Crystal Palace vs Arsenal
Premier League 2018/19
Venue: Selhurst Park
Kick-off: 1:30pm BST
Crystal Palace are aiming to stop Arsenal in their tracks and end the Gunners' 11-game winning streak - but they are probably going to have to solve the conundrum of scoring a goal in order to do so.
Palace have scored just five goals in their opening nine Premier League games of the season, and are yet to find the net in their four matches at Selhurst Park to leave Eagles fans frustrated.
Arsenal, on the other hand, are in red-hot form as they bid to earn a 12th consecutive win in all competitions, with Unai Emery's side - an in particular the attack - gelling well to spark early whispers of a potential title challenge.
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Team news
Crystal Palace have Max Meyer and Alexander Sorloth available for selection.
They each missed last week's 2-0 defeat at Everton with viral infections, but have since recovered and been passed fit.
Christian Benteke remains Crystal Palace's only significant absentee, as he continues his recovery from knee surgery.
Team from: Hennessey, Guaita, Speroni, Wan-Bissaka, Ward, Tomkins, Sakho, Kelly, Van Aanholt, Souare, Riedewald, Townsend, Kouyate, McArthur, Meyer, Milivojevic, Puncheon, Schlupp, Ayew, Kaikai, Sorloth, Zaha.
Arsenal will be hoping to have either Nacho Monreal or Sead Kolasinac back in the squad. Both left-backs missed the Europa League win at Sporting Lisbon with hamstring problems as Granit Xhaka filled the gap in defence.
Petr Cech will be pushing for a recall in goal having overcome his own hamstring complaint, with Ainsley Maitland-Niles (leg) and Laurent Koscielny (Achilles) also back in training but unlikely to be up to speed.
Provisional squad: Leno, Cech, Martinez, Bellerin, Lichtsteiner, Holding, Mustafi, Koscielny, Papastathopoulos, Monreal, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Xhaka, Elneny, Torreira, Guendouzi, Ramsey, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Welbeck, Lacazette, Aubameyang.
TV, online and live stream coverage
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports' Premier League and Main Event channels, and is available via Now TV with a day pass on offer for £7.99. Sky Sports subscribers can stream the match online via SkyGo and the SkyGo app.
You can follow all the action with Standard Sport's LIVE blog with James Benge at Selhurst Park.
Tickets
For Palace ticket info, click here for the club's official website.
Prediction
Betting tips via Betfair | UK users only | Subject to change
- 0-0 draw: 13/1
- Arsenal to win 3-0: 13/1
- Palace to win 1-0: 13/1
- Lacazette to score 2 or more: 7/2
- Ozil to score: 11/4
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Head to head
The two teams have met 18 times in the Premier League, though Palace have won just twice against the Gunners.
Arsenal have won 13 of those games, including both League fixtures last season - a 3-2 victory at Selhurst Park and a 4-1 mauling at the Emirates.
