📏 Form Guide

Arsenal

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Arsenal fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 0-4 Premier League success versus Ipswich Town.

In that game, Arsenal had 75% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Arsenal, the scorers were Leandro Trossard (14', 69'), Gabriel Martinelli (28') and Ethan Nwaneri (88'). Ipswich Town got 4 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

Their latest results really do illustrate the point that not much more can be done by the Arsenal rearguard. Arsenal have been mean at the back, with the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their past 6 outings standing at 4. We will just have to find out if that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Their past results show that Arsenal:

• have not been beaten in the league by Crystal Palace in their previous 5 games.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches at home.

Crystal Palace

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In their last fixture, Crystal Palace drew 0-0 in the Premier League tie with Bournemouth.

In that game, Crystal Palace had 27% possession and 4 shots at goal with 0 of them on target. For their opponents, Bournemouth got 15 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

Indicating their partiality to eventful matches, the back of the net has been hit 20 times in the prior 6 games in which Crystal Palace have taken to the pitch, giving a mean average of 3.33 goals for each clash. Opposition teams have hit 12 of those goals.

Their previous form shows that Crystal Palace:

• have not beaten Arsenal when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 league matches. Not good.
• have not won away from home in their last 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings stretching back to 05/08/2022 tells us that these encounters have not been kind to Crystal Palace. They have not managed to register any victories at all whereas Arsenal have been the better of the two, getting wins in 100 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 in all at an average of 4 goals per match.

The previous league encounter between the two was Premier League match day 17 on 21/12/2024 when it finished Crystal Palace 1-5 Arsenal.

That time, Crystal Palace managed 42% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Ismaïla Sarr (11').

Arsenal had 14 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Gabriel Jesus (6', 15'), Kai Havertz (38'), Gabriel Martinelli (60') and Declan Rice (84') scored.

The match was refereed by Simon Hooper.

📋 Team News: Arsenal

Jorginho (Chest injury), Riccardo Calafiori (Knee injury), Kai Havertz (Hamstring injury), Gabriel Magalhães (Hamstring injury), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Knee surgery) and Gabriel Jesus (Cruciate ligament tear) will be missing for Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta.

We are thinking that The Gunners should kick off with a 4-3-3 system for the game and select David Raya, Jurrien Timber, William Saliba, Jakub Kiwior, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Oedegaard, Thomas Partey, Declan Rice, Raheem Sterling, Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli.

📋 Team News: Crystal Palace

We’re of the thinking that The Eagles appear most likely to play in a 4-4-2 lineup by sending out Dean Henderson, Nathaniel Clyne, Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guehi, Daniel Munoz, Adam Wharton, Will Hughes, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaila Sarr, Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta.

💭 Prediction

We believe that Arsenal certainly have the ability to fashion enough chances to find the net more than once while possibly not conceding when they line up against Crystal Palace, who may well struggle to break down their defence.

Our selection here is for a fairly comfortable 2-0 margin for Arsenal by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Victor Martins, 18:03 23/04/2025