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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.
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.
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.
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.
Predicted line-ups:
Crystal Palace starting XI: Speroni, Kelly, Dann, Tomkins, Schlupp, Townsend, Cabaye, Milivojevic, Loftus-Cheek, Benteke, Zaha
Arsenal starting XI: Cech, Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Maitland-Niles, Wilshere, Xhaka, Iwobi, Ozil, Sanchez, Lacazette
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