In this week 2 match on Aug 21st, Arsenal will travel to London to battle Crystal Palace in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the ever popular London derby. In their last match, Crystal Palace recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Sheffield United. Odsonne Édouard struck first for Crystal Palace in the 49th minute on a feed from Jordan Ayew, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Sheffield United couldn’t muster any offence and Crystal Palace ran away with the shutout win. Crystal Palace is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Arsenal is fresh off their 2-1 win against Nottingham Forest. Edward Nketiah struck first for Arsenal in the 26th minute on a feed from Martinelli, then Bukayo Saka added another in the 32nd minute. Arsenal is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Arsenal won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Granit Xhaka and Bukayo Saka have been the hottest scorers for Arsenal in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Crystal Palace is fortunate enough to have Odsonne Édouard in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 5 goals
Albert Sambi Lokonga, Michael Olise, Tyrick Mitchell and Matheus França de Oliveira are unavailable to play for Roy Hodgson’s team, while Arsenal will be without Gabriel Jesus, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Jurriën Timber and Folarin Balogun.