Crystal Palace take on the visitors Arsenal in the round 31 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Monday, April 4th at Selhurst Park (London).
The club was under management of Roy Hodgson for a long time as a strong mid-table sidein the English Premier League. But still Steve Parish decided to try to bring the project to a new level. He took a risk, because last summer he went to drastic changes. Instead of "Old Roy", Patrick Vieira was appointed as the main mentor - certainly a legend of English and French football, but as a player. As a coach, he hasn't achieved much so far, which is worth being sacked from Nice during the course of last season. It is obvious that the project in the new format is only under construction and is at the start of its development. Nevertheless, it turns out that they continue to fight within the framework of the cup - in March they managed to win with a score over 4-0 Everton. And in the Premier League, after the decline in January-February, 8 points were taken in the last 4 matches - equally wins and draws. It is impossible to climb to the European Cup zone, but still they want to climb as high as possible.
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The team has finally begun to please the fans, and on a more or less permanent basis. Still cannot compete on equal terms with the giants. In Premier League after the New Year, there were defeats only to the best - Manchester City in January and Liverpool in March. Gradually, the men of Mikel Arteta were able to bypass all competitors and climb into the top 4 (and there is nowhere higher - there is the mentioned pair of leaders and a strong Chelsea). The layouts for Arsenal are very optimistic. Firstly, they have already scored 54 points - despite the fact that they played 28 matches, less than the pursuers, Manchester United and Tottenham. Second, the Gunners have been in great form in recent months. If you do not take into account the defeats to Liverpool, then all the last 6 meetings in the Premier League brought invariably victories. Including in the last round over Aston Villa.
Arsenal are generally more successful in head-to-head matches, having only lost 1 of the last 9 to Crystal Palace. But at the same time 2/3, 6 ended in draws. Including match earliet this season, when Vieira pulled out a 2-2 draw with his home team on the road. MacArthur and Ferguson will not play at Crystal Palace, Olise is questionable. Only Tomiyasu and Ramsdale will not play against Arsenal, but they can also have time to recover.
Prediction for the match: Arsenal to win.