FA Cup champions Crystal Palace return to Premier League action on Tuesday when they welcome Wolverhampton Wanderers to Selhurst Park.
Palace defeated Manchester City 1-0 at Wembley on Saturday to claim the FA Cup and are currently 12th with 49 points, while 14th-placed Wolves have eight points fewer and lost 2-0 against Brighton & Hove Albion on May 10.
We say: Crystal Palace 1-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Despite the injuries in Wolves’ forward line, they should be confident of creating numerous chances against a celebratory Palace side.
Given the Eagles will almost certainly rest key stars on Tuesday, the visitors should be seen as clear favourites to claim all three points.
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Bidding to quickly banish their latest Wembley heartache, Manchester City play their final home game of the season on Tuesday night, when Bournemouth rock up for a Premier League battle.
Pep Guardiola and co are mourning their FA Cup dreams after Saturday’s 1-0 loss at the hands of Crystal Palace, while the Cherries are still in with a slight shout of qualifying for the Conference League.
We say: Manchester City 1-1 Bournemouth
Drained and devastated after their unsuccessful trip to the capital, Man City may have their work cut out against a Bournemouth side who are seldom outfought in Premier League away games.
The Cherries’ underwhelming recent results makes it difficult to back the visitors to pull off a Manchester surprise, though, and for us, Tuesday’s contest has the look of a tense stalemate written all over it, a result that does neither side much good.
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