Match Preview: Arsenal vs Crystal Palace

After two devastating draws that has seen Arsenal suffer massively in the Premier League title, the Gunners turn their attention to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals as they host red hot Crystal Palace at Emirates Stadium tonight.
 

Mikel Arteta's men are looking to bounce back from that extremely disappointing 0-0 draw at home to Everton by advancing to the semi-finals of this competition for the first time since 2021/22.

After a disappointing start to the season for the Eagles, they're unbeaten in their last five including a 3-1 win over rivals Brighton and three draws against Villa, Newcastle and Manchester City.
 

How they got here

Palace reached the 4th round via a 4-0 win at home to Norwich. A brace of 2-1 away victories in rounds 3 and 4, first against QPR and then at Villa.

Meanwhile Arsenal put five past League One side Bolton in Round 3 before putting three past Preston last time out.
 

Team News

Unavailable players - Arsenal

Riccardo Calafiori: the same knee issue that's kept him out since the West Ham win

Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu continue their recovery from long term Injuries
 

Unavailable players - Crystal Palace

Adam Wharton is out with a groin issue, Joel Ward with a calf problem and Matheus Franca continues recovery from a broken rib.

Meanwhile Daniel Munoz is suspended for accumulating too many yellow cards in the League Cup but he will also miss Saturday's league repeat at Selhurst Park due to the same fate in the Premier League.
 

What the managers said

Mikel Arteta admitted that winning the Carabao Cup can help to start a repetitive theme of trophies saying:

"I think it brings belief, trust, positive energy; touching a cup, beating someone in the semi-final, beating someone in the final, it generates that energy and I think it creates that right path to go and do something else, especially because of the timing and when the competition is played in this country, it gets the momentum going."
 

However, for Crystal Palace's trophy chances, boss Oliver Glasner admitted:

"It is far away. We still have many games to play, but it would be a big achievement for all of us to win at the Emirates and it's not a place that Crystal Palace is winning every year, so it would be a big achievement."
 

Stats and facts

In terms of head-to-head between the two sides, Arsenal have 13 wins, the last coming in the 5-0 thumping of the Eagles in January.

Crystal Palace only have 3 wins against the Gunners, the latest coming in a 3-0 win at Selhurst Park in April 2022.

The last time this scoreline finished goalless was in January 2021 at the Emirates.

During the last 28 meetings, Arsenal have won 16 times, with 8 draws while Palace have won 4 times. The goal difference is 55-29 in favour of Arteta's side.

Palace's last away win at the Emirates was in 2019.