Crystal Palace vs Arsenal Prediction: Expect the guests to win

On 5 August 2022, the opening game of the 2022/23 EPL season will take place at Selhurst Park, London, when Crystal Palace will face Arsenal. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace is a highly unstoppable team who had a decent season under Patrick Vieira, finishing in 12th place in the standings. Still, they can expect an even better performance in the upcoming championship. In the off-season, the Red and Blue signed Cheick Doucoure and Chris Richards to strengthen their defense. The Eagles enjoyed enough friendlies in the summer, playing nine friendlies, five of which they won. The players will likely be in good condition for the official meetings.

Arsenal

Arsenal is a fantastic team, criticized for a long time for their fourth place, but now they are only dreaming of top-four. Last season, the Londoners had a good chance of qualifying for the Champions League. Still, they lost to Tottenham (0:3) at the end of the campaign before losing 0:2 to Newcastle United to lose their place in the continental championship.

Expert Betting Tips

Arsenal has been unsuccessful by their standards over the last few seasons, but in the off-season, they were sick of it, so they made several high-profile transfers. The newcomers started to bring results already during the pre-season, picking up six wins in seven games by a combined score of 25:5. Crystal Palace took four points from the Red-Whites in the last league season, but they are now favorites to win. You can bet on an Arsenal win at the odds of around 1.75.

The recent encounter between Crystal Palace and Arsenal has been very productive. In the previous 16 head-to-head meetings, the opponents have scored 52 goals against each other (3.25 goals per game on average). Both teams from London also played extremely productive friendlies in the summer. Hence, the opening official game in the EPL has a good chance of a goal extravaganza, and the best option for the prediction is a total over 2.5 goals at odds close to 1.91.

Gabriel Jesus moved to the EPL five and a half years ago, scoring in his first game for Manchester City. The Brazilian scored seven goals in ten games and was expected to continue scoring, but his record worsened. Last season, he scored only eight goals in 28 games and was not always in the starting line-up, so he switched to Arsenal in the summer. The 25-year-old had a superb pre-season for the London club: goals against Nurnberg, goals against Everton and Chelsea, and a hat-trick against Sevilla. He's in good form, so it's worth betting on Gaby Jesus' goal at around 2.25.

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