Arsenal v Crystal Palace

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23 Oct 2019
Luka Milivojevic, Crystal Palace
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Arsenal are unbeaten at home in the Premier League this season, with Saturday's opponents Crystal Palace the last team to take maximum points at the Emirates Stadium courtesy of a 3-2 success in April 2019.

Team news

Vicente Guaita and Martin Kelly returned to training for Crystal Palace this week, but will be assessed ahead of Sunday's match to see if they "any reaction", confirms manager Roy Hodgson.

However, The Eagles are definitely without injured duo Mamadou Sakho and Connor Wickham.

Did you know?

Arsenal have never failed to score in 19 home league matches against Crystal Palace. They have faced the Eagles more often without ever failing to score at home than they have against any other side in their top-flight history.

Crystal Palace are looking to secure back-to-back wins against the Gunners in all competitions for the first time.

Arsenal haven't lost a home league match in October since 2002 when Blackburn enjoyed a 2-1 victory. Since then, the Gunners have won 25 and drawn five. It's their joint-longest unbeaten home run in a single month in Premier League history, also 30, in March between 1998 and 2015.

Luka Milivojevic has scored more Premier League goals against Arsenal than he has against any other side in the competition, netting four goals in five matches for the Eagles against Sunday's opponents.

Match officials 

Referee: Martin Atkinson. Assistants: Lee Betts, Peter Kirkup. Fourth official: Tim Robinson. VAR: Jarred Gillett. Assistant VAR: Neil Davies. 

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