Arsenal vs Crystal Palace: Prediction, tips and bet builder as Gunners look to keep momentum train going

With five games remaining and a 13-point gap separating the Gunners and league leaders Liverpool, it’s no surprise that Mikel Arteta’s men are shifting all their focus onto the Champions League.

Arsenal are potentially just three matches away from lifting their first ever Champions League crown, starting with a date against PSG next Tuesday night.

With that in mind, the Gunners will have one big priority for their upcoming clash with Crystal Palace – avoid fresh injuries.

If this fixture had taken place at the start of April, we would’ve probably dabbled with an away victory.

However, Palace have hit a big pothole over Easter, losing 5-2 at Man City, 5-0 at Newcastle and drawing 0-0 at home with Bournemouth.

Oliver Glasner’s men need to shake off that poor run of results as they prepare for their own massive occasion – next weekend’s FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa.

Considering both teams have big games on the horizon, this does feel like a fixture that both would rather not play.

Here we pick out some of our best tips for this juicy Wednesday night meeting, and if you put it into a Betway bet builder you’ll get odds of around 4/1.

Arsenal v Crystal Palace 4/1 bet builder

Arsenal to win – 2/5

Bukayo Saka to score or assist – 5/6

Dean Henderson 3+ saves – 1/2

Good luck and please gamble responsibly.

(All odds are correct at time of article publication)

Arsenal come into Wednesday’s game on the back of an 11-match unbeaten run. While that does sound good on paper, only six of those matches ended in victories for the Gunners… the rest were draws.

Only Everton have drawn more games in the Premier League than Arsenal, who have played out 12 stalemates throughout the course of the season. Little wonder they are a mighty 13 points behind Liverpool.

Despite this, the one thing we know about the Gunners is that they’re awfully hard to beat, especially at the Emirates.

Arteta’s men have only lost one Premier League on home soil, which strangely came against West Ham.

Arsenal have won their last six head-to-head matches with Crystal Palace, including a 5-1 thrashing at Selhurst Park back in December.

We’re backing the Gunners to continue on that trend and extend their winning run against the Eagles to seven games.

Our second addition to the bet builder is Bukayo Saka to score or assist on Wednesday night. 

Since retuning from his thigh injury, Saka has chipped in with a couple of goals against Fulham and Real Madrid.

His performances since returning have been consistently good and we’re backing the England international to back them up with either a goal or assist.

Lastly, we’re backing Palace keeper Dean Henderson to have a busy game. We’re backing the Eagles goalie to make 3+ saves on what is expected to be an Arsenal-dominant night at the Emirates.

Arsenal v Crystal Palace: How to watch and listen

Arsenal v Crystal Palace will be shown live on Sky Sports UHD, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League at 20:00 on Wednesday, April 23. There will be full match commentary on talkSPORT.

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