This Saturday Manchester City will be welcoming Crystal Palace to the Etihad Stadium for their next Premier League game.

The teams last played each other in April this year and Manchester City won that game 2 – 0. In December last year they played and City won that game 1 – 0. Before that they hadn’t played since August 2009, but Manchester City has won all of its last five matches against Crystal Palace.

This trend looks likely to continue with Winner Sports offering odds of 2/7 on City winning the match. The odds on Crystal Palace winning are extremely long at 10/1 and a draw has been set at 9/2. Furthermore, there are odds of 5/1 on City winning the game 2 – 0.

At present Manchester City is second in the league with 36 points having won 11 games, drawn 3 and lost 2. They are just three points behind Chelsea and are five points ahead of Manchester United.

Crystal Palace is sixteenth in the league with 15 points having won 3 games, drawn 6 and lost 7. They are tied for points with Burnley FC and are 1 point behind Sunderland.