Week 31 brings us a match on Apr 4th, where Crystal Palace hosts Arsenal at Selhurst Park in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the anticipated London derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Crystal Palace is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Everton. Marc Guehi struck first for Crystal Palace in the 25th minute, then Jean-Philippe Mateta added another in the 41st minute In the end, Everton couldn’t muster any offence and Crystal Palace ran away with the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Crystal Palace should be reasonably happy with their performance, while arsenal sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Aston Villa. Bukayo Saka struck first for Arsenal in the 30th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Aston Villa couldn’t manage to score, and Arsenal took the shutout win. Arsenal is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches.
On Monday Oct 18th, Arsenal hosted Crystal Palace at the Emirates Stadium in their last match together. Arsenal and Crystal Palace battled to a 2-2 draw in front of just over 59000. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the first goal for Arsenal in the 8th minute, then in the 50th minute, Jordan Ayew sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Christian Benteke .
Both Alexandre Lacazette and Bukayo Saka have been the hottest scorers for Arsenal in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. For Crystal Palace, their top scorers are Wilfried Zaha and Jean-Philippe Mateta, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.