Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Prediction 12/14/2025 Today’s EPL Picks

In this article, we will formulate a Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Prediction for this English Premier League Week 16 matchup on Sunday, December 14th, at the Selhurst Park Stadium. Let’s take a look at the prediction for this English Premier League matchup.

Crystal Palace Preview

Crystal Palace has 26 points this season, with a 7-3-5 record, and are sitting on the 4th place in the Premier League standings. They have a 2-1-4 home record and a 5-2-1 away record. Crystal Palace is coming off a 2-1 win against Fulham on the road, where they had 37% possession of the ball and 11 total shots, 5 of them on target. They had 83% completed passes, and more expected goals, with 1.66 compared to Fulham’s 0.76.

Crystal Palace is scoring 1.33 goals per game, which ranks 4th in the Premier League, while allowing 0.80 goals per game, which is 2nd. Jean-Philippe Mateta is Crystal Palace’s top scorer with 7 goals, followed by Daniel Muñoz and Ismaïla Sarr with three goals apiece and Marc Guehi and Edward Nketiah with two goals apiece. Daniel Muñoz, Marc Guehi, Maxence Lacroix, Adam Wharton and Jefferson Lerma are Crystal Palace’s top passers, with 2 assists each.

Manchester City Preview

Manchester City has 31 points this season, with a 10-4-1 record, and are sitting on the 2nd place in the Premier League standings. They have a 7-0-1 home record and a 3-4-0 away record. Manchester City is coming off a 3-0 win against Sunderland at home, where they had 64% possession of the ball and 18 total shots, 6 of them on target. They had 90% completed passes, and more expected goals, with 2.42 compared to Sunderland’s 0.71.

Manchester City is scoring 2.33 goals per game, which ranks 2nd in the Premier League, while allowing 1.07 goals per game, which is 6th. Erling Haaland is Manchester City’s top scorer with 15 goals, followed by Phil Foden with six goals and Rúben Dias, Tijani Reijnders and Joško Gvardiol with two goals apiece. Ryan Cherki is Manchester City’s top passer, with 5 assists.

Why Crystal Palace will win

·        The home team has won seven of Manchester City’s last eight EPL matches.

·        Crystal Palace has won three of its last four EPL matches.

Why Manchester City will win

·        Manchester City has won seven of its last eight EPL day matches.

·        Manchester City has won five of its last six EPL matches.

·        Manchester City has won each of its last three EPL matches.

·        Manchester City has won three of its last four EPL matches following a league win.

·        Manchester City has won five of its last six EPL matches as a favorite.

·        The favorite has won each of Manchester City’s last three EPL matches.

·        The favorite has won five of the last seven EPL matches between Crystal Palace and Manchester City at Selhurst Park.

·        The favorite has won 16 of the last 24 EPL matches between Crystal Palace and Manchester City.

·        The away team has won each of Crystal Palace’s last four EPL matches.

Total Points Facts

·        The ‘Over 2.5 Goals’ market has hit in each of Manchester City’s last six EPL matches.

·        The ‘Over 2.5 Goals’ market has hit in each of Manchester City’s last six EPL matches as a favorite.

·        The ‘Over 3.5 Goals’ market has hit in each of the last four EPL matches between Crystal Palace and Manchester City.

·        The ‘Over 3.5 Goals’ market has hit in five of the last six EPL matches between Crystal Palace and Manchester City.

·        The ‘Over 2.5 Goals’ market has hit in four of Crystal Palace’s last five EPL matches as an underdog.

Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Prediction

Manchester City is 4-1-3 in its last 8 meetings against Crystal Palace but both teams were tied 1-1 wins last season, with each one winning at home. Over is 4-1 in their last 5 meetings.

In this Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Prediction, Manchester City is coming as -120 road favorites. Manchester City has been the better team this season and have been red-hot lately, but they are coming off an extra mid-week game for the Champions League where they had to travel to another country. I would rather not pick a side in this matchup, but instead expect lots of goals. City is 9-1 to the over 2.5 goals in its last 10 games, while Crystal Palace is 3-1 to the over in its last 4. Both teams have top-4 offenses in the Premier League this season, scoring 3.66 goals per game combined and their most recent meetings have bee high-scoring ones. Take the over in this one.

Nikos Lagouretos's Pick: Over 2.5