Crystal Palace vs Arsenal LIVE RESULT: Gabriel Jesus ends 11-MONTH wait for a goal as Gunners batter Eagles at Selhurst
GABRIEL JESUS ended his 11-MONTH wait for a goal - then a second came along within 15 minutes at Selhurst Park.
Arsenal star Jesus followed up his midweek hat-trick against Crystal Palace with his first Premier League goals since January.
Ismaila Sarr equalised early in a frantic start but Jesus scored his second soon after before Kai Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli struck.
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Fine form
Palace won't move anywhere in the table whatever result but they will be desperate to put some breathing space between themselves and the relegation zone.
The Eagles had an awful start to the season but have been much better in the last six to eight weeks.
Having started the season winless in their first EIGHT games, Palace now have just one defeat in their last eight.
They are currently four points ahead of Ipswich Town in 17th - who were battered by Newcastle 4-0 just now.
Must win
Arsenal will likely go into this match in fourth with Nottingham Forest currently cruising at Brentford and about to leapfrog them into third.
Having seen Man City lose earlier today, it will be a decent opportunity for the Gunners to put some pressure on Liverpool and Chelsea at the top.
Arne Slot's Reds already have a six point advantage of Mikel Arteta's side having played one game fewer - anything less than a win will be a tough pill for Arsenal to swallow.
250 for Saka
It's a special day for Bukayo Saka with the Arsenal superstar set to play his 250th match for the Gunners.
Still only 23, it's been quite the career so far for the Londoner, who has already become one of the very best players in the world.
Saka has 67 goals and 63 assists for the club and has helped them become one of the premier teams in Europe.
Match officials
Simon Hooper will be the man in the middle of today’s game at Selhurst Park, having seen over 13 games this season, handing out 64 yellow cards and two reds.
He was last involved in Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest in November.
- Referee: Simon Hooper
- Assistants: Adrian Holmes and Simon Long
- Fourth official: Oil Langford
- VAR: Michael Salisbury
- Assistant VAR: Steve Meredith
Facts and figures
Arsenal are unbeaten in all nine of our Premier League London derby matches in 2024 (W7 D2). The last team to go unbeaten in such matches in a full calendar year were Chelsea in 2005 (W9 D1), while the last time the Gunners did so was in 2004 (W7 D3).
Excluding penalties, Arsenal have scored more set-piece goals than any other side in the Premier League this season (9).
No team has had more Premier League goals scored via defenders this season than Mikel Arteta’s men (7, level with Manchester City), while Crystal Palace have had the highest share of their Premier League goals this term come from defenders.
In additional to that, Gabriel Martinelli has scored more Premier League goals against Crystal Palace than he has vs any other opponent (5). Three of these have been as a substitute, with no Gunners player scoring more from the bench against a specific opponent in the competition.
Everything is going in Arsenal’s favour so far.
Arsenal XI
Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Partey, Odegaard, Havertz, Saka, Martinelli, Jesus.
Subs: Neto, Tierney, Kiwior, Calafiori, Jorginho, Rice, Merino, Nwaneri, Trossard.
Crystal Palace XI
Henderson, Clyne, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Mitchell, Lerma, Hughes, Kamada, Sarr, Mateta.
Subs: Turner, Ward, Nketiah, Schlupp, Chalobah, Doucoure, Devenny, Kporha, Agbinone.
Palace team latest
Eberechi Eze will MISS OUT for Palace and Oliver Glasner confirmed this in his pre-match press conference
The Palace manager said: “He (Eze) got a hit against Brighton on his foot. He played with quite a swollen foot at the Emirates and also got the next kick there, so he is not 100%."
Daniel Munoz is still serving a suspension after picking up five yellow cards in the Premier League
Joel Ward (calf), Franco Umeh-Chibueze (hamstring), Adam Wharton (groin), Matheus França de Oliveira (groin), and Chadi Riad Dnanou (lack of match fitness) remain unavailable.
Team news expected in the next five minutes.
Credit: AFP Arsenal injury updates
Declan Rice and Riccardo Calafiori are both available to be in the squad, and Oleksandr Zinchenko could be as well.
However Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu with their respective knee injuries will miss out.
Welcome to Crystal Palace vs Arsenal!
Arsenal and Crystal Palace go at it once more in the second match of their back-to-back double-header - and the action unfolds THIS EVENING!
Gabriel Jesus’ hat-trick helped the Gunners beat the Eagles 3-2 in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.
And they are now looking to get back to winning ways in the Premier League after last weekend’s 0-0 draw with Everton.
However Palace have proved that they are no pushovers especially Jean-Philippe Mateta showed his strength to give the visitors the lead early on,
And of course Hale End Academy graduate Eddie Nketiah who headed past David Raya with five minutes to go last time out.
Stick around as coming right up we’ll have the latest news and injury updates that will excite Arsenal fans, all before kick-off at 5.30pm GMT.
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