He is 9/25.50 to get on the scoresheet any time here.

The one we'll go for, however, is Man City's Jérémy Doku who, by getting involved in seven goals in his last six appearances in all competitions (5 goals, 2 assists), is delivering for his team at precisely the right moment.

He's a decent bet to score or assist here.

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