Crystal Palace vs Manchester City, 2016 Premier League

Nigeria worldwide, Kelechi Iheanacho, is very hopeful that he could increase his goal tally for the season when his team, Manchester City, takes on Crystal Palace in one of the weekend games in the English Premier League. On the flipside they were W18 D5 L1 last season against teams below that elite group (75% win rate); this season their record is W6 D2 L0 (75% win rate).

The Catalan accepted it is a must-win game for his title-challenging team at Selhurst Park on Saturday after dropping six points in their last three home league games.

“Crystal Palace are a very good team and it is hard for teams to beat them when they are at home”.

“The toughest games we will play now (are) away but we know the situation”.

Some of the families of those killed will be at the club’s Premier League game against Manchester City on Saturday.

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Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo was forced off with a minor knock while playing for Chile against Colombia but recovered for Tuesday’s 3-1 win over Uruguay, saving a penalty from Luis Suarez. Crystal Palace are 19/4 for the points and 100/30 to end their losing run with a draw.

Manchester City could welcome back defender Bacary Sagna, who is nearing a return from a hamstring problem.

“Maybe they make the best performance ever and maybe not so this kind of thing does not depend upon which position they are in now”.

This season’s three wins for Pardew’s side have all been against teams now in the bottom nine and they have taken only one point from four matches against top-half opponents.

Palace have gone 16 Premier League games without a clean sheet, the longest such run of any current top-flight side.

Meanwhile, City are unbeaten in their last three games in all competitions.

Meanwhile, Man City have been one of the more aesthetically pleasing teams this season.

But Wilfried Zaha is confident Palace can turn things around.

“It was a bad result for us before the worldwide break but we’ve had two weeks to clean our minds and we are all ready and focused for the next game against Crystal Palace”.

“December and January are crucial here when we have lots of games in a few days so I think in February there will be a couple of teams at the top and that will be the race”.