March 19th features a match where Arsenal plays host to Crystal Palace in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams in the ever popular London derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 1st placed Arsenal is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Sporting CP. Granit Xhaka scored the first goal for Arsenal in the 19th minute, then Pote got the equalizer for Sporting CP in the 62nd minute on a feed from Paulinho . Arsenal should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while crystal Palace is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Brighton & Hove Albion. Solly March struck first for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 15th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Crystal Palace couldn’t muster any offence and Brighton & Hove Albion ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 5th, Crystal Palace hosted Arsenal in their last match together. Arsenal won by a score of 2 to 0 in front of a crowd of just over 25000 spectators. Martinelli struck first for Arsenal in the 20th minute on a feed from Oleksandr Zinchenko, then Marc Guehi added another on an own goal in the 85th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Crystal Palace couldn’t manage to score, and Arsenal took the shutout win. Arsenal’s most prolific scorer has been Martinelli. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches
Gabriel Jesus is unavailable to play for Arsenal, while Patrick Vieira’s squad will be without Nathan Ferguson and Sam Johnstone.