10′ Arsenal are winless in their last four Premier League matches against Crystal Palace (D3 L1), their longest winless run against the Eagles in the top-flight.
8′ The visitors have hardly touched the ball so far in the opening few minutes, it is all Arsenal so far, with every Palace player back behind the ball.
6′ Maitland-Niles does well down the left wing, getting past Aubameyang and he looks to whip a cross into the box for a teammate, but he gets it all wrong and it flies behind the Palace goal.
4′ Decent move by Arsenal, which sees Smith Rowe get deep into the Palace penalty area, but his cross into the six-yard box is too close to Guaita, who comfortably gathers.
3′ Palace are happily sitting deep and soaking up the early possession here by Arsenal, making sure they are back in their formation and not allowing the Gunners much time and space in midfield.
The teams are out on the pitch and kick-off is almost upon us, stay tuned for all the match action!
Meanwhile Roy Hodgson only made one change to his Palace starting XI, with Jeffrey Schlupp dropping out of the team due to injury and he has been replaced on the left-wing by Eze.
Just two changes for Arsenal from their side that beat West Brom 4-0 last time out in the Premier League. Mari and Tierney miss out and they have been replaced in defence by David Luiz and Maitland-Niles.
PALACE SUBS: Jack Butland, Scott Dann, James McCarthy, Patrick Van Aanholt, Jairo Riedewald, Michy Batshuayi, Nathaniel Clyne, Gary Cahill, Jordan Ayew.
PALACE (4-4-2): Vicente Guaita; Joel Ward, James Tomkins, Cheikhou Kouyate, Tyrick Mitchell; Andros Townsend, James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic, Eberechi Eze; Christian Benteke, Wilfried Zaha.
ARSENAL SUBS: Gabriel, Willian, Runar Alex Runarsson, Cedric Soares, Thomas Partey, Nicolas Pepe, Calum Chambers, Joseph Willock, Eddie Nketiah.
ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Hector Bellerin, Rob Holding, David Luiz, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Dani Ceballos, Granit Xhaka; Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith Rowe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang; Alexandre Lacazette.
Meanwhile Palace ended a five-game winless streak in the league with a 2-0 success over Sheffield United and they sit 13th in the table. However, they were knocked out of the FA Cup last Friday after being beaten 1-0 by Wolves.
Arsenal have picked up form in recent weeks, with three consecutive Premier League victories, to move them up to 11th in the table. Along with a 2-0 win over Newcastle United in the FA Cup at the weekend.
Hello and welcome to our LIVE match commentary of the Premier League clash between Arsenal and Crystal Palace.
