Manchester City will look to secure successive wins in the Premier League for the first time since October when they pay Crystal Palace a visit on Saturday afternoon.
Pep Guardiola’s side finally returned to winning ways with a comfortable 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night.
That victory snapped City’s seven-game run without a win in all competitions and helped maintain their position inside the top-four of the Premier League.
Seeking to build on their overdue midweek success, the Sky Blues will look to bank another three points at Selhurst Park this weekend.
Crystal Palace claimed just their second Premier League victory of the season by battling to a 1-0 win away at relegation rivals Ipswich on Tuesday night.
That triumph has lifted the Eagles out of the bottom-three and they will be looking to build on that momentum when star-studded Man City come to town.
How the bookies view it: City back in business
Manchester City are heavy 4/7 favourites on Kwiff to make it two Premier League wins from two in the space of three days.
Crystal Palace are as big as 9/2 (Kwiff) to claim back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time this season, while a share of the Selhurst Park spoils pays out at 10/3 (Kwiff).
Head to head: Eagles’ recent record offers encouragement
Crystal Palace will draw some confidence from their recent record against Man City in the Premier League. The Eagles have avoided defeat in three of their last six top-flight meetings with the Citizens.
Players to watch: Haaland to end goal drought?
Failing to score in each of his last three Premier League games is something of a dry spell in front of goal by Erling Haaland’s high standards. The Man City goal machine failed to fire for me on Wednesday night but I'm keeping the faith with him here by siding with him to strike at anytime at 5/6 on Kwiff.
Jean-Philippe Mateta made the net bulge for Crystal Palace in midweek and he is 10/3 on Kwiff to repeat the trick this midweek.
Predicted line-ups
Daichi Kamada will come back into contention for Crystal Palace after serving a three-match suspension, however Adam Wharton, Chadi Riad and Matheus Franca are all ruled out with injury
Man City will once again be unable to call upon the services of John Stones, Mateo Kovacic, Oscar Bobb and Rodri.
Crystal Palace: Henderson; Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Doucoure, Hughes, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; Mateta
Man City: Ortega; Akanji, Dias, Ake, Gvardiol; Gundogan, Grealish; Silva, De Bruyne, Doku; Haaland
Anything else catch the eye?
Trevoh Chalobah looks overpriced to commit a minimum of one foul at 11/10 (PaddyPower) on Saturday afternoon.
The Crystal Palace defender has committed a combined total of seven fouls across his eight Premier League appearances this season.
Chalobah could be stationed in the same area of the pitch as Man City foul magnet Jack Grealish, who earned his side four free-kicks against Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night.
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