Manchester City will be determined to get their Premier League title defence back on track when they travel to Selhurst Park to take on Crystal Palace on Saturday.
The champions fell to their second defeat of the season when they lost 2-0 at Wolves before the international break, leaving them eight points adrift of leaders Liverpool after just eight games.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City latest odds
Having won 10 of their last 11 away matches in the league, they are 1/4 (1.25) favourites with bet365 to bounce back with a victory here.
However, Roy Hodgson’s men are only two points adrift of their opponents after an impressive start to the campaign, and can be backed at 9/1 (10.00) to leapfrog them by pulling off a shock win.
Just one of the last 19 meetings between the sides has resulted in a draw, but there are odds of 5/1 (6.00) available on this one resulting in a stalemate.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City team news
Mamadou Sakho will face a late fitness test after struggling with a minor strain, while Luka Milivojevic is available once again following suspension.
John Stones, Kevin De Bruyne and Benjamin Mendy could all be in contention following injury, although Leroy Sane and Aymeric Laporte remain sidelined.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City preview
Although celebrated in both Wolverhampton and Liverpool, the Citizens’ defeat at Molineux may not have been great news for this corner of south London.
Pep Guardiola’s team followed up their previous defeat against Norwich this season by thrashing Watford 8-0 in their very next game, and he will be looking for a similar sort of reaction this time out.
City were 5-0 up within 20 minutes in that game and although unlikely to repeat that feat exactly, they will certainly back themselves to take command early on against an Eagles side that has scored just two first-half goals in nine games this season.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City predictions
With this in mind, odds of 8/11 (1.73) are surely worth backing on Palace going in behind at both half-time and full time against their fired-up visitors.
All odds correct at time of publish. Please gamble responsibly.
Man City/Man City at HT/FT for a 2.5pt stake at 8/11 (1.73) with bet365