Venue : Selhurst Park
Date : 12th September
Time : 3:00 PM GMT
As we head into Week 5 of the Premier League, the top two teams of the league will face off on Saturday. Crystal Palace will host table toppers Manchester City and they will be looking to get at par with city considering the fact that they're just three points behind City and are placed 2nd in the table.
Crystal Palace are in good form and have gotten off to an impressive start to their Premier League campaign with only Arsenal being the team that has been able to defeat them. Palace boss Alan Pardew strengthened the team during the second half of last season and since then Palace have performed well in almost all their fixtures. They toppled title defenders Chelsea in their last match and they will go into this game with their heads held up high. Pardew will be quite confident that his team can defeat City and
bring an end to their unbeaten run of four wins from all their four fixtures in the league so far.
Manchester City have gotten off to an impeccable start to the season and they look unstoppable. They have annihilated every team that has faced them so far having scored ten goals and conceded zero. They are clearly the favourites to win and in addition to that there are a few players like Yaya Toure and Raheem Sterling (who have enjoyed brilliant starts to the season) along with new signing Kevin De Bruyne (and the skill that he wishes to offer) who tip the odds in City's favour.
Form
Crystal Palace: WLWW
Manchester City: WWWW
Players to watch out for
City's new signing Kevin De Bruyne is a player that can influence the game if he features on Saturday. De Bruyne signed from Wolfsburg for a fee of 55 million pounds. He was brilliant as no.10 for Wolfsburg last season having assisted 20 goals and scored 10. If he is given a chance to play, it could well be an opportunity for him to impress Pellegrini and showcase his talent and skill to everyone.
Team News
Right-back Joel Ward will not feature as he seems to be out for a month after attaining an unknown injury in training. Frenchman Yohan Cabaye who got back from France's 1-0 win over Portugal was present during training but it is uncertain whether he will play or not. Marouane Chamakh will remain on the bench with an abductor injury.
Fabian Delph, who signed from Aston Villa will miss out with a hamstring injury that could keep him out for upto six weeks. City boss Pellegrini confirmed that David Silva will be sidelined with an ankle injury which could possibly result in Kevin De Bruyne replacing him. Bacary Sagna who had been backing up for the injured Pablo Zabaleta will be on the bench with an ankle problem, it remains to be seen if new signing Nicolas Otamendi will replace him.
Expected Line-up
Crystal Palace : McCarthy, Mutch, Dann, Delaney, Souare, Sako, Puncheon, McArthur, Cabaye, Zaha, Wickham
Manchester City : Hart, Otamendi, Kompany, Mangala, Kolarov, Fernandinho, Toure; Sterling, De Bruyne, Navas, Aguero
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