2 weeks Ago By Declan Wiseman, Last Word On Sports
Arsenal look forward to another London Derby clash as they host Crystal Palace in the Premier League. A Gunners loss would confirm Liverpool as Premier League champions. Here is our Arsenal predicted lineup for the Crystal Palace clash.
Arsenal Predicted Lineup vs Crystal Palace for April 23 How Arsenal Have Lined-up Recently In Arsenal’s 4-0 drubbing of Ipswich Town, David Raya kept a clean sheet in goal, with a defence of Ben White, William Saliba, Jakub Kiwior and Oleksandr Zinchenko. Each of the three Gunners starting midfielders got an assist, including Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice and Mikel Merino. Up front, Arteta opted to keep his top marksman sharp, fielding Bukayo Saka, Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli.
Arsenal Recent Form and Tactics In their last five matches in all competitions, Arsenal have three wins and two draws. They have now won 26 of their last 36 home league matches. But a surprising flaw in Arsenal’s record is that of the three losses they’ve suffered at the Emirates, two have been in London derbies.
The squad have had time to prepare for this next derby, and there’s ample time to recover before the Champions League semi-final first leg next week. That said, Arteta was keen to make the most of this match as preparation for Paris Saint-Germain, maintaining momentum and learning to play without Thomas Partey in midfield. Crystal Palace play Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday.
So both sides will be making a careful balance, keeping players match sharp without over-committing and suffering any injuries. Asked if there was a reason why the team were taking more short corners, Arteta said : “Yes. I mean, when the team adapts to do something, the weaknesses will be somewhere else, and that’s our job to try to analyse that and exploit it as good as we can.
” Arsenal Injuries and Absentees to Consider Suffering a red-card challenge from Ipswich’s Leif Davis, Bukayo Saka was substituted shortly after for Nwaneri and was seen with a lot of strapping on his affected ankle. But Saka should be okay to play against Crystal Palace if needed, which will come as a massive relief for everyone involved at the club. Mikel Arteta said: “Yeah, we have to wait and see now how he reacts after the session, but he’s nothing too serious.
” He continued: “I think he would have a good chance to play tomorrow.” The other injury updates Arteta gave were on Riccardo Calafiori and Jorginho: “Yeah, Riccy is out and Jorgi unfortunately as well. I think Jorgi will be out for a few weeks.
” Takehiro Tomiyasu and Gabriel continue their rehabilitations and remain unavailable. Arsenal Predicted Lineup Vs Crystal Palace GK: David Raya RB: Ben White CB: William Saliba CB: Jakub Kiwior LB: Myles Lewis-Skelly CM: Olesandr Zinchenko CM: Ethan Nwaneri CM: Declan Rice RW: Raheem Sterling CF: Leandro Trossard LW: Gabriel Martinelli This article first appeared on Last Word On Sports and was syndicated with permission..
