Manchester City v Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace have conceded just once in James Tomkins' three league starts since his returned from injury last month.TEAM NEWS

Manchester City continue to be without injured defenders Nathan Ake and Aymeric Laporte.

Crystal Palace are assessing their squad after Thursday's goalless draw at Arsenal, with fit-again defender James Tomkins a key figure in that game.

Mamadou Sakho continues to be sidelined with an ongoing thigh injury, while Martin Kelly is still out.

LAWRO'S PREDICTION

Manchester City have got a run of league fixtures coming up where in normal circumstances you would expect them to win all of them - after this game they play Aston Villa (h), West Brom (a), Sheffield United (h) and…