Crystal Palace – Arsenal. Forecast and announcement for the England Championship match

On December 21, Selhurst Park will host a match of the 17th round of the English Premier League, in which Crystal Palace will meet Arsenal. The match will start at 18:30 European time.

Crystal Palace

The team, which replaced Hodgson with Glasner a little less than a year ago, showed nice football and serious results in the spring. So the new season was eagerly awaited here. Well, glass-makers do indeed fight, but not for European Cups, but for banal survival. It is difficult to count on something more, when it is possible to win only a couple of victories before the winter. On the other hand, the capital club cannot be called an outsider either. He proved himself worthily in the League Cup as well, knocking out Aston Villa after Norwich and QPR. Only Arsenal, and that with a score of 3:2, knocked the club out of further competition this week. And in the championship, after a failure at the start, with three points after 8 rounds, it turns out that almost all the time they are defeated. They lost only to Fulham, while they beat Tottenham and Ipswich and shared the points with Wolverhampton, Aston Villa, Newcastle and even Manchester City. And Brighton confidently beat 3:2 last weekend.

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Arsenal

The club under Arteta was increasing, and for several years it was he who became the main competitor for Manchester City. In the spring, the gap amounted to only 2 points, despite the fact that at the same time the English returned to the Champions League, where they made it to the playoffs. It seemed that now, taking advantage of the decline of the citizens, it would be possible to seize the leadership. But in the fall, the team from London had an unpleasant stretch, when it could not win in four rounds in a row in the Premier League. Then, it seemed, it managed to gain momentum. But after 2:0 with the old enemy, Manchester United, the red and white managed to lose points with Fulham, playing 1:1. Yes, then they defeated Monaco, but they limited themselves to a goalless draw with Everton.

Statistics of personal meetings

Until the recent League Cup, within the framework of the Premier League, the Gunners won four times in a row, conceding only one goal during this time.

Forecast

Bookmakers believe that the guests will repeat the cup success without problems. But here the squads will be different, and the motivation – we bet on the victory of the home team with a handicap of +1 goal (coefficient – 1.61).