We simulated Man City vs Crystal Palace to get a score prediction

Manchester City will be looking to get back to winning ways on Saturday afternoon when they host Crystal Palace.

In a thrilling clash for the neutrals, Man City fought from two goals down to claim a point against Newcastle last weekend, drawing 3-3 at St. James' Park. Since then, Pep Guardiola's side drew 3-3 with Barcelona in a midweek friendly against Barcelona.

City have failed to beat Palace in five of their previous nine meetings, with the Eagles proving a bit of a bogey team for Guardiola. Last season, Patrick Vieira's side won four points off City, including a 2-0 win at the Etihad.

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Nathan Ake was forced off against Newcastle with an injury last weekend, and the Dutch defender is set to miss out against Palace on Saturday. Jack Grealish is also a doubt, but could return to the squad.

So, how could City fare against Crystal Palace on Saturday? We simulated the clash to find out.

To complete this simulation, we used FIFA 22 and updated the squads with the latest transfers. Due to FIFA 22 not having the latest kits, both sides lined up in last season's strips.

We predict that City could set up in a 4-3-3 formation, with their line-up as follows: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Cancelo; De Bruyne, Rodri, Silva; Mahrez, Haaland, Foden.

We predict that Palace could set up in a 4-3-3 formation, with their line-up as follows: Guaita; Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Schlupp, Doucoure, Eze; Ayew, Mateta, Zaha.

City had more attacks than Palace in the first half, but Guardiola's side failed to capitalise and entered the break at 0-0. A flurry of chances just after the restart from Palace saw the visitors take the lead against the run