Crystal Palace vs Arsenal Competition – Barclays Premier League Stadium: Selhurst Park Date: 21st August 2023 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
Arsenal will make the short trip across London to Selhurst Park this Monday to face Crystal Palace in their second game of the 2023/24 Premier League season. The Eagles welcome the Gunners to their home in good mood having secured a 1-0 win over newly-promoted Sheffield United last time. That win was followed by more good news over the week as they successfully held onto their prized asset Michael Olise who was being courted by free-spending Chelsea. The Frenchman and Eberechi Eze are considered the club’s future post-Wilfried Zaha so it could have been disheartening for Roy Hodgson to lose him this summer. But with the youngster committing to a new four-year contract, the legendary English coach will hope his availability can inspire his side to a top-half finish this season. For now, the Eagles will hope they can back that up by winning back-to-back games to start the season for just the second time since 2006/07 when they welcome Mikel Arteta’s side. Their form since Hodgson’s re-appointment is bound to fill the fans with confidence as Palace have been beaten just twice since the 76-year-old resumed control of the club (W6, D3). They’re even better at Selhurst Park where the Eagles have lost just one of their last ten PL matches (W3, D6). Meanwhile, Arsenal travel to London on the back of a narrow 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest in their first league game of the season. That win followed a penalty shootout win over Manchester City to win the Community Shield. So Mikel Arteta’s side will be confident on this trip. However, Arteta has injuries to battle with new signing Jurrien Timber joining Gabriel Jesus on the treatment table. Yet the Gunners have dominated in the PL era (W16, D8, L4). Travelling across the capital is unlikely to faze them as they went unbeaten in away London derbies in the PL last term (W5, D1), while no side in the division won more points on the road than they did last season (37). Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures: Premier League Table
April 28, 2024
AFC Bournemouth
14:00
Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur
14:00
Arsenal
Nottingham Forest
16:30
Manchester City
May 2, 2024
Chelsea
19:30
Tottenham Hotspur
May 3, 2024
Luton Town
20:00
Everton
May 4, 2024
Arsenal
12:30
AFC Bournemouth
Sheffield United
15:00
Nottingham Forest
Burnley
15:00
Newcastle United
Brentford
15:00
Fulham
Manchester City
17:30
Wolverhampton Wanderers
May 5, 2024
Brighton & Hov…
14:00
Aston Villa
Chelsea
14:00
West Ham United
Liverpool
16:30
Tottenham Hotspur
May 6, 2024
Crystal Palace
20:00
Manchester United
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Arsenal
34
24
5
5
82
26
+56
77
2
Manchester City
33
23
7
3
80
32
+48
76
3
Liverpool
35
22
9
4
77
36
+41
75
4
Aston Villa
35
20
7
8
73
52
+21
67
5
Tottenham Hotspur
32
18
6
8
65
49
+16
60
6
Manchester United
34
16
6
12
52
51
+1
54
7
Newcastle United
34
16
5
13
74
55
+19
53
8
West Ham United
35
13
10
12
56
65
-9
49
9
Chelsea
33
13
9
11
63
59
+4
48
10
Wolverhampton Wanderers
35
13
7
15
48
55
-7
46
11
AFC Bournemouth
34
12
9
13
49
60
-11
45
12
Brighton & Hov…
33
11
11
11
52
54
-2
44
13
Fulham
35
12
7
16
51
55
-4
43
14
Crystal Palace
35
10
10
15
45
57
-12
40
15
Everton
35
12
8
15
37
48
-11
36
16
Brentford
35
9
8
18
52
60
-8
35
17
Nottingham Forest
34
7
9
18
42
60
-18
26
18
Luton Town
35
6
7
22
48
77
-29
25
19
Burnley
35
5
9
21
38
70
-32
24
20
Sheffield United
35
3
7
25
34
97
-63
16
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