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Arsenal travel to take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday evening, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the Gunners have taken the points 8 times and lost only 1.
The last time the two teams met at Crystal Palace was back in February 1998, over five years ago, with Arsenal inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Eagles in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1997/1998 | Wed 25 Feb | Crystal Palace | 1 - 2 | Arsenal | FAC |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 21 Feb | Arsenal | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 15 Feb | Arsenal | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | FAC |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 18 Oct | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 25 Feb | Crystal Palace | 0 - 3 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 01 Oct | Arsenal | 1 - 2 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 08 May | Arsenal | 3 - 0 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 8.
The away form of Arsenal however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Gunners, and 6 goals against.
Crystal Palace find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 11 points from their 11 matches. Arsenal are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 26 points from the 11 games played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Gunners's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Crystal Palace, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | Won 3 successive home games. 11 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Arsenal | Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |