Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace hosts Southampton at the Selhurst Park in London in a game from the first round of the Premier League. Let’s preview this match in the coming few paragraphs.

The experienced manager Roy Hodgson did his magic again last season and helped Crystal Palace keep their place in the Premier League. The club performed in a pretty solid way and finished on a safe distance from the relegation zone. It was a successful season for the club.

Crystal Palace did their best to improve the squad during the summer. The club paid more than 17 millon euro to Queens Park Rangers for the Nigerian attacking midfielder Eberechi Eze. He’s just 22-years old, so we could call it an investment for the future. Meanwhile the right back Nathan Ferguson was signed with a free transfer from West Bromwich Albion. If the new signings click well with the team then it could be a nice upgrade for Palace.

Southampton kept their place in the Premier League after a very strong second part of the 2019/20 season. The Saints made some strong performances under the manager Ralph Hassenhuttl, so now survival remains the main goal.

During the pre-season Southampton made two important deals on the transfer market. The club paid some good money for Tottenham’s right back Kyle Walker-Peters and Real Valladolid’s centre-back Mohammed Salisu. The team had some problems in defense last season, so it’s understandable why Ralph Hassenhuttl chose to improve his backline. Defense always comes first and the Austrian manager knows this pretty well.

We can say this is a game between two teams which would be in a fight against relegation this season. If they can do something more then it’d be very nice for them and their supporters. Crystal Palace start the season at home, but without fans it’s not really that important.

Crystal Palace hosts the champion Manchester City in a game from the 34th round of the English Premier League. Here’s the moment to talk about this match a little bit.

Right now Crystal Palace are 12th in the league standings with 39 points won and a record of 11 wins, 6 draws and 16 defeats. In their last five games the Londoners are winning and losing on a regular basis – three wins and two defeats. Of course, for Palace the most important thing is the fact that the team is on a safe distance from the relegation zone, which brings them closer to another year in the Premier League.

In their last game Roy Hodgson’s boys celebrated a 1-0 win during the visit to Newcastle United at the St. James’ Park. The winning goal in the game was scored in the 81th minute, when Luka Milivojevic put the ball behind Martin Dubravka’s net from a penalty kick.

Meanwhile Manchester City continue their fight for another title in the Premier League. Right now the Cityzens are 2nd in the league with 80 points, being 2 points behind the leader Liverpool, but also having a game in hand. City will hope that Liverpool will make a mistake against Chelsea on the same day.

In their last game in the league Manchester City hosted Cardiff City and celebrated a 2-0 win. Both goals were scored in the first half, when Kevin De Bruyne opened the score and Lery Sane scored another one in the last minutes of the first half.

During the week Manchester City had a tough game in the Champions League, which they lost against Tottenham Hotspur in London. Because of this, most probably the manager Pep Guardiola will make some rotations in his starting line-up.

That’s what we had to say about the Premier League clash between Crystal Palace and Manchester City on Sunday. Good luck!

Crystal Palace – Southampton

Crystal Palace – Manchester City