Crystal Palace vs Man City LIVE commentary: Foden in good form as reigning champions aim for top spot: Kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Manchester City can move to the top of the Premier League by beating Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon, live on talkSPORT.

Pep Guardiola's team defeat Aston Villa 4-1 on Wednesday night to stay within striking distance of first place.

And now they play earlier. Arsenal and Liverpool this weekend, meaning they can overtake their rivals and pile on the pressure.

The reigning champions know what it takes to step up when it matters and will love their chances against Palace who haven't won in four.

Crystal Palace vs Man City: Foden masterclass

Phil Foden He is having the best season of his career so far.

The 23-year-old scored his second hat-trick of the campaign against Villa and has now joined an elite group of English players.

He has scored more than 20 goals and 10 assists, becoming the fourth English player in Europe's top five leagues to do so.

Harry Kane, Judas Bellingham and Olivia Watkins They are the other three.

Is the first time in Foden's career who has achieved these numbers and who is playing simply unstoppable football.

Crystal Palace will now have to find a way to stop him, but he has scored five in his last five away games for Man City, showing that it will be a very difficult task.

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• Man City are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League away games against Crystal Palace (W6 D2), since a 2-1 defeat in April 2015. They have kept six clean sheets and conceded just two goals in that streak.
• Crystal Palace came back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Manchester City in the first leg in December. Only in 1992-93, 1994-95 and 2021-22 did they avoid defeat in both Premier League games against the Citizens in one season.

Crystal Palace vs Man City: What has been said?

Speaking of Foden's sublime performance in a more central role, the Premier League legend Fernando River sent a plea to Gareth Southgate.

He told TNT Sports: “One thing I would say about him is why he is still here doing what he is doing, he is never too high or too low.

“He's very balanced in his approach to certain situations and even in the game and I would say also outside of the game, off the court, I don't think he ever gets too intimidated by situations. He doesn't see situations too. He's great for he.

“These actions (against Aston Villa) and we're sitting here thinking, 'for the England team, surely they have to play centrally?'

“This is the common debate at the moment: Where do you play Phil Foden to get the best out of him?

“These actions here tell you everything you need to know. Send these clips to Gareth and ask him: 'who else is doing this?'”

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• Manchester City have only kept a clean sheet in their last nine Premier League away games against London teams (5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses), although it was at Crystal Palace in March last year (1- 0). They had kept a clean sheet in eight of their 11 previous visits to the capital.
• Crystal Palace have failed to score in any of their last four Premier League home games against Man City, with Luka Milivojevic in April 2019 being the last Eagles player to score against them at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace vs Man City: team news

Palace could have Michael Olise back in the matchday squad at Selhurst Park.

The winger would provide a huge boost to the Eagles, who have relied heavily on Olise and Eberchi Eze this season.

Sam Johnstone It's out of season so Dean Henderson will start in goal while Marc Guehi, Cheick Doucoure, Matheus Franca and Rob Holding stay on the sidelines.

As for City, they rested some key players in the victory over Aston Villa.

Both Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne They had the night off as they remained on the bench for the full 90 minutes.

It means they will be fresh for this clash and will likely return to the lineup instead of Jack Grealish and Julián Álvarez.

Ederson and Nathan Ake will remain injured while Juan Piedras He continues to work to regain full fitness and may appear as a substitute.

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• Erling Haaland has been involved in seven goals in his last six away games for Manchester City in the Premier League, scoring four and assisting three. However, he has not scored in any of his last four such matches, his longest streak without scoring away in the competition.
• Eberechi Eze has scored five goals in eight home games for Crystal Palace in the Premier League this season; The last Englishman to score more at home in a top-flight campaign with the Eagles was Andrew Johnson in 2004-05 (11).

Crystal Palace against Man City: talkSPORT coverage

This Premier League clash will take place on Saturday, April 6.

Kick-off at Selhurst Park is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.

talkSPORT will have EXCLUSIVE live coverage of the game hosted by Reshmin Chowdhury.

The comment will come from Sam Matterface and former Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew.