Crystal Palace vs Man City - Premier League Betting Tips (28/08/2026)

Manchester City will be keen to make more progress under a new manager when they travel to face Crystal Palace in the second fixture of the new Premier League season. City are favourites at 1.57 with bet365, with Palace available at 5.25 to cause an early upset. The draw can be backed at 4.00.

We expect this to go the way of City, who created plenty of openings despite needing late goals to see off Bournemouth last time out. Backing them to win by two clear goals is an appealing price.

Reasons to Follow this Bet

• Palace have only won one game in the last 10 in the Premier League

• City have averaged 2.0 goals per match in the last 10 Premier League games

• Palace have averaged 0.8 goals per match over the same 10 game period

Palace vs Man City - Team News

Palace could hand a start to Yeremy Pino as they look to bounce back from an opening day defeat to Everton. The Spain attacker came off the bench after being involved at the World Cup and could take the place of Eddie Nketiah. Mateta is expected to hold off the challenge of Strand Larsen in the central striker role.

City have plenty of options for the second game of the season with Rayan Cherki already pushing hard for a start following two assists as a second-half substitute. Jeremy Doku is still likely to be out with a calf problem.

Hull vs Man Utd Line-ups

Palace: Henderson - Canvot, Richards, Riad - Mitchell, Wharton, Kamada, Munoz - McNeil, Mateta, Pino.

Man City: Donnarumma - Khusanov, Dias, Guehi, Gvardiol - Anderson, O'Reilly - Semenyo, Foden, Cherki - Haaland.