The Etihad hosts Manchester City and Crystal Palace this Saturday in a big weekend at the top of the Premier League. City have slipped to four points behind top of the league and will be looking to get back in control whereas Crystal Palace will be aiming to put an even bigger gap between them and the relegation zone.
Manchester City currently sit fourth in the Premier League after 16 games. City have ten wins, three draws and three losses, leaving them on 33 points, three points behind Arsenal and four points behind top of the league Liverpool.
In their last five games in all competitions, City have three wins, one draw and one loss.
In the Champions League, City hosted RB Leipzig. A brace from Lois Openda gave Leipzig an unlikely 2 - 0 lead at halftime. However, goals from Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez in the second half gave City the 3 - 2 comeback win. Son Heung-min opened the scoring for Tottenham in the sixth minute but his own goal just three minutes later to level the game. Phil Foden put City ahead but in the second half Giovani Lo Celso brought Spurs level. Jack Grealish thought he had wrapped the game up with his goal, but a Dejan Kulusevski equaliser meant the game finished 3 - 3.
Leon Bailey scored the only goal of the game in the 74th minute to give Aston Villa a 1 - 0 win, where City could only manage two shots. City had the opportunity to bounce back against Luton Town. Elijah Adebayo opened the scoring for Luton in the added time of the first half, but goals from Bernardo Silva and Grealish gave City the 2 - 1 win.
The last time out for City was against Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League. Micah Hamiltoon and Oscar Bobb put City into a comfortable 2 - 0 lead before Hwang In-beom scored for Red Star. A Kalvin Phillips penalty regained the two goal cushion for City to make Aleksandr Katai’s late goal void of impact as City won 3 - 2.
Crystal Palace, on the other hand, sit 15th in the Premier League. In 16 games, The Eagles have four wins, four draws and eight losses which leaves them on 16 points, seven points above the relegation zone and eight points ahead of bottom of the league Sheffield United.
In their last five games, Crystal Palace have one draw and four losses.
Vitaliy Mykolenko opened the scoring for Everton in the first minute but a penalty from Eberchi Eze levelled the game within five minutes. Abdoulaye Doucoure put Everton back ahead just minutes into the second half, with Odsonne Edouard equalising with 20 minutes to go. However, Idrissa Gueye scored in the 86th minute to give Everton the 3 - 2 win. Teden Mengi opened the scoring in the 72nd minute for Luton, but Michael Olise equalised within two minutes. Jacob Brown popped up with a goal in the 83rd minute to give Luton the 2 - 1 win.
Mohammed Kudus opened the scoring for West Ham in the 13th minute, but Edouard equalised in the second half for a 1 - 1 draw. However, Palace was on the losing side again against Bournemouth, Marcos Senesi and Kieffer Moore scoring in the 2 - 0 win for Bournemouth.
The most recent outing for Palace was against Liverpool. A Jean-Philippe Mateta penalty opened the scoring but following a red card to Jordan Ayew, Mo Salah and Harvey Elliot scored in a 2 - 1 win for Liverpool.
This will be the 70th meeting between Man City and Crystal Palace, with the first coming all the way back in 1921. City have a far better record in the fixture with 37 wins in comparison to Palace’s 17 wins, with the other 15 meetings ending in a draw.