Crystal Palace v Arsenal

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24 Oct 2018
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
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Arsenal are targeting an eighth successive Premier League victory as they visit London rivals Crystal Palace, who are aiming to stop a run of three straight defeats.

Team news

Max Meyer and Alexander Sorloth are available (both illness) for selection, as is Conor Wickham (leg).

Christian Benteke (knee) and Joel Ward (strain) will not feature.

Arsenal will assess defenders Nacho Monreal and Sead Kolasinac (both hamstring), while Petr Cech (hamstring) has returned to training but is not available. 

Did you know?

Roy Hodgson is looking for his first Premier League win over Arsenal in 10 attempts, having last emerged victorious with Fulham in August 2008.

Crystal Palace have netted just three goals in their last eight PL matches, while failing to score on five occasions. Only in 2017/18, when they only struck twice, have the Eagles scored fewer goals after their first nine top-flight matches than they have now, with five.

Arsenal have scored six PL goals via substitutes this season, more than any other team.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored a PL goal every 104.6 minutes on average, the best minutes-to-goal ratio in the competition's history for players with at least 10 strikes.

Referee: Martin Atkinson
Assistants: Lee Betts, Adam Nunn
Fourth official: David Coote

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