Manchester City will look to build on their dramatic win over Bournemouth last time out when travelling to take on Crystal Palace on Friday evening.
Palace have endured a difficult summer, losing Maxence Lacroix, while Ismaila Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta's futures remain uncertain.
City have seen even more upheaval, with Pep Guardiola being replaced by Enzo Maresca and Rodri leaving for Barcelona, and while the performance against the Cherries left a little to be desired last week, the Citizens got over the line thanks to late goals from Marc Guehi and Josko Gvardiol.
On the Football Betting Club podcast, Mark Stinchcombe is anticipating a high-scoring affair.
Crystal Palace v Manchester City Prediction
Best Bet: Over 2.75 goals @ 1.825
Mark said: "Both teams have new managers so we've only got one game to go off so far, so I thought I might want to focus on a player bet instead.
"I was looking at Rayan Cherki to get an assist; he's got 17 assists in 26 domestic starts for Manchester City, 10 assists in his last 21, however he came on as a sub last week and I just feel his minutes is the issue here.
"Regularly last season he either came on or didn't complete 90 minutes and that's the sort of thing that concerns me. I think he's the sort of player that can drift in and out of games and that's maybe why managers don't trust him completely and to be fair he is only 9/4 for an assist so probably a touch short for me.
"So I decided the best way to play it is to back goals. Over 2.5 is 4/6 which might a touch short for a lot of people but actually I think for Manchester City games, over 2.5 goals, the prices tend to be a lot shorter on average.
"Last weekend in the Premier League, seven out of 10 did go over 2.5 goals and if you look at City, 12 of their last 16 have gone over 2.5 and for Palace, 10 of their last 14 have gone over.
"Generally there's a lot of goals when these two sides meet; the last six meetings have gone over. So instead of backing overs at 4/6, we'll back over 2.75 goals at 1.825, so we get paid out if there's three or more goals.
"One thing to be wary of though, maybe just double check the Palace lineup because Jean-Philippe Mateta's been linked with a move away, trying to have his contract sorted, Liverpool are rumoured to be interested in Ismaila Sarr who didn't play last weekend, so if they're not at full strength, maybe give it a pass."
Key Match Stats
Manchester City are unbeaten in their last nine Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace
The last six Premier League meetings between the two sides have produced 27 goals
After Ismaila Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta, Daniel Munoz was Palace's top league scorer last season with four goals
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