On Sunday, at 13:30, Arsenal moves to Selhurst Park in the 10th round of the Premier League. Unai Emery’s students are looking for the 12th consecutive victory in all competitions, after being forced to score 1-0 in the Europa League duel with Sporting Lisbon. Instead, Crystal Palace accuses Christian Benteke, long-suffering.
Arsenal’s share is down because gamblers around the world support Unai Emery’s team. “Tuners” are showing better and the partnership in the attack between Lacazette, Aubameyang and Ozil gets homogeneity from the match to the match. In the past, Arsenal was led just before the Leicester break by 1-0, after Chilwell’s goal, but the Londoners kept up and recovered, and with the help of Ozil, who made 1-1 in the 44th minute.
British newspapers boast praise for the red-white combination, and Emery remains faithful to Arsene Wenger’s offensive style on Emirates Stadium. Crystal Palace will hardly withstand the fast pace of the guests, who are in a remarkable series of invincibility and enter the pitch with great confidence on Sunday.
Instead, the Palace is far from impressive, even if it was bad luck on Everton (0-2). Palace missed a score of 0-0, and Townsend’s and Zaha’s offensive efforts have always hit the defensive wall of the hosts. Arsenal’s defense is not the safest of the Premier League, especially as Unai Emery has some important absences, such as Koscielny and Sokratis.
Crystal Palace tackles the match without real attackers.
Palace will have her chances, given Roy Hodgson’s team scored in each of the last four games played at home against Arsenal. From hosts missing Benteke, Dann, Ward, Meyer, air Sorloth is uncertain. Norwegian Sorloth was the favorite option in the Crystal Palace attack, and if he is not fit, then Arsenal’s chances increase considerably. Arsenal has won in the last two straight games after spectacular matches with 4-1 and 3-2, and we are expecting a good rhythm and many more weekends at the weekend.
Arsenal is in 4th place in the Premier League (22-11) and is just two leaders, a position more than acceptable now. Crystal Palace has the same number of goals as “tuners”, but Roy Hodgson has only scored 5 times this season. The guests come after 7 consecutive championship successes and have scored at least two goals in each of their last 8 championship matches, so I start as you are a Certified Champion.
THE PROBABLE TEAMS
Crystal Palace: Hennessey – Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt – McArthur, Kouyate, Milivojevic, Schlupp – Townsend, Zaha
Arsenal: Leno – Bellerin, Mustafi, Holding, Monreal – Torreira, Xhaka – Iwobi, Ozil, Aubameyang – Lacazette
PREDICTION: Arsenal to win @ 1.77
