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Former midfielder Cesc Fabregas believes "the time will come" for Arsenal to get back to scoring and winning ways.

The Gunners have struggled in recent weeks for consistency, winning just one of their past seven games in all competitions.

In their 2-0 defeat by West Ham in December, they had 77 touches in the opposition box without scoring - a record for a team in the Premier League since Opta records began.

Speaking on the Planet Premier League podcast, Fabregas said: "They need to get their confidence back in front of goal.

"I'm sure the time will come [to score goals] because when you go through a dip during the season, you want it to be now and that's it.

"Get it over with. Just like Man City does every season, like Liverpool does every season.

"We have spoken about them being quite young, how can they react to bad moments? I'm sure they'll be fine. I'm not too worried about them."

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta on Crystal Palace and their manager Roy Hodgson: "Massive respect, big admiration for how he's conducted himself and his career.

"His teams are very well organised, he's very good at provoking what he wants from the game. Tomorrow will be a battle."

On getting the crowd motivated for the 12:30 GMT kick-off on Saturday: "We need to get them going. They've been exceptional with us.

"The team is super motivated and we want to attack the second half of the season with ambition. The team is capable of big things."

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Roy Hodgson was booed for taking off Eberechi Eze in Crystal Palace's FA Cup defeat by Everton on Wednesday.

He was asked about it in his media conference this week, saying Eze returned when he "wasn't 100% healed" from injury.

"He was so keen to get back, if it had been left totally to the medical department to give the green light they probably wouldn’t have done so," said Hodgson.

"That 60 minutes at Everton was the fittest and most like him I've seen for a while. If he can keep that going and Michael [Olise's] injury isn’t too bad, then our team will start looking more like it did last season.

"I think we’re going to give [the fans] a little bit more cheer in the second half of the season.

"I know they’ll stick with us, cheering the team on, but it's up to us to give them something to cheer about."

Eberechi Eze will make his 100th Premier League appearance in this match, the 19th player to do so for Crystal Palace.

Aged 25 years and 205 days, he is the third youngest to reach the milestone for the Eagles, after Tyrick Mitchell (24y 15d) and Wilfried Zaha (24y 192d).

Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko return from injury for Arsenal to take their place in the starting line-up today.

Jesus missed the FA Cup loss to Liverpool last-time out with a knee problem while Zinchenko returns after two games out with a calf injury.

In total there are four changes with David Raya coming back into goal and Leandro Trossard starting.

Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Odegaard,Rice, Havertz, Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Trossard.

Subs: Ramsdale, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Nketiah, Kiwior, Cedric, Jorginho, Nelson, Walters.

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There's two changes for Crystal Palace from the FA Cup defeat at Everton.

Dean Henderson comes into goal while Jean-Philippe Mateta also starts.

Jesurun Rak-Sakyi remains sidelined with a hamstring issue.

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Clyne, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell,Lerma, Richards, Eze, Hughes, Mateta, Schlupp.

Subs: Johnstone, Tomkins, Matheus Franca, Edouard, Ebiowei, Ahamada, Riedewald, Adaramola, Ozoh.

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Crystal Palace have won just five of the 47 league meetings, including only two away: 2-1 at Highbury in 1994 and 3-2 at Emirates Stadium in 2019.

Palace are unbeaten in their past three Premier League visits to Arsenal under Roy Hodgson.

They were under the caretaker management of Paddy McCarthy when they lost 4-1 at the Emirates last season.

However, Arsenal have won three consecutive Premier League encounters against Palace, following a run of one victory in the previous eight.

Here is the top half of the table.

Arsenal are still right in the mix but they won't want to fall any further behind in the title race.

Palace have work to do to climb up the table too.

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Crystal Palace's tally of 21 points is their lowest after 20 matches of a Premier League campaign since they amassed 19 in 2018-19 during Roy Hodgson's first spell as manager.

Their only win in the last 17 Premier League away London derbies came at West Ham in November 2022.

Palace have conceded 11 goals in the final 15 minutes of league games this season, second only to Sheffield United's 16.

They can win consecutive league games for the first time since April, when they won their first three after reappointing Hodgson as manager.

They sit 14in in the table, just five points above the relegation zone and eight points off the top half.

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Arsenal have taken just four points from their last 15 available.

They had only dropped nine points from their opening 15 league games this season.

Mikel Arteta's side have scored one goal from 61 shots across their past three fixtures.

In contrast, the Gunners have conceded 10 league goals from the last 19 shots on target they have faced.

They currently sit fourth in the table, five points off leaders Liverpool.

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We've only got two Premier League matches today but we're kicking off at the Emirates with a big one.

Crystal Palace have travelled across London to take on Mikel Arteta's side, who are trying to claw back the gap at the top of the table.

They are five points off leaders Liverpool, while Palace are seeking their first win of 2024 when they kick-off at 12.30 GMT.

Brentford host Nottingham Forest later this evening.