Arsenal face a fast turnaround for a second assembly with Crystal Palace inside every week when the 2 golf equipment reunite on Saturday.
The Gunners got here from behind to e-book their spot within the Carabao Cup semi-finals with a 3-2 victory over the Eagles on Wednesday.
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Gabriel Jesus emphatically ended his latest aim drought by scoring a hat-trick on the Emirates to get rid of Oliver Glasner’s males.
Nevertheless, Palace have an prompt alternative to get revenge in a much more damaging style to proceed their upturn in league kind.
The south Londoners are actually unbeaten of their previous 5 Premier League matches following a win over Brighton final outing.
Arsenal have not tasted defeat in 9 in all competitions however a stalemate with Everton noticed them miss the possibility to shut the hole to Liverpool, who had equally dropped factors.
In consequence, Mikel Arteta’s aspect have been overtaken by Chelsea in second and something lower than one other victory might be pricey.
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Arteta detailed his considering to talkSPORT behind bringing Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard off in opposition to Everton.
“Declan needed to come off as he was feeling one thing, so he was uncomfortable,” Arteta revealed in his post-match interview.
The midfielder was not noted of the squad for the midweek cup conflict, however is anticipated to make an instantaneous return right here.
Odegaard performed and assisted twice in opposition to Palace and can slot alongside Rice, with Thomas Partey possible chosen on the left.
The latter has been pressured to deputise in defence this season, with full-back a specific damage concern for Arteta.
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- Crystal Palace have alternated between defeat (4) and victory (3) of their final seven Premier League house London derby matches, dropping 2-0 in opposition to Fulham final outing at Selhurst Park.
- Arsenal have misplaced simply two of their final 19 away league video games in opposition to Crystal Palace (W10 D7), with each defeats coming within the Premier League by a 3-0 scoreline (April 2017, April 2022).
- Crystal Palace have misplaced their final 4 Premier League conferences with Arsenal, having misplaced simply one in every of their earlier eight in opposition to the Gunners (W2 D5).
Ben White, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Oleksandr Zinchenko, and Riccardo Calafiori are all sidelined, with Jurrien Timber taking part in on the appropriate.
Kieran Tierney made his first Arsenal look in over a 12 months on Wednesday however went off with cramp and will not be risked so quickly.
Myles Lewis-Skelly as a substitute will return after being rested in midweek, with David Raya, William Saliba, and Gabriel all nailed on to start out.
Gabriel Martinelli has struggled for kind this season however has scored extra Premier League targets in opposition to Crystal Palace than he has in opposition to another opponent with 5.
Which will give the Brazilian the sting over Leandro Trossard, nevertheless the identical cannot be mentioned for his countryman Jesus.
The latter’s treble offered a well timed increase of confidence however might be an possibility from the bench with Kai Havertz main the road.
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As for the house aspect have misplaced Daniel Munoz to suspension after the Colombian picked up his fifth Premier League yellow card.
Nathaniel Clyne is ready to reclaim his beginning berth from eighteen-year-old Caleb Kporha, who managed 45 minutes in midweek.
Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta have been each withdrawn after an hour to handle their minutes following returns from damage.
Nevertheless, the pair will each begin once more right here, with Adam Wharton, Matheus Franca, Rob Holding and Chadi Riad all unavailable.
- Since becoming a member of Crystal Palace from Arsenal earlier this season, Eddie Nketiah has had 20 photographs in 11 Premier League video games with out scoring. 4 gamers have had their first Premier League aim for a membership come in opposition to Arsenal having beforehand performed for the Gunners within the competitors – Kevin Campbell (Nottingham Forest, 1995), Nicolas Anelka (Bolton, 2006), David Bentley (Tottenham, 2008) and Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham, 2023).
- No workforce has had extra Premier League targets scored through defenders this season than Arsenal (7, stage with Manchester Metropolis), whereas Crystal Palace have had the best share of their Premier League targets this time period come from defenders (29% – 5/17).
- Excluding penalties, Arsenal have scored extra set piece targets than another aspect within the Premier League this season (9). In the meantime, 35% of Crystal Palace’s 17 Premier League targets this time period have come from set items (excluding penalties), with solely Everton (57%) netting the next such share.
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- Arsenal stored 9 clear sheets in 10 Premier League away video games between February and September, however since then have conceded in every of their final six on the highway. The Gunners final had an extended run with out an away shutout between August and December 2019 (7).
- Having misplaced 5 of their first eight Premier League video games this season (D3), Crystal Palace have now misplaced simply one in every of their final eight (W3 D4), and are unbeaten of their final 5 (W2 D3). The Eagles are searching for back-to-back Premier League victories for the primary time since a run of three in Might.
- Arsenal are unbeaten in all 9 of their Premier League London derby matches in 2024 (W7 D2). The final workforce to go unbeaten in such matches in a full calendar 12 months have been Chelsea in 2005 (W9 D1), whereas the final time Arsenal did so was in 2004 (W7 D3).
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This Premier League conflict will happen on Saturday, December 21.
Kick-off at Selhurst Park is scheduled for five:30pm.
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