After a run of just one win in eight Premier League games against Crystal Palace (D5 L2) from 2018-19 to 2021-22, Arsenal have now won each of their last three against the Eagles. The Gunners will hope to continue on that positive run, catch the action live on SuperSport.
- Crystal Palace have won just one of their last 12 Premier League away games against Arsenal (D4 L7), winning 3-2 in April 2019.
- Crystal Palace have picked up fewer points in Premier League London derbies this season than any other side (6 – W1 D3 L3). Away from home, the Eagles have won just one of their last 17 matches against fellow London clubs (D9 L7), a 2-1 victory at West Ham in November 2022.
- Arsenal have lost their last two Premier League London derby matches, as many as in their previous 25 combined (W17 D6). The Gunners haven’t lost three consecutive such games since March 1993.
- Arsenal have taken just four points from their last 15 available in the Premier League, winning once, drawing once and losing three. They had only dropped nine points from their opening 15 league games this season beforehand (W11 D3 L1).
- Crystal Palace beat Brentford 3-1 last time out – they’re looking to win consecutive Premier League games for the first time since April 2023, when they won each of their first three following Roy Hodgson’s return to the club.
- Arsenal have lost their last three matches in all competitions, last losing four in a row in March 2018. Their last two at home have both finished in 0-2 defeats – they’ve not lost three in a row at home without scoring since a run of four in November/December 1908.
- Only Liverpool (17) and Luton (14) have scored more goals in the final 15 minutes of Premier League games this season than Arsenal (11). Meanwhile, only Sheffield United (16) have conceded more in the last 15 minutes than Crystal Palace (11), with the Eagles shipping a league-high 38 per cent of their goals in this timeframe.
- Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka has been involved in 15 goals in his last 18 Premier League London derby matches, scoring six and assisting nine. Three of those came in Arsenal’s 4-1 win over Crystal Palace in this exact fixture last term.
- Eberechi Eze could make his 100th Premier League appearance in this match, the 19th player to do so for Crystal Palace. Aged 25 years and 205 days on the day of this game, he’d be the third youngest to reach the milestone for the Eagles, after Tyrick Mitchell (24y 15d) and Wilfried Zaha (24y 192d).