Crystal Palace vs Manchester City prediction and betting tips on May 17, 2025
Game Prediction
A match between Crystal Palace and Manchester City will take place in the final of the FA Cup on May 17, 2025. The nominal hosts, who will play in their hometown, will try to create a sensation and leave De Bruyne the chance to leave the Misty Albion with another, last trophy.
Our prediction for the match Crystal Palace vs Manchester City
The club from London is trying to increase its level and success. To do this, the management replaced the elderly specialist, Hodgson, from the post of manager under the plausible pretext of health problems in the middle of the previous season. And Glasner, who hadn’t worked in the Foggy Albion before that, was able to lift his new wards to 10th place in an unfamiliar championship. Guardiola saved 1st position, but the outcome in the race with Arsenal came only in the last round. Speaking about the second top tournaments, Pep’s stars were eliminated, although they added to their collection a UEFA Super Cup and a victory at the World Club Championship.
As for the current cycle, both teams had a bad start to the season. City began by winning the Super Cup, but it is far from the best title. And the torment in the Champions League ended with relegation already in February, after being defeated by Real. The sole leadership in the EPL was replaced by a fight for a place in the top 5. Still, it seemed successful (until an unexpected goalless draw in the meeting with Southampton, which had been relegated long ago). The team from London approached the winter with the only victory in the championship. Nevertheless, then it looked really good, at least until the middle of April. After that, the team slowed down. However, Tottenham was beaten.
By mid-spring, Mateta and the company focused on the cup. There they first overcame simple rivals – Stockport, Doncaster and Millwall. Then, the club defeated Fulham with a 3-0 score in the derby. And, that is the most important, it repeated the score in the struggle with Aston Villa at the end of April. The champion started in the cup with an 8-0 result against neighbours, Salford City. Then there were Leyton Orient and Plymouth, and only after that the club had to play with opponents which had a good season, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City: key statistics and trends
- Crystal Palace has been unbeaten in 5 previous matches.
- Manchester City has won 7 of 9 previous games.
- City did not concede in the cup competition only in the semi-finals.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City: possible starting line-ups
Crystal Palace (possible line-up): Henderson – Guehi, Lacroix, Richards – Mitchell, Eze, Sarr, Kamada, Wharton, Munoz – Mateta.
Manchester City (possible line-up): Ortega – O'Reilly, Gvardiol, Ruben Dias, Matheus Nunes – Kovačić, Bernardo Silva, Grealish, Lewis – Marmoush, Savio.
Previous head-to-head matches: Crystal Palace vs Manchester City
Guardiola has not lost to this rival in 7 matches in a row. At the same time, the representative of London broke ties with the giants.
Free prediction for the match Crystal Palace vs Manchester City
Nominal guests are a natural favourite of the following meeting. Still, it is not without the problems that the most motivated opponent will try to use. It is reasonable to bet on “both teams to score: yes” (odd: 1.68).