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How Manchester City could line up against Crystal Palace

Sports Mole looks at how Manchester City could line up against Crystal Palace for Saturday afternoon's Premier League clash.

Manchester City will be looking to make it 10 home Premier League wins in a row to start their season for the third time in eight campaigns when they play host to Crystal Palace.

The Citizens have picked up maximum points so far at the Etihad Stadium, scoring 33 times and conceding six, yet they still trail league leaders Liverpool by a point.

Amid a run of nine games in the space of a month, Pep Guardiola is expected to continue his rotation policy for this weekend's showdown with Prem strugglers Palace.

Ahead of Saturday afternoon's clash, Sports Mole looks at how the champions could line up.

Possible MCI XI vs. PAL

Out: David Silva (hamstring), Claudio Bravo (Achilles), Eliaquim Mangala (knee), Benjamin Mendy (knee)
Doubtful: Danilo (knock), Vincent Kompany (muscular)

Guardiola welcomed Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero back to his starting lineup for the midweek EFL Cup win against Leicester City - two of eight changes from the 3-1 triumph over Everton last weekend.

De Bruyne netted City's opener on his first start in more than six weeks and could well be retained for the visit of Palace, but Aguero is expected to make way for Gabriel Jesus, who bagged a morale-boosting brace against the Toffees.

Riyad Mahrez is one three players to have started the Citizens' last two matches, so the Algerian winger should be given a breather on Saturday, opening the door for in-form duo Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling to patrol the flanks.

Elsewhere, Fabian Delph is likely to take over from Oleksandr Zinchenko at left-back in the absence of Mendy, while Nicolas Otamendi is another in need of a rest at centre-back.

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Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez celebrates scoring against Watford on December 4, 2018
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Tables
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool1815303973248
2Manchester CityMan City18142250133744
3Tottenham HotspurSpurs18140437181942
4Chelsea18114335152037
5Arsenal18114340241637
6Manchester UnitedMan Utd188553430429
7Watford188372525027
8Bournemouth188282728-126
9Leicester CityLeicester187472221125
10Wolverhampton WanderersWolves187471921-225
11Everton186662628-224
12West Ham UnitedWest Ham187382527-224
13Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton186392026-621
14Crystal Palace1853101725-818
15Newcastle UnitedNewcastle184591422-817
16Southampton183691933-1415
17Cardiff CityCardiff1842121838-2014
18Burnley1833121636-2012
19Huddersfield TownHuddersfield1824121131-2010
20Fulham1824121642-2610

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