Premier League Crystal Palace v Arsenal 20:00
Friday 5th August 2022
– Met 44 times in the league, Arsenal 25, Draws 14, Palace 5
– Last season’s repeat fixture ended, Palace 3-0 Arsenal
– Palace took 4 points off Arsenal last season in the league
– 7 of the last 8 repeat fixtures went OVER 2.5 GOALS
– 12 of the last 16 head-to-heads went OVER 2.5 GOALS
– 7 of the last 10 head-to-heads went OVER 3.5 GOALS
– 5 DRAWS in the last 8 head-to-heads
– 3 of the last 8 head-to-heads ended 2-2
– Palace are unbeaten in 7 of their last 8 vs Arsenal
– Palace have scored in 10 of their last 11 vs Arsenal
– Both teams scored in 8 of the last 10 head-to-heads
– Arsenal have lost just 2 of their last 17 away league games vs Palace
– Benteke (Palace) has scored in 2 of the last 3 head-to-heads
The new 2022/23 Premier League season gets going this Friday (5th Aug) with an all-London affair when Arsenal travel across town to face Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Palace have been fairly quiet in the transfer market so far, but Viera’s men finished a respectable 12th last term and look good value to be around that place again this season.
They face an Arsenal side that had a mix campaign last term but still managed to end in 5th, while over the summer they’ve managed to secure the services of former Man City striker – Jesus – who could be a shrewd purchase. Jesus is 5.00 to score the first goal, or 2.25 anytime.
Team news will be key for Palace, but Benteke has scored in 2 the last 3 head-to-heads and is on offer at 11.00 (1st) or 4.33 (anytime), or Zaha, who is sure to start, is 9.00 (1st) or 3.75 (anytime).
The match betting ahead of the game sees Palace at 4.33, the Draw 3.80 and Arsenal on offer at 1.75.
However, both sets of fans will remember this repeat fixture last season ended in a comfortable 3-0 home win to Palace – you can back this score again at 51.00!
In fact, Palace took 4 points off Arsenal last season with a draw away to them. And the Eagles are also unbeaten in 7 of their last 8 vs Arsenal and has scored in 10 of their last 11 vs the Gunners. You can back Arsenal to NOT keep a Clean Sheet at 1.50.
It is, however, worth pointing out Arsenal have lost just 1 of their last 13 away league games over the Eagles.
It’s also generally a match-up that produces goals – 12 of the last 16 meetings went OVER 2.5 GOALS, so this is an option at 1.90, while 7 of the last 10 saw 4+ goals scored – this is on offer at 3.40.
We’ve also had 5 draws in the last 8 meetings (63%), so the 3.80 on another stalemate looks decent value based on that percentage. Three of the last 8 league meetings ended 2-2, so this might be another option at 19.00.
Both teams have scored in 80% of the last 10 too – with this in mind the 1.80 on both Palace and Arsenal finding the back of the net is sure to attract interest too and is how we are going to play this Premier League curtain raiser.
BEST BET: BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE @ 1.80
