Crystal Palace and Arsenal lock horns for the second time in three days when they clash at Selhurst Park on Saturday, this time in the Premier League.
The two sides battled it out in the last eight of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night, with Arsenal as hosts on that occasion. advanced to the semi-finals. Gabriel Jesus' hat-trick saw off the Eagles despite a late rally sparked by Eddie Nketiah's goal against his former employers.
Arsenal will fancy their chances of back-to-back wins against their south London foes, but recently Premier League the form was far from ideal. Soft draws with Fulham and Everton have seen them lose ground to Chelsea and Liverpool, with victory against the Eagles not enough to even usurp the table.
In contrast, Palace's recent form in the league has been extremely impressive. They have regained some form after a disappointing start to the season and have been chasing it respectable draw against reigning champions Manchester City with a fine A23 derby day win over Brighton & Hove Albion on the road.
Here it is 90 minutes guide to a whole London affair.
Crystal Palace vs Arsenal H2H results (last five matches)
Current form (all competitions)
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Crystal Palace |
Arsenal |
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Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace – 18/12/24 |
Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace – 18/12/24 |
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Brighton 1-3 Crystal Palace – 15/12/24 |
Arsenal 0-0 Everton – 14/12/24 |
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Crystal Palace 2-2 Man City – 07/12/24 |
Arsenal 3-0 Monaco – 11/12/24 |
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Ipswich Town 0-1 Crystal Palace – 03/12/24 |
Fulham 1-1 Arsenal – 08/12/24 |
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Crystal Palace 1-1 Newcastle – 30/11/24 |
Arsenal 2-0 Man Utd – 04/12/24 |
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country |
TV channel/live streaming |
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United Kingdom |
Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Ultra HD, Sky GO, Sky GO Extra, NOW TV |
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United States |
fuboTV, nbcsports.com, NBC Sports App, USA Network |
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Canada |
fuboTV Canada |
Crystal Palace named almost their strongest XI in midweek against Arsenal and are unlikely to make many changes from that side.
Daniel Munoz, who missed out in north London on Wednesday, is suspended after picking up his fifth yellow card of the Premier League season at Brighton, but fellow defender Chadi Riad is close to returning after three months on the sidelines and could be part of the squad of the match on Saturday.
However, Adam Wharton and Matheus Franca are still missing up front, with the former recently suffering a setback in his recovery from a groin injury that is likely to see him miss the remainder of the calendar year.
Crystal Palace predicted formation against Arsenal (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi; Clyne, Doucoure, Hughes, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; The tests.
Arsenal have four injuries to their senior squad and all of them come in the full-back department. Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu are both missing on the right side of defence, while Oleksandr Zinchenko and Riccardo Calafiori are unavailable on the left.
Declan Rice was left out of Arsenal's squad on Wednesday with a slight injury, but the midfielder should be available on Saturday.
Mikel Arteta made sweeping changes to his starting line-up against Palace in midweek but will return to his preferred XI on Saturday. Martin Odegaard, William Saliba, Gabriel and Rice, fitness permitting, should all return to the squad.
Jesus produced a clinical hat-trick to set up Wednesday's affair but could return to the bench with Kai Havertz favored.
Arsenal predicted formation against Crystal Palace (4-3-3): Raya; Partey, Saliba, Gabriel, Lumber; Odegaard, Merino, Rice; Saka, Havertz, Martinelli.
Wednesday's meeting between the sides was a high-scoring affair, but both managers will be concerned by their teams' opener at the Emirates, with steps likely to be taken to make Saturday's clash a tighter and more competitive battle. tactical.
It could be a game of relatively good margins, with Arsenal able to progress once again. The Gunners have been far from their attacking best in recent games but boast superior quality in the final third as well as a constant threat from set pieces.