Arsenal have lost three matches on the bounce, but the Gunners look to have an excellent opportunity to bounce back when Crystal Palace go to the Emirates for a 12:30pm kick-off on Saturday.
Palace have won just one of their last 11 games, losing six, and were beaten 1-0 at Everton in a FA Cup third-round replay on Wednesday having failed to score against the ten-man Toffees in the first clash. The Eagles are now flying perilously close to the Premier League relegation zone.
- Arsenal to win to nil
- Arsenal to score over 2.5
- Arsenal -4 corner handicap
Arsenal To Get Back To Winning Ways
Arsenal have lost three straight Premier League matches, a run that started with top-flight defeats to West Ham and Fulham and continued with an FA Cup loss to Liverpool last time out.
In fact, it is just one victory in seven matches for Mikel Arteta’s men, but an Emirates tie against Crystal Palace looks an excellent chance to bounce back.
The Eagles have won only three of their last 19 matches in all competitions, while they have only scored 10 times in their last 10 games - and three of those came in the sole win in that run. A 1-0 Merseyside defeat to Everton on Wednesday doesn’t look like the perfect preparation for the trip to north London.
Roy Hodgson must be looking nervously over his shoulder at the relegation zone and things may get even more worrying this weekend.
Arsenal played well in defeat to Liverpool in the Cup, they won both the shot and corner count and they can show they remain a title-contending side by winning to nil.
Gunners Ready To Fire
Goalscoring has been the issue for Arsenal of late, but that hasn’t always been the case this season. The Gunners put three goals past Manchester United, netted four against PSV, struck five when entertaining Sheffield United and hit Lens for six at the Emirates this term.
That spells trouble for Palace, who have suffered some heavy defeats of their own.
The Eagles lost 3-1 at Aston Villa, were crushed 3-0 when travelling to a struggling Manchester United and were stuffed 4-0 away at Newcastle.
Backing Arteta’s attack to score three or more goals looks like a sensible play on Saturday.
ARSENAL TO SCORE OVER 2.5 GOALS
Eagles Could Be Cornered
Arsenal may have been misfiring in front of goal, but they are still creating chances and the corners have certainly not dried up. The Gunners have taken 46 corners in their last six Emirates matches while they haven’t been allowing many at the other end.
The dominance of Arteta’s side limited Liverpool to just two corners, while Wolves and Lens couldn’t muster a single flag kick in north London.
Take Arsenal -4 on the corner handicap in a game they should control.
