Arsenal vs Crystal Palace Predictions & Tips - Gunners backed for narrow win in EPL

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Arsenal vs Crystal Palace Predictions for Sunday’s English Premier League match (14:00 GMT)
Crystal Palace are winless in 11 Premier League matches (3 losses to nil in their last 3)
Can Arsenal get a first home win vs Palace in five meetings?

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Arsenal vs Crystal Palace Predictions

The Eagles are in dire form and are not scoring goals right now. I see Arsenal taking three points with a clean sheet.

Arsenal have won 13 of their last 16 home matches.
Arsenal have won to nil in 3 of their last 4 matches.
Crystal Palace have lost their last 3 matches to nil.
Crystal Palace have failed to score in 4 matches.

Head to Head

Arsenal hold a huge 26-5 advantage over Palace across 45 previous meetings with 14 draws.

The Gunners won 2-0 in the reverse fixture at Selhurst Park in August.

Arsenal Form

The Gunners go into the weekend with a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League table. They’ve won five league matches in a row but were knocked out of the Europa League on Thursday.

Arsenal beat Everton 4-0 in their game-in-hand before scoring a 98th minute winner at home to Bournemouth (3-2 after being 2-0 down). Their last league outing saw a convincing 3-0 win at Fulham in a match which was sandwiched by two legs vs Sporting CF.

After drawing 2-2 in Lisbon, the Gunners had the win at Craven Cottage. On Thursday, then drew 1-1 at home with Sporting before losing on penalties in Europa League.

Arsenal Team News

Mikel Arteta has major injury doubts over defenders William Saliba and Takehiro Tomiyasu. Rob Holding could cover in central defence.

Gabriel Jesus is back from injury but Leandro Trossard could lead the line. Thomas Partey and Martin Odegaard will return to the XI after partial rests on Thursday night.

Crystal Palace Form

Patrick Vieira’s side are winless in 11 Premier League matches. They sit 12th in the table but their cushion to the drop zone is now just three points.

After three successive draws, Palace lost 1-0 at Aston Villa as Cheick Doucoure was red carded. A 1-0 home loss to Man City followed after conceding a 78th minute penalty.

Their last match saw a 1-0 loss away at Brighton. Palace put up 1.20 xG and only allowed the Seagulls 0.60 xG in the 90 minutes.

Crystal Palace Team News

Crystal Palace are without Albert Sambi Lokonga, who is ineligible against his parent club. Will Hughes and James McArthur are absent in the engine room too.

Vicente Guita is hoping to be fit in goal after a hamstring complaint. Teenage ‘keeper Joseph Whitworth played against Brighton and is on standby to deputise again.

Verdict

Arsenal v Crystal Palace

I see Arsenal winning this match to nil as the best bet. I am backing the game to end 1-0.

Arsenal Win to Nil

Full Time Result

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Arsenal 1-0 Palace

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