Ace Football Team previews the Premier League round 31 match between Crystal Palace and Arsenal who meet up on Monday. The pre-match analysis includes the latest team stats, match history and the best betting tips.
Position in the Premier League table: Crystal Palace vs Arsenal
Looking at the Premier League standings right now, the difference between these opponents is 20 points. Crystal Palace cannot squeeze past Arsenal in the standings anytime soon but will be eager to reduce or at least maintain the current gap. Arsenal, ranked 5th on 54 points, will do their part to widen the distance to their upcoming opponents on Monday.
Latest form and fixture history of Crystal Palace against Arsenal
Crystal Palace to pick up the pieces
Crystal Palace look in good shape before their upcoming match, as they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last 3 matches, they first beat Wolves by 2-0, before drawing 0-0 with Manchester City. They were back as winners last time out when they took out Everton 4-0.
Arsenal continue to collect points
The Gunners are a bit back and forth at the moment, but at least mostly forth, as they beat Leicester by 2-0. Following that up proved too difficult as they lost 0-2 against Liverpool, before claiming 3 points in a 0-1 win against Aston Villa.
Latest encounters between Crystal Palace and Arsenal
Neither Crystal Palace nor Arsenal managed a breakthrough when they last faced each other in the Premier League. They ended up settling for a point in a 2-2 draw at Selhurst Park. Depending on your betting strategy, another draw will no doubt spice up your next accumulator.
Highlights from the last time Crystal Palace and Arsenal met:
Betting stats and facts for Crystal Palace and Arsenal
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on stats from the last couple of games that Crystal Palace and Arsenal played across all tournaments.
- Crystal Palace have scored in 15 of the last 17 home matches
- Crystal Palace have not lost 11 of the last 13 matches
- Crystal Palace have won 3 of the last 4 matches
- Crystal Palace have not conceded in the last 3 matches in a row
- Arsenal have won 6 of the last 7 matches
- Arsenal have not lost 7 of the last 8 matches
- Crystal Palace have not won 17 of the last 19 matches versus Arsenal
- In 8 of the last 9 matches Crystal Palace versus Arsenal played, both teams scored
- In 7 of the last 9 Crystal Palace matches versus Arsenal the sum of goals was over 3.5
Players to focus on in Crystal Palace vs Arsenal
As Wilfried Zaha is currently a doubt, Crystal Palace may turn to Jean-Philippe Mateta for their next match against Arsenal. The visitors are surely hoping Bukayo Saka adds another to his current total. With 3 goals in the last six matches, the winger boasts a decent goal to games ratio.
Match predictions: Crystal Palace vs Arsenal
In conclusion, we present betting tips for this Premier League match, which are based on the above statements. Besides the main prediction for this game, we have also come up with some lower and higher risk alternatives.