PREM: Manchester City v Crystal Palace preview

Manchester City v Crystal Palace preview

Manchester City will be looking to maintain their perfect Premier League home record this season when they host Crystal Palace on Saturday.

City have won all nine of their league home games so far as they tussle with Liverpool for supremacy at the top of the table.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said this week that City do not have any weaknesses, but Pep Guardiola disagreed, saying: "Of course any team has strong points and weak points.

"Of course we have weaknesses and we are working on it. That is normal. These kind of comments I put into the perspective they must be."

Palace are 15th in the Premier League, having beaten Leicester 1-0 last time out.

Manager Roy Hodgson said: "This is another an opportunity for us to go and show we are a good Premier League team and a chance to get points, it won't be easy but it's far from impossible."

City are still without David Silva, who has returned to training after missing three games with a hamstring injury but is not expected to be available.

Captain Vincent Kompany is also out with a knock and defender Danilo remains a doubt while left-back Benjamin Mendy (knee) and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo (Achilles) are long-term absentees.

Meanwhile, Cheikhou Kouyate is a doubt for Crystal Palace owing to a knock and defender Martin Kelly is expected to miss out due to an adductor muscle strain.

Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey has also not recovered from a back spasm, so will miss out too.