Week 8 brings us a match on Oct 18th, where Arsenal will host Crystal Palace in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the anticipated London derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 11th placed Arsenal, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Brighton & Hove Albion. Neither Brighton & Hove Albion nor Arsenal could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 21 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Arsenal is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while crystal Palace is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 31st minute, then Jamie Vardy added another in the 37th minute on a feed from Harvey Barnes. Crystal Palace looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Arsenal won the head to head battle with 1 win.
For Crystal Palace, their top scorers are Conor Gallagher and Odsonne Édouard, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been the most prolific scorer on Arsenal in the last 5 matches with two goals
Arsenal will be without Granit Xhaka, while Patrick Vieira’s Crystal Palace squad will be without Eberechi Eze and Nathan Ferguson.