Arsenal vs Crystal Palace Predictions - Arsenal to continue sueprb home form

Ralph Staniforth

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Last updated: 17 Dec 2024

Ralph Staniforth 17 Dec 2024

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Arsenal aims for a trophy, unlikely to rest key players.
Strong home form suggests a straightforward win for Arsenal.
High-scoring game expected, given both teams' recent performances.

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Arsenal have won 4 consecutive matches against Crystal Palace (Getty)

Arsenal vs Crystal Palace Predictions

Arsenal will want a trophy this season so I don't see them resting too many players. Given their home form, this should be a straightforward win for the Gunners.

Arsenal vs Crystal Palace Predictions
Stats
Head to Head
Arsenal Form
Arsenal Injuries & News
Crystal Palace Form
Crystal Palace Injuries & News

Stats

Arsenal have won 8 of their last 10 home matches.
Arsenal have seen over 2.5 goals in 4 of their last 7 games.
Arsenal have won 4 consecutive matches against Crystal Palace.
Crystal Palace have seen over 3.5 goals in 2 consecutive games.

Head to Head

Arsenal have a 33-6 advantage against Crystal Palace in 55 meetings with 16 draws. The Gunners have beaten Palace in the last two at the Emirates and scored nine goals.

Arsenal Form

Arsenal reached the EFL Cup quarter-finals after thumping Bolton 5-1 and Preston 3-0 in the earlier rounds.

The Gunners are in strong recent form and undefeated in eight, with five wins. Arsenal were on a three-match home winning run, beating Nottingham Forest 3-0, Man United 2-0 and Monaco 3-0.

The North Londoners were then held to a goalless Premier League draw against Everton on Saturday. Mikel Arteta’s side had 13-2 shots, 1.31 XG but couldn’t find the breakthrough.

Arsenal Injuries & News

Defensive trio Ben White, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Takehiro Tomiyasu are injured and won’t feature.

17-year-old Ethan Nwaneri has scored three of Arsenal’s eight EFL Cup goals and is likely to start.

Crystal Palace Form

Crystal Palace won their three previous EFL Cup games this season to reach the final eight. They beat Norwich 4-0 at home and sealed 2-1 away wins over QPR and Aston Villa.

The Eagles have won just two of their seven games since beating Villa away in the cup. Palace were winless in four and conceded seven before defeating Ipswich 1-0 away and drawing 2-2 with Man City.

Oliver Glasner’s side beat Brighton 3-1 away on Sunday for their second league away win this season. Trevoh Chalobah and Ismaila Sarr put Palace 2-0 up after 32 minutes and Sarr added a late second to secure the points.

Crystal Palace Injuries & News

Wing-back Daniel Munoz is suspended after receiving his fifth booking of the season at Brighton.

Forward Matheus Franca is ruled out until the new year with a groin injury.

Verdict

Arsenal v Crystal Palace

Arsenal can utilise their home strength to defeat Palace. The Gunners and the Eagles often get amongst the goals and a high-scoring home victory is expected.