Crystal Palace v Arsenal preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Wed 19.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

Premier League: The mid-table positions show the journey Crystal Palace and Arsenal have been on so far. Both teams are up for it; let's go!

The hosts Crystal Palace saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premier League. This match was also played here at Selhurst Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Arsenal have had more rest.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

Palace are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Arsenal are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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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 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

The Crystal Palace supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Aston Villa in Premier League and win 3-2. Tyrick Mitchell, defender, was given a rating of 8.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Mitchell scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 4 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Southampton.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Crystal Palace as they are travelling to their away game against Liverpool in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.

The Crystal Palace fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 18 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Palace defense is not exactly impregnable. 29 goals conceded from 18 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Arsenal form and stats

The visitors are W9-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Arsenal have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Two travels in a row for Arsenal, whose manager M. Arteta Amatriain could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Chelsea. Bernd Leno (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.02. Leno stopped the opponent with four saves.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs West Bromwich Albion.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Brighton & Hove Albion in just four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Arsenal's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 18 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (17 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Arsenal - Palace 0-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Palace, five draws and three wins for Arsenal. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

ArsenalA. Lacazette
A. Lacazette
13 goals
PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
11 goals
ArsenalP. Aubameyang
P. Aubameyang
10 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Arsenal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crystal Palace Arsenal
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
12 6 3 Won W 0 9 16
8 5 0 Drew D 2 3 7
16 7 2 Lost L 3 6 13
40 19 11 Scored S 5 28 50
61 29 8 Conceded C 8 17 38
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 92%
81% 72% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 67%
50% 39% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 53%
31% 28% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 28% 22%
19% 28% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 6%
50% 44% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 39% 44%
22% 33% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 44% 31%
36% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 22% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.4 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.5 1.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 3 3 5
 
9.2 8.6 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11.6 12.1
3.5 3.2 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.9 3.9
32% 33% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 40% 35%

  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 36 26 5 5 76 29 18 12 2 4 38 17 18 14 3 1 38 12 47 83
2 Manchester United 36 20 10 6 70 42 18 9 3 6 37 27 18 11 7 0 33 15 28 70
3 Leicester City 36 20 6 10 65 44 18 9 1 8 32 26 18 11 5 2 33 18 21 66
4 Chelsea 36 18 10 8 55 33 18 8 6 4 29 17 18 10 4 4 26 16 22 64
5 Liverpool 36 18 9 9 63 42 18 9 3 6 27 20 18 9 6 3 36 22 21 63
6 Tottenham Hotspur 36 17 8 11 63 41 18 10 3 5 34 18 18 7 5 6 29 23 22 59
7 West Ham United 36 17 8 11 56 46 18 9 4 5 29 22 18 8 4 6 27 24 10 59
8 Everton 36 16 8 12 46 43 18 5 4 9 23 28 18 11 4 3 23 15 3 56
9 Arsenal 36 16 7 13 50 38 18 7 4 7 22 21 18 9 3 6 28 17 12 55
10 Leeds United 36 16 5 15 57 53 18 7 5 6 25 20 18 9 0 9 32 33 4 53
11 Aston Villa 36 14 7 15 51 44 18 6 4 8 27 26 18 8 3 7 24 18 7 49
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 12 9 15 35 49 18 7 4 7 20 23 18 5 5 8 15 26 -14 45
13 Crystal Palace 36 12 8 16 40 61 18 6 5 7 19 29 18 6 3 9 21 32 -21 44
14 Southampton 36 12 7 17 47 63 18 8 3 7 28 23 18 4 4 10 19 40 -16 43
15 Burnley 36 10 9 17 33 51 18 4 6 8 14 24 18 6 3 9 19 27 -18 39
16 Newcastle United 36 10 9 17 43 62 18 5 5 8 25 33 18 5 4 9 18 29 -19 39
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 8 14 14 37 42 18 3 9 6 19 20 18 5 5 8 18 22 -5 38
18 Fulham 36 5 12 19 26 50 18 2 4 12 9 26 18 3 8 7 17 24 -24 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 36 5 11 20 33 70 18 3 6 9 14 36 18 2 5 11 19 34 -37 26
20 Sheffield United 36 6 2 28 19 62 18 4 1 13 11 27 18 2 1 15 8 35 -43 20

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 36 26 5 5 76 29 18 12 2 4 38 17 18 14 3 1 38 12 47 83
2 Manchester United 36 20 10 6 70 42 18 9 3 6 37 27 18 11 7 0 33 15 28 70
3 Leicester City 36 20 6 10 65 44 18 9 1 8 32 26 18 11 5 2 33 18 21 66
4 Chelsea 36 18 10 8 55 33 18 8 6 4 29 17 18 10 4 4 26 16 22 64
5 Liverpool 36 18 9 9 63 42 18 9 3 6 27 20 18 9 6 3 36 22 21 63
6 Tottenham Hotspur 36 17 8 11 63 41 18 10 3 5 34 18 18 7 5 6 29 23 22 59
7 West Ham United 36 17 8 11 56 46 18 9 4 5 29 22 18 8 4 6 27 24 10 59
8 Everton 36 16 8 12 46 43 18 5 4 9 23 28 18 11 4 3 23 15 3 56
9 Arsenal 36 16 7 13 50 38 18 7 4 7 22 21 18 9 3 6 28 17 12 55
10 Leeds United 36 16 5 15 57 53 18 7 5 6 25 20 18 9 0 9 32 33 4 53
11 Aston Villa 36 14 7 15 51 44 18 6 4 8 27 26 18 8 3 7 24 18 7 49
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 12 9 15 35 49 18 7 4 7 20 23 18 5 5 8 15 26 -14 45
13 Crystal Palace 36 12 8 16 40 61 18 6 5 7 19 29 18 6 3 9 21 32 -21 44
14 Southampton 36 12 7 17 47 63 18 8 3 7 28 23 18 4 4 10 19 40 -16 43
15 Burnley 36 10 9 17 33 51 18 4 6 8 14 24 18 6 3 9 19 27 -18 39
16 Newcastle United 36 10 9 17 43 62 18 5 5 8 25 33 18 5 4 9 18 29 -19 39
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 8 14 14 37 42 18 3 9 6 19 20 18 5 5 8 18 22 -5 38
18 Fulham 36 5 12 19 26 50 18 2 4 12 9 26 18 3 8 7 17 24 -24 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 36 5 11 20 33 70 18 3 6 9 14 36 18 2 5 11 19 34 -37 26
20 Sheffield United 36 6 2 28 19 62 18 4 1 13 11 27 18 2 1 15 8 35 -43 20

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.