The Gunners are confident, Palace is ready to respond

London, Beritasatu.com – The Crystal Palace vs Arsenal match in the 17th week of the Premier League will be played at Selhurst Park, Sunday (22/12/2024) early morning at 00.30 WIB. This will be an interesting match because the two teams have just met League Cup quarter-finals which ended in Arsenal’s narrow 3-2 victory at the Emirates.

This is certainly a positive provision for Arsenal to continue their unbeaten record in the last nine matches in all competitions. Mikel Arteta’s troops won six times and drew three times.

Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta believes that meeting Palace twice a week would be an advantage. The reason is, he doesn’t need to analyze his opponent too much. He just needed to improve things that he considered were not working well at the previous meeting.

“The preparation is obviously different and we don’t need to do a lot of analysis. I’m sure both teams will adjust some things and maybe also change some players. Apart from that, the difficulty of the game will remain the same. We know what it’s like going to Selhurst Park and that’s what we’ve prepared for, ” said Arteta, quoted on the Arsenal website.

Meanwhile, Palace is determined to avenge their defeat in the League Cup in the next match. Palace in the previous meeting actually started the match well. They took a quick lead through Jean-Philippe Mateta’s goal in the 4th minute. However, Arsenal was able to respond by turning things around through Gabriel Jesus’ hat-trick in the 54th, 73rd and 81st minutes. Unfortunately, Palace could only reduce the score difference through Eddie Nketiah’s goal in the 85th minute.

Palace needs a win in the next match to break their record of not winning in the last three home matches in all competitions.

“We will try to get a better result than two days ago at the Emirates Stadium. “We could see Arsenal’s quality, especially in the second half, how quickly they could pass the ball, run and how accurately they could pass through gaps,” said Palace coach Olivier Glasner.

Crystal Palace vs Arsenal Player Lineup Prediction
Crystal Palace (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Guehi, Lacroix, Chalobah; Mitchell, Lerma, Hughes, Kporha; Sarr, Eze; Mateta.
Arsenal (4-3-3): Kingdom; Lewis-Skelly, Magalhaes, Saliba, Timber; Rice, Partey, Odegaard; Martinelli, Havertz, Saka.

Last 5 meetings Crystal Palace vs Arsenal
19/12/2024 Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace (EFL Cup)
20/1/2024 Arsenal 5-0 Crystal Palace (Premier League)
22/8/2023 Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal (Premier League)
19/3/2023 Arsenal 4-1 Crystal Palace (Premier League)
6/8/2022 Crystal Palace 0-2 Arsenal (Premier League).

Last 5 matches of Crystal Palace (SMSMK)
11/30/2024 Crystal Palace 1-1 Newcastle (Premier League)
4/12/2024 Ipswich Town 0-1 Crystal Palace (Premier League)
7/12/2024 Crystal Palace 2-2 Manchester City (Premier League)
15/12/2024 Brighton 1-3 Crystal Palace (Premier League)
19/12/2024 Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace (EFL Cup).

Arsenal’s last 5 matches (MSMSM)
5/12/2024 Arsenal 2-0 Manchester United (Premier League)
8/12/2024 Fulham 1-1 Arsenal (Premier League)
12/12/2024 Arsenal 3-0 Monaco (Champions League)
14/12/2024 Arsenal 0-0 Everton (Premier League)
19/12/2024 Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace (EFL Cup).