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English Premier League
12/13/2014

Crystal Palace vs Stoke City

Home - Crystal Palace
Last away matches - D-D-L-D-L-W

Palace have conceded just three goals in their last four and kept a clean sheet in last weekend's draw with Tottenham Hotspur in what was an extremely impressive display, with the Eagles unlucky not to come away from White Hart Lane with all three points.Yannick Bolasie put in a particularly lively individual performance against Spurs, and feels that wins will soon arrive for his team if they keep up such a high level of performance. Palace's only reported injury absentee is Adrian Mariappa (knee), while Stoke are missing Steve Sidwell (knee), Victor Moses (thigh) and Peter Odemwingie (knee), and have doubts over the fitness of Marc Wilson and Marko Arnautovic.

Away - Stoke City
Last away matches - L-L-W-L-L-W

Stoke have been inconsistent at best this season, but rolled out their most impressive form to beat the Gunners 3-2 last weekend, ending a run of three defeats on the bounce. The Potters surged into a three-goal lead against Arsenal thanks to strikes by Peter Crouch, Bojan Krkic and Jonathan Walters, and held off a second-half comeback to pick up a deserved three points.The biggest frustration for Hughes, the players and the Stoke fans will be that the win was just their second in seven league games, and goalkeeper Asmir Begovic admitted Saturday's game against Palace will be an opportunity for his team to show some consistency at last.

Asian Handicap
Home - (-0.25)
Away - (+0.25)
Pick - Crystal Palace (-0.25)
Odds - 2.23
Stakes - 9/10
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English Premier League
12/13/2014

Leicester City vs Manchester City

Home - Leicester City
Last away matches - L-L-L-L-L-L

Leicester City were producing scintillating displays at the start of the 2014/2015 Premier League campaign, but the newcomers then suffered a dip in form. The Foxes are on an eight-match winless run in the national championship and, as a result, they literally hit the bottom of the Premier League standings. Coach Nigel Pearson was even charged by FA over a row with fan during home loss to Liverpool and there is no doubt that Leicester City are running down a blind alley at the moment. The newcomers face an uphill task on day 16 of the new Premier League campaign as they welcome title holder Manchester City at their King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Summer signing Leonardo Ulloa is the only bright star in the team, but I am not sure if he is capable of helping his teammates avoid defeat in the upcoming clash against the Citizens. The Foxes, though, did well to score five goals against Manchester United earlier this season and I would not be surprised if they found the net against Manuel Pellegrini’s men.

Away - Manchester City
Last away matches - W-W-W-D-L-D

Manchester City, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the start of the new Premier League campaign. The Citizens were dropping a lot of points in the opening matches of the season, but the defending champions have been in a brilliant form of late. Thanks to four consecutive wins in the national championship Manuel Pellegrini’s men revived their title hopes and they did well to melt Chelsea’s advantage to just three points in the Premier League standings. Nonetheless, Manchester City do not want to stop now and they will surely go for a win in Saturday’s match against Leicester City. The Citizens did well to defeat Roma on Wednesday night and clinch their spot in the knockout stages of the elite competition and they are surely brimming with confidence ahead of Saturday’s match against Nigel Pearson’s men. In Kun Aguero’s absence, a man to watch in the away side will Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko, who has totally overcome his respective injury. Taking everything into account, the visitors are likely to score at least one goal in Saturday’s match against Leicester.

Asian Handicap
Home - (+1.00)
Away - (-1.00)
Pick - Manchester City (-1.00)
Odds - 1.76
Stakes - 10/10