London pair look solid plays

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QPR and West Ham are both strongly fancied by our in-form football tipsters to notch Premier League wins on Saturday.

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Manchester City v Crystal Palace (1245 GMT)

This should prove to be relatively straightforward for City despite the ongoing absence of Sergio Aguero and doubts over the participation of Edin Dzeko and Stevan Jovetic. That could hand another opportunity to Spanish starlet Jose Pozo but there is so much depth in behind the front-line that the possible lack of a recognised striker may not harm City as much as it would other sides. Frank Lampard has chipped in with some vital goals while David Silva is nearing a return to full fitness and Yaya Toure has shown glimpses of his best form. Goals at home have, surprisingly, been a problem with just 12 in the 'for' column (including four in one game against Spurs), the same number as West Ham and West Brom and fewer than QPR. Despite that, they have only dropped five points and there will be some long faces if that tally is added to despite the Eagles drawing half of their away games this season. The 1-0 scoreline (two home games and last two league games have been won by that score) is available at up to 7/1 while City are around 11/4 to win by a one-goal margin (four league wins have come that way) but Palace have scored only two goals in four games since beating Liverpool 3-1 and there have to be doubts as to how well their defence can stand up to City, with or without some of the star names. City have played some of the division's leading sides at the Etihad thus far so it may not pay to read too much into their relatively meagre goals tally. I had hoped that the injuries and lack of goals might have led to some bigger-than-usual prices in the correct-score market but that isn't the case and there's little to get excited about.