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Mikel Arteta is assured Arsenal can overcome their scoring woes within the Premier League after they face Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday.
The Gunners have already overwhelmed Palace this week, coming from behind to triumph 3-2 within the EFL Cup quarter-final because of Gabriel Jesus’ second-half hat-trick.
They’re now unbeaten of their final 9 matches in all competitions however need to shut the hole to the highest two by returning to successful methods within the league.
After failing to win regardless of dominating of their 0-0 draw with Everton, Arteta acknowledged there was an issue, however expects the narrative to go away if Arsenal rating from open play within the Premier League.
“The irritating half is that watching it again all of the unbelievable issues the crew does and nonetheless not get rewarded for the three factors,” he stated.
“Trying again at different video games within the league, our margins have been ten instances greater than many different groups which have received that day, however that is soccer.
“On the finish of the day, what now we have to do is put the ball behind the online, after which we don’t have that difficulty. What the crew is producing and the way in which the crew dominates the sport, there may be little or no to say.”
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— Arsenal (@Arsenal) December 18, 2024
In the meantime, Palace’s 3-1 win over Brighton final weekend moved them 4 factors away from the relegation zone as they prolonged their unbeaten streak within the Premier League to 5 video games.
Eddie Nketiah was a shiny activate the bench on the Amex Stadium and the Emirates in midweek as he got here off the bench to web in opposition to his former facet, and Oliver Glasner believes he’ll quickly discover his elusive first Premier League aim for Palace.
“He’s [Nketiah] very formidable, he’s working onerous and was thrown again with an damage then not coming again,” Glasner stated.
“Then it’s about ready to your likelihood. He had a really optimistic influence along with Daichi Kamada at Brighton, as a result of we struggled closely initially of the second half. As quickly as they got here on, they labored very onerous.
“He needs to attain; I see this daily in coaching. However in my expertise, if a participant works as onerous as he’s working, he’ll get the reward.”
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Crystal Palace – Eddie Nketiah
Though he scored within the EFL Cup, since becoming a member of Palace from Arsenal earlier this season, Nketiah has had 20 pictures in 11 Premier League video games with out scoring.
4 gamers have had their first Premier League aim for a membership come in opposition to Arsenal having beforehand performed for the Gunners within the competitors – Kevin Campbell (Nottingham Forest, 1995), Nicolas Anelka (Bolton, 2006), David Bentley (Tottenham, 2008) and Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham, 2023).
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— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) December 16, 2024
Arsenal – Gabriel Martinelli
Gabriel Martinelli has scored extra Premier League objectives in opposition to Crystal Palace than he has in opposition to every other opponent (5).
Three of those have been in its place, with no Gunners’ participant scoring extra from the bench in opposition to a particular opponent within the competitors.
MATCH PREDICTION: ARSENAL WIN
Arsenal have misplaced simply two of their final 19 away league video games in opposition to Palace (W10 D7), with each defeats coming within the Premier League by a 3-0 scoreline (April 2017, April 2022).
Arsenal are unbeaten in all 9 of their Premier League London derby matches in 2024 (W7 D2). The final crew to go unbeaten in such matches in a full calendar yr have been Chelsea in 2005 (W9 D1), whereas the final time Arsenal did so was in 2004 (W7 D3).
The Eagles have misplaced their final 4 Premier League conferences with Arsenal, having misplaced simply considered one of their earlier eight in opposition to the Gunners (W2 D5).
Since beating Arsenal in April 2022, Palace have misplaced their final 5 video games in opposition to the Gunners in all competitions by an mixture rating of 15-3.
Palace have alternated between defeat (4) and victory (three) of their final seven Premier League house London derby matches, shedding 2-0 in opposition to Fulham final day trip at Selhurst Park.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Crystal Palace – 20.3%
Draw – 23.3%
Arsenal – 56.4%
