On Saturday, within 22nd round of the England Premier League, Arsenal come to Selhurst Park with a great hope that can achieve an important win. Namely, the hosts must go into the game without a number of important players. Mamadou Sakho (8/0 d), Patrick van Aanholt (17/2 d), Scott Dann (5/0 d), Andros Townsend (14/1 m), Jeffrey Schlupp (14/2 d) and Joel Ward (13/0 d) are on the injury list, team captain Luka Milivojevic (20/2 m) is suspended, while status of Christian Benteke (15/0 f) and Victor Camarasa (1/0 m) is questionable. At the same time, the Gunners missing only injured Calum Chambers (14/1 d), Kieran Tierney (5/0 d) and Hector Bellerin (3/0 d).
As for the form, Crystal Palace have a single defeat in the past eight Premier League meetings, while Arsenal have only three wins in the last 17 matches in all competitions. However, guests have two consecutive wins since Mikel Arteta took charge of the Gunners, one of which is in the derby against Manchester United.
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Explanation: player statistics (a/b c)
a - games played this season
b - goals scored
c - team position (d - defender, m - midfielder, f - forward, g - goalkeeper).
