Manchester City vs Crystal Palace: Premier League preview, predictions and bet builder tips

• Fixture: Manchester City vs Crystal Palace

• Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026

• Kick-off: 8pm BST

• Venue: Etihad Stadium

Our prediction: Man City 3-0 Crystal Palace

Man City

Our predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Donnarumma / Nunes, Guehi, Ake, O'Reilly / Reijnders, Bernardo / Semenyo, Cherki, Doku / Haaland

Crystal Palace

Our predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Henderson / Canvot, Lacroix, Riad / Munoz, Lerma, Hughes, Devenny / Johnson, Pino / Strand Larsen

The title is no longer in Man City's hands after they dropped points at Everton last week, but they did their part this weekend after defeating Brentford 3-0. Arsenal's late winner - and VAR drama - at West Ham kept them five points clear of Pep Guardiola's men, who have a game in hand on the Gunners.

City are playing a Crystal Palace side whose priorities are firmly elsewhere after they secured a place in the Conference League final. Oliver Glasner's side are 15th and are without a win in their last four Premier League games, with little to play for in their remaining three.

The Eagles memorably beat City in the FA Cup final and Community Shield in quick succession last summer, but have only won one of the last fourteen Premier League meetings between the two. It could be more of the same, with the stakes very high for the hosts and not at all for the visitors. We're predicting a comfortable 3-0 win for Man City.

To go with our 3-0 prediction, we're picking over 2.5 goals for the next leg of our Man City vs Crystal Palace bet builder. This selection has landed in each of the last five games for both teams, while there have been over 2.5 goals in six of the last seven meetings between City and Palace, with the lone exception being last season's FA Cup final.

Jeremy Doku continues to impress for Man City as the season reaches the business end, with the Belgian winger opening the scoring with another curling effort in their win over Brentford, just as the home crowd was starting to get edgy. That's now four goals and an assist in the last five league games for Doku, who's averaged 1.25 shots on target per game across that stretch, and we're backing him to test the keeper once again against Crystal Palace.

Palace wing-back Daniel Munoz famously provided the assist for Eberechi Eze's winning goal in last season's FA Cup final, and the Colombian has established himself as one of the league's most dangerous defenders going forward. That can mean he gets caught out occasionally, with Munoz having collected seven yellow cards in the league this season, more than any other Eagles player. Five of those seven bookings have come away from home, and up against City's attacking firepower, we're tipping him to pick up another card.

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All odds and markets are correct as of the date of publication.