Crystal Palace vs Arsenal: Crystal Palace begin their Premier League 2022-23 campaign on Friday when they welcome Arsenal for the opening match.
Match Details:
Teams: Crystal Palace vs Arsenal
Venue: Selhurst Park, London
Date: Saturday 6th August, 2022
Time: 12:30 AM IST
Live Link: http://www.hotstar.com/
Preview
Crystal Palace begin their season with a visit from Arsenal, as they look to begin their campaign on a positive note.
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The Eagles finished off their pre-season campaign with successive wins against QPR and Montpellier. This is an opportunity to make it three-in-three, get up and running in the EPL.
In their previous match, they won 4-2 against the French side as Edouard (2), Zaha and Guehi found the net.
Vieira will be taking charge for a second season and hopes to improve Palace’s performances.
On the other hand, Arsenal beat Sevilla 6-0 in their previous and final pre-season clash last week.
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Jesus led the way for the Gunners with a hat-trick alongside a brace from Saka before Nketiah wrapped up the contest.
This ensured Arsenal finish their pre-season with 5 wins from 5 matches and head into the upcoming season with a renewed sense of confidence, desire.
The opening match of the EPL though saw the undoing of Arsenal last season, when they lost to Brentford but aim to create a positive impact on their travels this time.
Both these teams met last season in April, where Palace won 3-0 at home as Mateta, Ayew and Zaha found the net.
Form Guide
Crystal Palace: WWDWL
Arsenal: WWWWW
Last Matches of both teams:
Crystal Palace 4-2 Montpellier
Arsenal 6-0 Sevilla
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Crystal Palace vs Arsenal in India?
The match is live streamed on Hotstar VIP App and JioTV while the broadcast is on Star Sports Select 1/HD and Sports18.
⚽️ 5 Goals
🅰️ 3 AssistsWilfried Zaha has been on fire during Crystal Palace’s pre-season friendlies. 🔥
Arsenal on alert for Friday’s opener. 👀 pic.twitter.com/57RtMMmTND
— BabaIjebu (@playbabaijebu) August 2, 2022
Team News
Butland, McArthur, Tomkins, Olise and Johnstone are out for the Eagles due to injuries.
For the Gunners; Rowe is a confirmed absentee through injury while Vieira, Tierney and Tomiyasu are doubts. Jesus, Zinchenko are set to be handed their EPL debuts for Arsenal as well.
Crystal Palace possible 11:
Guaita, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Eze, Doucouré, Schlupp, Ayew, Edouard and Zaha
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— Arsenal (@Arsenal) August 4, 2022
Arsenal possible 11:
Ramsdale, Zinchenko, Gabriel, Saliba, White, Partey, Xhaka, Martinelli, Saka, Ødegaard and Jesus
Prediction: Crystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal
It is a difficult place to go and play in Selhurst Park and we expect a closely fought contest here.
Palace has the home support form but the visitors have the better form in terms of pre-season.
Arsenal’s attack could end up posing slightly more threat and we see the visitors getting the three points due to this.
Players to watch out for: Jesus, Zaha, Eze and Saka.