Can Crystal Palace defeat Arsenal in Selhurst Park clash?

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Mon 04.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

Crystal Palace will want to draw on their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s adversaries. The team playing at home are currently 20 points behind Arsenal.

Insights:
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This is a local fight, usually meaning increased pressure and significance.

This has all the signs of an absorbing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Crystal Palace form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Crystal Palace at their home stadium (Selhurst Park) is 4 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats. Crystal Palace have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Palace are confident in defense, having played 224 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Crystal Palace's previous match was a FA Cup game also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Everton. The home team are looking to build on that result. Guéhi, defender, was given a rating of 8.31/10 in that game, top of the team. Guéhi scored one goal and won 6 of 7 duels.

In the match before that, Palace hosted Manchester City and drew the Premier League game 0-0.

Crystal Palace are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 15 games. More than 55 % of these goals (13 in all) were scored after at least one hour had been played. Palace's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Arsenal form and stats

7-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Arsenal in their Premier League matches away. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Arsenal's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Everton game.

Two away games in a row for Arsenal, whose manager Amatriain could celebrate last time after the win against Aston Villa. Midfield player Saka was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.81/10. Saka scored one goal and hit two key passes.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Liverpool.

The travelling fans enjoy Arsenal's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 13 league matches away. As opposed to that, Arsenal have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Arsenal - Palace 2-2 was the story when these teams last played each other, some time ago this season. Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Crystal Palace won two, Arsenal were winners in three and we saw five draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
9 goals
ArsenalB. Saka
B. Saka
9 goals
ArsenalE. Smith Rowe
E. Smith Rowe
9 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Arsenal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crystal Palace Arsenal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 4 13 28
7 4 1 Won W 3 7 17
13 7 1 Drew D 1 1 3
9 4 2 Lost L 0 5 8
39 22 4 Scored S 4 20 44
38 17 4 Conceded C 0 19 31
90% 87% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 93%
79% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 69% 75%
52% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 54% 50%
31% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 46% 32%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 38% 18%
52% 60% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 36%
28% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 46% 46%
31% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 25%
 
4.6 4.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.1 5.3
5.2 4.5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.3 4.8
1.8 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.7 12.3 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 12.1 15.1
3.7 3.9 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.4 5.2
36% 37% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 30%
 
12.2 10.3 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 13.8 11.7
4.1 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.2 4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Arsenal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 29 22 4 3 68 18 14 11 1 2 40 10 15 11 3 1 28 8 50 70
2 Liverpool 29 21 6 2 75 20 14 11 3 0 37 7 15 10 3 2 38 13 55 69
3 Chelsea 28 17 8 3 57 19 13 7 5 1 28 10 15 10 3 2 29 9 38 59
4 Arsenal 28 17 3 8 44 31 15 10 2 3 24 12 13 7 1 5 20 19 13 54
5 Tottenham Hotspur 29 16 3 10 47 36 14 9 1 4 26 16 15 7 2 6 21 20 11 51
6 Manchester United 29 14 8 7 48 40 15 8 3 4 24 18 14 6 5 3 24 22 8 50
7 West Ham United 30 14 6 10 49 39 15 8 3 4 27 20 15 6 3 6 22 19 10 48
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 14 4 12 31 26 15 6 2 7 16 15 15 8 2 5 15 11 5 46
9 Aston Villa 29 11 3 15 41 40 14 5 3 6 24 21 15 6 0 9 17 19 1 36
10 Leicester City 27 10 6 11 42 46 14 7 3 4 24 19 13 3 3 7 18 27 -4 36
11 Southampton 29 8 11 10 36 45 15 5 7 3 20 14 14 3 4 7 16 31 -9 35
12 Crystal Palace 29 7 13 9 39 38 15 4 7 4 22 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 1 34
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 29 7 12 10 26 36 15 3 5 7 10 20 14 4 7 3 16 16 -10 33
14 Newcastle United 29 7 10 12 32 49 14 4 6 4 20 25 15 3 4 8 12 24 -17 31
15 Brentford 30 8 6 16 33 47 15 5 2 8 16 19 15 3 4 8 17 28 -14 30
16 Leeds United 30 7 8 15 34 67 15 4 4 7 17 29 15 3 4 8 17 38 -33 29
17 Everton 27 7 4 16 29 47 14 6 1 7 19 19 13 1 3 9 10 28 -18 25
18 Watford 29 6 4 19 29 55 14 2 1 11 14 34 15 4 3 8 15 21 -26 22
19 Burnley 27 3 12 12 22 38 13 2 6 5 10 16 14 1 6 7 12 22 -16 21
20 Norwich City 29 4 5 20 18 63 15 2 3 10 10 31 14 2 2 10 8 32 -45 17

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 29 22 4 3 68 18 14 11 1 2 40 10 15 11 3 1 28 8 50 70
2 Liverpool 29 21 6 2 75 20 14 11 3 0 37 7 15 10 3 2 38 13 55 69
3 Chelsea 28 17 8 3 57 19 13 7 5 1 28 10 15 10 3 2 29 9 38 59
4 Arsenal 28 17 3 8 44 31 15 10 2 3 24 12 13 7 1 5 20 19 13 54
5 Tottenham Hotspur 29 16 3 10 47 36 14 9 1 4 26 16 15 7 2 6 21 20 11 51
6 Manchester United 29 14 8 7 48 40 15 8 3 4 24 18 14 6 5 3 24 22 8 50
7 West Ham United 30 14 6 10 49 39 15 8 3 4 27 20 15 6 3 6 22 19 10 48
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 14 4 12 31 26 15 6 2 7 16 15 15 8 2 5 15 11 5 46
9 Aston Villa 29 11 3 15 41 40 14 5 3 6 24 21 15 6 0 9 17 19 1 36
10 Leicester City 27 10 6 11 42 46 14 7 3 4 24 19 13 3 3 7 18 27 -4 36
11 Southampton 29 8 11 10 36 45 15 5 7 3 20 14 14 3 4 7 16 31 -9 35
12 Crystal Palace 29 7 13 9 39 38 15 4 7 4 22 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 1 34
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 29 7 12 10 26 36 15 3 5 7 10 20 14 4 7 3 16 16 -10 33
14 Newcastle United 29 7 10 12 32 49 14 4 6 4 20 25 15 3 4 8 12 24 -17 31
15 Brentford 30 8 6 16 33 47 15 5 2 8 16 19 15 3 4 8 17 28 -14 30
16 Leeds United 30 7 8 15 34 67 15 4 4 7 17 29 15 3 4 8 17 38 -33 29
17 Everton 27 7 4 16 29 47 14 6 1 7 19 19 13 1 3 9 10 28 -18 25
18 Watford 29 6 4 19 29 55 14 2 1 11 14 34 15 4 3 8 15 21 -26 22
19 Burnley 27 3 12 12 22 38 13 2 6 5 10 16 14 1 6 7 12 22 -16 21
20 Norwich City 29 4 5 20 18 63 15 2 3 10 10 31 14 2 2 10 8 32 -45 17

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