Crystal Palace vs. Arsenal Match Preview

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Arsenal travel to Selhurst Park to face a Crystal Palace side that are unbeaten in their last 6 home games (W3,L3)under their new coach Roy Hodgson. Arsenal however have a good record at Selhurst Park losing just once in their last 12 games (W6,D5). They have failed to score against Palace only twice in their last 19 league meetings.

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Arsenal and Palace both have 2 wins and 3 draws in their last 5 games. Arsenal have scored 6 and conceded 4 while Palace have scored 8 and conceded 4. A win for Palace will see them move to 13th on the table while Arsenal will remain 6th regardless of the result.

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Arsenal will be without Nacho Monreal, who is out for 10 days, Olivier Giroud is out for between 4-6 weeks while Ramsey is out till the beginning of January. Shkrodan Mustafi will be available for selection for the first since the 3-1 loss to United on December 2nd. Meanwhile, Crystal Palace will have Christian Benteke back after he served a one-game suspension. He missed Saturday's 1-1 draw against Swansea. Scott Dann and Martin Kelly are expected to fill in at center- back and right-back in the absence of Mamadou Sakho and Joel Ward respectively.

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The Arsenal have lost just 4 times in 41 meetings with Palace but have won just 2 away league games this season. The match takes place at 8pm GMT on the 28th of December.

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Predicted line-ups:

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Crystal Palace starting XI: Speroni, Kelly, Dann, Tomkins, Schlupp, Townsend, Cabaye, Milivojevic, Loftus-Cheek, Benteke, Zaha

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Arsenal starting XI: Cech, Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Maitland-Niles, Wilshere, Xhaka, Iwobi, Ozil, Sanchez, Lacazette

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