- Man City host Crystal Palace
- Victory would keep them in title race
- Pep Guardiola likely to make changes
Manchester City are up against Crystal Palace on Wednesday night, leaving Pep Guardiola with a huge dilemma.
If Manchester City fans were given a choice between winning the Premier League or FA Cup, they would always be choosing the former option.
However, prioritising the league over the cup is not an easy decision for Pep Guardiola to make when his team are more likely to win the latter.
The manager would love to field a full strength team in both competitions, but this is unrealistic based on City’s busy schedule.
In fact, Guardiola has already confirmed that there will be rotations to Man City’s squad, otherwise they will struggle in the FA Cup final.
How to watch Man City vs Crystal Palace
The Etihad Stadium is the best place to be on Wednesday night, but for those unable to make it, the match will be shown live on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event.
Those watching on from abroad can find out how to view the game by heading to the Live Soccer TV website.
Kick off is at 20:00 local time, and UK viewers can tune in an hour before kick off for all the pre-match analysis.
Score prediction
Man City exceeded our expectations last time out, beating Brentford 3-0 instead of the one-goal margin we predicted.
Therefore, surely it is only right to predict a victory for the home team, which would see them move back within two points of Arsenal.
With changes likely, the Citizens will have to work hard to secure three points. However, their backup players have looked good when they have played in the FA Cup, barring the Southampton game.
Omar Marmoush could well get himself on the scoresheet again if he starts, and it would be great to see Phil Foden find the net after coming close twice against Brentford.
Read Man City prediction: Manchester City 2-1 Crystal Palace
Predicted lineups
Guardiola is a big fan of the FA Cup, and he will do everything in his power to avoid a third successive defeat in the final.
The match against Palace still matters to him, but this is the fixture where he is likely to switch things up.
From back to front, there are going to be alterations to Man City’s starting XI which raise plenty of eyebrows.
