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Arsenal vs Crystal Palace Prediction & Betting tips
For a long time, Arsenal FC was seen as the biggest disappointment of the current season. With the derby win on Boxing Day at home against Chelsea, the proverbial knot of coach Mikel Arteta’s team seems to have finally burst. The Gunners followed in the Premier League with two away wins in Brighton and West Brom and are determined to continue their upward trend on Thursday evening.
Arsenal and Crystal Palace will face each other in the Emirates Stadium. The odds are clearly in favor of the home side, who have already improved to eleventh place in the Premier League table and are slowly reconnecting with the international places.
From the Arteta team’s point of view, however, the endeavor will not be easy, especially since the Eagles have already scored points against Manchester United, Leicester and Tottenham this season. In addition, the team of coach Roy Hodgson has not lost any of the last four first division duels against city rivals.
For next Thursday’s match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace, we dare to predict that the host’s clear positive trend will continue and the Gunners will win four consecutive Premier League matches for the first time since October 2018.
Arsenal:
With a record of four wins, two draws, a whopping eight defeats and 15th place, Mikel Arteta was about to be fired from Arsenal Football Club at Christmas. Many experts no longer trusted the Spanish ex-professional to initiate the turnaround and raise the Gunners to a new, better level. Then came the ominous London derby on December 26th, which Aubameyang, Lacazette and Co. surprisingly won 3-1 at home against Chelsea.
In the later review of this season, that success against the Blues could be seen as a chest loosener and “turning point”, because things have been going really well with the Arteta-Elf since then. Most recently, Arsenal won in Brighton (1-0) and West Brom (4-0) both to zero and can look back on an impressive nine points and 8-1 goals from the last three games.
Because the North Londoners reached the next round in the FA Cup with a lackluster 2-0 win after extra time against Newcastle and exude much more self-confidence than a few weeks ago, the current form must definitely be used as an argument to between Arsenal and Crystal Palace to give a tip on the home win.
Another positive thing to note is the fact that the reigning cup winner has already booked nine points from four London derbies this season and thus more than any other competitor from the capital. Two of the three wins (Fulham, Chelsea) even marked Arsenal with more than one goal difference, which makes handicap betting on Thursday even more interesting.
Mikel Arteta can also draw on the full in terms of personnel, because Gabriel Martinelli is still only one professional who is out due to injury. Numerous players who were spared in the FA Cup at the weekend are returning to the starting line-up. In addition, Thomas Partey could be back in the Gunners’ squad for the first time after surviving a hip injury.
Crystal Palace :
Crystal Palace is and will be a lucky bag this season. The Eagles were able to score against top teams like Manchester United (3: 1), Leicester or Tottenham (each 1: 1) in 2020/21, but conceded against Liverpool (0: 7), Chelsea (0: 4) or Aston Villa ( 0: 3) also high claps. More than half of all matches with Palace participation ended with at least two goals difference, regardless of whether for or against the Londoners.
In the ranking it is currently enough for 13th place, although the lead over the relegation ranks is already a whopping eleven points and a tick can actually be ticked behind the annual minimum goal of ‘staying in the league’. However, seven points are also missing upwards, so that the Hodgson-Elf is trapped in midfield.
After four games without a win in December in a row (two points, 2:12 goals), the Eagles caught each other again last and collected four points in their two home games against Leicester and Sheffield United. Away, however, only one of the last five games was victorious. In addition, keeper Guaitia has already had to reach behind him 14 times when he is abroad. Only four teams conceded more away goals than the Londoners.
A further complicating factor is that various actors will not be available. Eight players are in danger of being eliminated, including Mamadou Sakho, who, like many other top performers, was in the starting line-up at the weekend in the narrow 1-0 defeat in the FA Cup against Wolverhampton. After all, Luka Milivojevic is about to return, who has already scored five goals in six games against the Gunners, four of them from penalties.
Arsenal vs Crystal Palace head to head matches
11.01.20 PL Crystal Palace Arsenal 1 : 1
27.10.19 PL Arsenal Crystal Palace 2 : 2
21.04.19 PL Arsenal Crystal Palace 2 : 3
28.10.18 PL Crystal Palace Arsenal 2 : 2
20.01.18 PL Arsenal Crystal Palace 4 : 1