It’s been a long old summer for those waiting for the Premier League to return but the wait will soon be over this evening when Crystal Palace welcome Arsenal to Selhurst Park.
There’s a real air of optimism around Mikel Arteta’s side at the moment. A 4-0 win over Chelsea and a thumping 6-0 over Sevilla in pre-season has the Gunners’ tails up. The addition of Fabio Vieira, Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko look shrewd pieces of business and Arteta has moved to make Martin Ødegaard his new skipper.
A fifth-placed finish wasn’t good enough last season so there’s work to be done by the Spaniard but they’ve a kind run of fixtures to start the season, only playing one side that finished top six last season (Man Utd) between now and October.
Palace finished a very creditable 12th last term but it’s been fairly quiet on the transfer front with midfielder Cheick Doucoure grabbing the headlines with his £21m move from Lens.
The Eagles won 3-0 the last time Arsenal visited but manager, and Gunners legend, Patrick Vieira knows it’s very different side he’ll meet tonight. The bookies rate the visitors 4/5 favourites to start the season with a win while Palace look a bit more generous at 10/3.
Meetings between the sides are usually entertaining affairs, eight of the last 10 have seen both teams score and the same number have gone Over 2.5 goals. Those stats include a 0-0 during the covid era so there’s astrong case to be made for goals once more, especially with plenty of attacking options available from both squads. Over 2.5 goals at even money looks the best bet.
Super Singles
- Palace v Arsenal – Over 2.5 Goals 1/1 SBK
Upcoming Previews & Tips
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Racing Tips
Two selections have been picked out by Rizzel for his best bets of Friday’s racing coming from Brighton and Thirsk.
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