Arsenal vs Crystal Palace – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Sreya

Arsenal hosts Crystal Palace at the Emirates on 17th April, Friday as Arsene Wenger’s men aim to hold on to a spot in the top four of the English Premier League. With the Premiership firmly out of reach from the Gunners, Wenger’s team has a familiar goal to play for – securing a place in next season’s UEFA Champions League.

Arsenal are on the third position with fifty nine points while Crystal Palace are on the sixteenth position with thirty eight points. Both clubs drew their previous matches, Arsenal playing a 3-3 draw against West Ham while Crystal Palace was a part of the goalless draw against Everton.

Team News

Mikel Arteta is still sidelined through an injury while Jack Wilshere, Tomas Rosicky, Santi Cazorla and Alex Oxlaide-Chamberlain are yet to regain match fitness. Petr Cech was left on the bench last week, but should return to the starting lineup tomorrow.

Kwesi Appiah, James McArthur, Marouane Chamakh and Brede Hangeland are ruled out for tomorrow’s match with injuries.

Arsenal Possible Starting Lineup: Petr Cech, Hector Bellerin, Gabriel Paulista, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Mohamed Elneny, Francis Coquelin, Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Alex Iwobi, Danny Welbeck.

Crystal Palace Possible Starting Lineup: Wayne Hennessey, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Pape Souare, Yohan Cabaye, Mile Jedinak, Wilfried Zaha, Jason Puncheon, Yannick Bolasie, Connor Wickham.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Head-2-Head statistics, Arsenal have won all their last six matches against Crystal Palace in all competitions. With Crystal Palace failing to win fifteen of their previous sixteen Premier League matches, Arsenal are the favorites tomorrow and are likely to win by a scoreline of 2-0.