Crystal Palace vs Arsenal
England – Premier League
Date: Saturday, 11 January 2020
Kick-off at 12:30 UK / 13:30 CET
Venue: Selhurst Park (London).
The early Premier League kick off sees Arsenal visit Crystal Palace in search of a third consecutive win under Mikel Arteta.
The Gunners will be looking to follow up wins against Leeds United and Man Utd, however, Palace does present tough opposition.
Roy Hodgson could have as many as 12 first-team players sidelined for this weekend’s clash, so Arsenal will look to take advantage of so many absences.
Crystal Palace vs Arsenal Prediction Line-Ups
Crystal Palace vs Arsenal Head to head (h2h)
Teams Crystal Palace Arsenal played so far 15 matches.
Crystal Palace won 2 direct matches. Arsenal won 9 matches. 4 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 3.40 goals per Match.
Crystal Palace vs Arsenal Prediction
Crystal Palace in actual season average scored 0.94 goals per match. In 8 (61.54%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 3 (23.08%) matches in season 2020 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Arsenal average scored 1.92 goals per match in season 2020. In 16 (84.21%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 11 (57.89%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team news
Cenk Tosun is in line for his Palace debut after completing a loan move from Everton on Friday. The striker goes straight into the squad, along with fit-again Wilfried Zaha, Max Meyer and Jairo Riedewald.
Luka Milivojevic is suspended after his FA Cup red card, but the Eagles are awaiting the result of the appeal against it.
Arsenal's Hector Bellerin (hamstring) will be assessed, while the Gunners remain without Calum Chambers (knee) and Kieran Tierney (shoulder).
Match officials
Referee: Paul Tierney. Assistants: Ian Hussin, Marc Perry. Fourth official: Keith Stroud. VAR: Craig Pawson. Assistant VAR: Andy Halliday.