Arsenal vs Crystal Palace Prediction & Match Preview

• Arsenal can ill afford another slip-up if they want to keep ground on Liverpool and Man City.
• Crystal Palace won only one of the last ten outings across competitions.
• The Gunners have won each of the last three clashes against Palace.

Arsenal will desperately want to arrest the current slump in form on Saturday afternoon when they play host to city rivals Crystal Palace in the 21st round of the Premier League. The Gunners enter the tie off the back of three consecutive defeats across competitions.

They’ve lost two league clashes against London rivals in a row, falling to West Ham and Fulham respectively. Mikel Arteta has a lot to worry about in terms of his team’s attacking output because Arsenal scored just one goal in the previous three games in all competitions.

That said, the Gunners are still only five points behind leaders Liverpool and they can still get involved in the title race with a shift in form. Crystal Palace have grown in form and confidence of late but they’ve recently received another big setback in the form of Michael Olise injury.

The Eagles have just one win in the previous ten games across competitions but we must say they held Man City to a 2-2 draw at Etihad Stadium and dispatched Brentford 3-1 at home in the last five affairs.

Recent Meetings

• Arsenal come into this on the back of three successive wins over the Eagles, including this season’s 1-0 victory at Selhurst Park.
• The Gunners have 15 wins, 6 draws, and only 2 losses in the previous 23 home clashes against Palace.
• Both teams scored just once in the previous four H2H outings.

Arsenal vs Crystal Palace Prediction

Arteta had 13 full days to prepare his team for this clash while Crystal Palace had a tough FA Cup replay against Everton on Wednesday night at Goodison Park. We expect Arsenal to put a statement performance on Saturday and we’ll back them to win by two or more goals difference at the 1.95 odds.

The Gunners have dominated this matchup in recent history, winning three games on the trot against Palace. They need a win to stay in touch with Liverpool and Manchester City in the battle for the Premier League title. Crystal Palace have not quite been the best defensive team so far in the season and they will go into this off the back of just a single win in the previous ten matches. The Over 2.5 goals FT pick is a perfect alternative betting option at the odds of 1.70. Lastly, the braver punters can shoot for Arsenal’s 3-1 win as the correct score punt at the 13.00 odds.

Steffen Schmidt- January 18, 2024

Arsenal vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips

Arsenal to win in -1.5 Asian Handicap

OK

	1.98 Odds
	1.95 Odds

Over 2.5 goals

OK

1.73 Odds

Exact Score: Arsenal 3-0

OK

	8.50 Odds
	8.00 Odds