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Crystal Palace and Arsenal have the honor to open the Premier League Saturday this weekend. All this is going to happen at Selhurst Park, home to Crystal Palace. The home team has one point ahead of Arsenal after 21 games and that shows in what a difficult package The Gunners are this season. At Palace, however, they are currently suffering from an injury wave after the busy weeks around Christmas and New Year, something that can probably only work to the advantage of Arsenal.
Crystal Palace:
With Crystal Palace, Roy Hodgson is in ninth place in the Premier League. The 72-year-old Hodgson performed maximally in recent seasons with the club from South London and this season is no different. Hodgson even performs more than maximum this season, because at the current ninth place they can be very proud at Crystal Palace. The Eagles are above clubs such as Arsenal, Everton and West Ham United. Three clubs that have a better selection on paper and a much higher budget, but Crystal Palace manages to leave those clubs behind (for the time being). The differences are minimal.
The cup adventure at Crystal Palace came to an end last weekend. At Selhurst Park, The Eagles lost 0-1 to Championship club Derby County, which was a disappointing result for Palace. Certainly because Hodgson took on a strong team against the team of Phillip Cocu and Wayne Rooney. For Crystal Palace, this meant the third game in a row without a win, and that also includes a top club like Arsenal visiting Saturday afternoon. As if that wasn’t really enough, Hodgson also has to miss a lot of players because of injuries.
Arsenal:
Arsenal is tenth in the Premier League. With that, The Gunners are in the left-hand row of the Premier League, but that also means everything. The fact that clubs such as Sheffield United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Crystal Palace are above Arsenal, of course, indicates enough. For the time being it is a disaster season for Arsenal and it is up to Mikel Arteta to change that in the coming months. The mission of the Spaniard is crystal clear: The Gunners must qualify for the Champions League. Arsenal can achieve this in two ways, namely by finishing in the top 4 of the Premier League and / or winning the Europa League. In both cases it will be a difficult story for the people of North London anyway.
Last Wednesday, Arsenal won beautifully in the league 2-0 against Manchester United. The Gunners played a great game against the record champion and that game offers perspective for Arteta. The Spaniard saw that Arsenal had a hard time last Monday evening with Leeds United in the FA Cup. Arsenal, who played without club top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, only managed to win 1-0 against the leader of the Championship. At Arsenal, they hope to give those two consecutive wins a good follow-up at Selhurst Park, but The Gunners won only two of their ten away games in the Premier League.
Crystal Palace vs Arsenal head to head matches
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
28.12.17 PL Crystal Palace Arsenal 2 : 3