Betting odds, tip & prediction for Crystal Palace – Arsenal ➔ Premier League, Wednesday, 19.5.2021 at 20:00.
After three wins in a row in the Premier League Arsenal can still hope for international business. However, the Gunners still have to pick up a few points and hope for mistakes from the competition. In addition, they cannot afford any more slip-ups themselves.
So on Wednesday evening, only a win counts in the derby against Crystal Palace. This plan could be helped by the fact that there is nothing left to play for the Eagles on the last two matchdays. Thus, the guests are also the favourites of the football bookmakers in the Crystal Palace Arsenal betting.
As things stand, Tottenham Hotspur would be playing in the Europa League and West Ham United would be taking part in the new Europa Conference League. Arsenal, with 55 points, are four points behind both of these places.
Everton (56) are also in between. Crystal Palace are in a safe midfield position with 44 points and 13th place. The relegation zone is 17 points away.
The Eagles have six wins and seven defeats in 18 games at home to Selhurst Park. The Gunners have the seventh-best away record in the Premier League with nine wins and six defeats.
Roy Hodgson took over as coach at Crystal Palace FC in September 2017. With the Eagles, the former national coach managed to stay in the league four times in a row.
This week, the coach announced that he will step down as head coach of the Eagles at the end of the season. This will mark Hodgson’s farewell in the last two games against Arsenal and Liverpool.
The Selhurst club will need a new manager next season. According to rumours, those responsible would like to sign ex-Chelsea coach Frank Lampard.
In addition, about 60 million euros are to be spent on reinforcements in the coming transfer window. The club would like to get rid of the image of the grey mouse, which is only allowed to celebrate its only success of the season being staying in the league.
On Sunday, CPFC celebrated their twelfth win of the season with a 3-2 win at home to Aston Villa. The home side had already been two down, but turned the game in their favour.
One of the key players is Wilfried Zaha, who has eleven goals and two assists in 29 competitive games this season. Problematic: The team has had difficulties with consistency lately.
However, the Eagles have also been good for surprises. There were draws against Man United, Spurs or in the first leg against Arsenal as well as an away win at the Red Devils.
The home side will be without the injured Mamadou Sakho, Nathan Ferguson, Connor Wickham and James McArthur. Luka Milivojevic, Patrick van Aanholt and Nathaniel Clyne are still uncertain.
After the Europa League semi-final exit against Villarreal, it looked as if Arsenal FC would not be represented internationally next season. But a small residual hope still remains.
The Gunners owe this to a series of three victories in a row. First, coach Mikel Arteta’s team won 2-0 at Newcastle United. Here, ex-BVB player Aubameyang was the man of the day with an assist and a goal.
This was followed by a 3-1 home win against West Brom, who are already relegated. Last Wednesday, Arsenal surprisingly won the derby 1-0 against Chelsea FC, who had been so strong under Thomas Tuchel.
Now the Londoners are still four points behind a European Cup place. In the final spurt, after the guest game at Crystal Palace, it’s down to the wire against Brighton at the Emirates.
Especially away from home, things have been going well lately. Arteta’s team has gone six matches without defeat and won the last three with an overall goal difference of 6:0.
If the Gunners had shown such consistent performances earlier in the season, they would not have to worry about their participation in the international competition.
Regardless of how this season ends, the club from the Islington district will be facing a period of upheaval next summer. Many professionals will have to leave and new stars are expected to arrive.
Against the Blues, coach Arteta played with a three-man defence. In the clash with the Eagles, the coach is likely to return to his usual 4-2-3-1. David Luiz is the only certain absentee for the visitors. Whether Granit Xhaka and Hector Bellerin can play will be decided at short notice.
The London derby between Crystal Palace and Arsenal has been played 48 times so far. The Eagles have only five victories to their name. Palace have only won two games against the Gunners at Selhurst Park.
On the one hand, the south London club is without defeat against the men from the Islington borough for five league games, with four draws.
On the other hand, Arsenal have conceded just one defeat at Crystal Palace in their last 15 away games, walking away winners on seven occasions. Only against Manchester United have the Eagles won fewer PL home games.
