In the early hours of Saturday morning (6), the new season of the English Premier League feast kicked off, the first focus of the showdown London derby in the home of Crystal Palace, facing a strong Arsenal, Crystal Palace vowed to defend the glory of the home field. Arsenal's attacking power has been boosted by the introduction of goal-scorer Jesus Zaii and Bill Jetsis this summer, but the two encounters with Crystal Palace last season were no winners, which is enough to show that Crystal Palace's manager Villa knows his old master like the back of his hand. Given the frequency of meetings between the two teams in recent years, the total number of goals scored by both sides may be favored to reach more than 2.5 goals. (Now 621 and 611 live at 3am on Saturday)
Arsenal, who regretted missing out on the top four at the end of last season, has been actively attracting reinforcements this summer. In addition to recalling on-loan defender William Shaliba, manager Adidas has brought in Manchester City's old players Gabir Jetsis and Sim Zhengao, among whom the joining of Jesus Chai activated the team's offense. Not only did he actively press for chances for teammates Bukayo Shaka and Gabir Martinelli, he was a great threat to shoot at the goal.
Looking back at the previous 5 official warm-up matches, Jesus scored 7 goals, including a hat-trick against Liga MX side Xavier in the Emirates Cup, while the Arsenal scored a total of 20 goals in those 5 matches, firing on all cylinders. The opening match is a derby match, and Arsenal are expected to go all out in their attack for the top spot.
Vela's promotion of newcomers has been effective
However, Crystal Palace is not an idle team. After Vela took over, the team changed its previous over-reliance on Werfeldt-Sachs, and Vela promoted newcomers such as Mark Gushee, Gunnar Galecha, Michael Ollis, etc., and emphasized more on offense. Last season, the team not only relegated early, but also made it to the quarterfinals of the EFL Cup, and the two encounters with Arsenal in the league were even better, with 1 win and 1 draw, including a 3-0 win at home. It seems that Vela has a unique way of defeating the enemy, even if Gunnar Galecha has been recalled by Chelsea, he won't give up easily in this game.
Checking the record of the last 11 meetings between the two sides, there are 9 times when the total number of goals scored reached 3 or more, so it may be better to favor the total number of goals scored by both sides to reach more than 2.5 goals.
