Postpublished at 16:47 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December
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Brighton still believe they can snatch this. They've sent on Evan Ferguson in an attempt to find a winner.
Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 36 |
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2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 34 |
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3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 33 |
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4 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 31 |
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5 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 28 |
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6 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 27 |
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7 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 26 |
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8 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 25 |
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9 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 25 |
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10 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 24 |
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11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 23 |
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12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 23 |
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13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 22 |
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14 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 30 | -8 | 20 |
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15 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 16 |
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16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 15 |
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17 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 34 | -13 | 14 |
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18 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 12 |
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19 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 40 | -16 | 9 |
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20 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 36 | -25 | 5 |
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Manager: Oliver Glasner
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Oliver Glasner
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
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Crystal Palace have lost their last four Premier League meetings with Arsenal, having lost just one of their previous eight against the Gunners (W2 D5).
Arsenal have lost just two of their last 19 away league games against Crystal Palace (W10 D7), with both defeats coming in the Premier League by a 3-0 scoreline (April 2017, April 2022).
Crystal Palace have alternated between defeat (4) and victory (3) in their last seven Premier League home London derby matches, losing 2-0 against Fulham last time out at Selhurst Park.
Arsenal are unbeaten in all nine of their Premier League London derby matches in 2024 (W7 D2). The last team to go unbeaten in such matches in a full calendar year were Chelsea in 2005 (W9 D1), while the last time Arsenal did so was in 2004 (W7 D3).
Having lost five of their first eight Premier League games this season (D3), Crystal Palace have now lost just one of their last eight (W3 D4), and are unbeaten in their last five (W2 D3). The Eagles are looking for back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since a run of three in May.
Arsenal kept nine clean sheets in 10 Premier League away games between February and September, but since then have conceded in each of their last six on the road. The Gunners last had a longer run without an away shutout between August and December 2019 (7).
Excluding penalties, Arsenal have scored more set piece goals than any other side in the Premier League this season (9). Meanwhile, 35% of Crystal Palace’s 17 Premier League goals this term have come from set pieces (excluding penalties), with only Everton (57%) netting a higher such share.
No team has had more Premier League goals scored via defenders this season than Arsenal (7, level with Manchester City), while Crystal Palace have had the highest share of their Premier League goals this term come from defenders (29% - 5/17).
Since joining Crystal Palace from Arsenal earlier this season, Eddie Nketiah has had 20 shots in 11 Premier League games without scoring. Four players have had their first Premier League goal for a club come against Arsenal having previously played for the Gunners in the competition – Kevin Campbell (Nottingham Forest, 1995), Nicolas Anelka (Bolton, 2006), David Bentley (Tottenham, 2008) and Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham, 2023).
Arsenal winger Gabriel Martinelli has scored more Premier League goals against Crystal Palace than he has vs any other opponent (5). Three of these have been as a substitute, with no Gunners player scoring more from the bench against a specific opponent in the competition.