After their 1-0 win over their London rivals Chelsea at the Stamford bridge, the Gunners will now travel to Selhurst Park to face Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace, who are currently sitting at 13th position with 44 points.
After the away win over Chelsea, Arsenal are currently sitting at 9th position with 55 points and the Arteta and his team is still looking to get into the European football for the next season. The team will look to grab another important 3 points and increase their chances of participating in an European tournament.
Whereas, for the Eagles, their confidence will be high after beating Aston Villa 3-2 in a thriller of a match and Roy Hodgson and his Eagles will now look to destroy Mikel Arteta’s plans of getting to an European spot and will look to move up a spot in the points table.
WHEN AND WHERE?
Venue: Selhurst Park, London.
Date: 19th May 2021.
Time: 19:00 (GMT)
TEAM NEWS:
ARSENAL
For Mikel Arteta and his team, Hector Bellerin will miss this fixture as he picked up an injury during their previous match against Chelsea and will be replaced by Calum Chambers. Also, Pablo Mari will replace David Luiz and will partner with Rob Holding in the defense as Luiz has still not recovered from his hamstring injury.
Other than that, Granit Xhaka has recovered from his injury but still won’t be used by Arteta for this fixture and Dani Ceballos will replace him in the midfield with Thomas Partey. Also, it is most likely that Emile Smith-Rowe will replace Martin Odegaard after some inconsistent performances shown by him in the previous matches.
Crystal Palace
For Roy Hodgson, James McArthur, Connor Wickham, Nathan Ferguson, Mamadou Sakho and Patrick van Aanholt will all miss this fixture due to their respective injuries.
Other than that, Nathaniel Clyne is set to have recovered from his bug sickness and will available for the match. Also, it is most likely that Jairo Riedewald will replace James McCharthy as he has still not been fully fit from his injury.
PREDICTED LINEUP:
Arsenal
Bernd Leno (GK), Kieran Tierney, , Rob Holding, Calum Chambers, Dani Ceballos, Tomas Partey, Emile Smith-Rowe, Nicolas Pepe, Bukayo Saka, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Crystal Palace
Guaita (GK), Joel Ward, Cheikhou Kouyate, Scott Dann, Tyrick Mitchell, Eberechi Eze, Luka Milivojevic, Jairo Riedewald, Andros Townsend, Christian Benteke, Wilfred Zaha.
