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Crystal Palace vs Arsenal Premier League preview: How to watch, lineups, Vieira & prediction

By Ross Kennerley

Arsenal's French striker Alexandre Lacazette celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace at the Emirates Stadium in London on October 18, 2021. - - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)
Arsenal's French striker Alexandre Lacazette celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace at the Emirates Stadium in London on October 18, 2021. - - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Crystal Palace’s French manager Patrick Vieira (R) embraces Arsenal’s Spanish manager Mikel Arteta ahead of the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace. (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images) /

Arsenal Predicted Lineup to Face Crystal Palace – Any Changes?

Crystal Palace: Guaita; Clyne, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Gallagher, Kouyate, Schlupp; Ayew, Mateta, Eze

Arsenal: Leno; Cedric, White, Gabriel, Tierney; Odegaard, Partey, Xhaka; Saka, Lacazette, Martinelli

Crystal Palace vs Arsenal Score Prediction

They may be sitting below mid-table, they may have only seven wins this season, they may have scored only one more goal than they’ve conceded, but make no mistake, Crystal Palace are a good side.

You tip your hat to Patrick Vieira, who has taken on a job that many expected to end in disaster with a large number of predictions for the Eagles to finish in the bottom three. Not only has he transformed the playing style of the group and done wonders with the academy, he’s done it all an incredibly short space of time with a huge turnover of players to boot.

It’s mightily impressive. But Arsenal should still beat them.

How Palace approach this game will be interesting. At home to Man City they were happy (nobody is ever actually happy against City) to soak up pressure and hit on the break, while in normal instances they are an intense pressing team in the middle and final third who want to win the ball back quickly and force broken play.

If they opt to come at Arsenal then it’s ideal. This team is set up to play through the opposition, they’ve shown variance in their build-up and a way to bypass a press, and boast the individual quality to beat players in tight spaces.

Does that mean it will be plain sailing? Absolutely not. This looks like it will be another tight game.

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Score Prediction: Crystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal

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