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Manchester City – Crystal Palace
Model updated 5 October, 06:30 Odds not yet available
What the model expects
- Manchester City
- 56%
- Draw
- 26%
- Crystal Palace
- 18%
| Manchester City | Draw | Crystal Palace | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair odds | 1.78 | 3.90 | 5.49 |
- Total goals
- 3.00
- Over 2.5 goals
- 59%
- Both teams to score
- 62%
Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.
Model vs market
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Why the model leans Manchester City
56% Manchester City to win
- Attack
- 2nd vs 14th
- Manchester City attack v Crystal Palace defence
- Defence
- 5th vs 18th
- Manchester City defence v Crystal Palace attack
- Recent xG form
- +0.47 vs -0.79
- xGD per match, last 6
- Projected goals
- 1.92 – 1.08
- Manchester City v Crystal Palace
Squad news
Manchester City
10 listed-
Phil Foden 0% chance
Midfielder · Suspended until 17 Oct
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Divine Mukasa 0% chance
Midfielder · has joined West Ham on loan for the rest of the seaon.
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Max Alleyne 0% chance
Defender · Has joined Burnley on loan for the rest of the season
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Tijjani Reijnders 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined Al Qadsiah permanently
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Claudio Echeverri 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined Benfica on loan for the rest of the season
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Kalvin Phillips 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined Sheffield United on loan for the rest of the season
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Jeremy Monga 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined Swansea City on loan for the rest of the season
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Rodri 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined Barcelona permanently
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Antoine Semenyo 75% chance
Midfielder · Ankle injury - 75% chance of playing
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Nico O'Reilly 75% chance
Defender · Unspecified injury - 75% chance of playing
Crystal Palace
13 listed-
Dean Henderson 0% chance
Goalkeeper · Foot injury - Expected back 11 Oct
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Jean-Philippe Mateta 0% chance
Forward · Hamstring injury - Expected back 11 Oct
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Axel Disasi 0% chance
Defender · Suspended until 25 Oct
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Borna Sosa 0% chance
Defender · Has joined FC Cologne on loan for the rest of the season
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Jesurun Rak-Sakyi 0% chance
Midfielder · has joined Kasimpasa on loan for the rest of the seaon.
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Rio Cardines 0% chance
Defender · Has joined Bristol City on loan for the rest of the season
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Christantus Uche 0% chance
Forward · has returned to Getafe CF
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Justin Devenny 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined Stoke City permanently
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Matheus França 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined Alverca on loan for the rest of the season
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Chadi Riad Dnanou 0% chance
Defender · Knee injury - Unknown return date
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Romain Esse 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined Millwall on loan for the rest of the season
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Takehiro Tomiyasu 75% chance
Defender · Calf injury - 75% chance of playing
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Anan Khalaili 75% chance
Defender · Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing
The status, the chance of playing and the note beside each name are Fantasy Premier League's own, and it covers this competition only. Nothing above this section knows about any of it: a rating fitted over recent matches describes the side that played them.
Team comparison
Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.
| Reading | Manchester City | Crystal Palace |
|---|---|---|
| xG / match | (better) 2.10 · 2nd | 1.25 · 15th |
| xGA / match | (better) 1.45 · 9th | 1.89 · 20th |
| xGD / match | (better) +0.65 · 3rd | -0.64 · 17th |
| xPts / match | (better) 1.87 · 2nd | 0.95 · 17th |
| Last 6 xGD / match | (better) +0.47 | -0.79 |
The scorelines behind the model's numbers
No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 33% of the model's distribution.
- Manchester City clean sheet
- 31%
- Manchester City 2+ goals
- 59%
- Under 2.5 goals
- 41%
- Both teams to score: no
- 38%
Most likely scorelines
- 1:1
- 12.6%
- 2:1
- 11.6%
- 2:0
- 9.1%
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Model details
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- the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
- Manchester City sample
- 20 matches
- Crystal Palace sample
- 20 matches
- Home xG sample · Manchester City
- 3 matches
- Away xG sample · Crystal Palace
- 3 matches
- Computed
- Monday, 05/10/2026 at 06:30
Limitations
The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.