{"id":4037,"date":"2025-10-26T01:07:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/10\/26\/arsenal-v-crystal-palace-match-preview-team-news-and-likely-xis\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T01:07:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:07:04","slug":"arsenal-v-crystal-palace-match-preview-team-news-and-likely-xis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/10\/26\/arsenal-v-crystal-palace-match-preview-team-news-and-likely-xis\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal v Crystal Palace: Match Preview, Team News and Likely XIs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal return to Premier League action on Sunday when Crystal Palace visit the Emirates. The Gunners arrive off a 4\u20130 victory over Atl\u00e9tico Madrid on Tuesday, their sixth successive win and a continuation of a perfect start in the Champions League. Arsenal sit top of the table and boast the league\u2019s stoutest defence, but Manchester City could move to within a point before the weekend fixtures kick off.<\/p>\n<p>Crystal Palace come into the game on the back of cup success and a long unbeaten run that peaked at 18 matches. Palace have since lifted the FA Cup and the Community Shield, but they are now winless in three across all competitions after a home defeat to AEK Larnaca in the Conference League on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Team news is significant for the hosts. Arteta confirmed on Friday that the defender hasn\u2019t been able to train since picking up an injury against Atl\u00e9ti. If Gabriel is not risked, Cristhian Mosquera is ready to step in and partner William Saliba. Piero Hincapi\u00e9 may also be considered, though he has appeared just once since joining on deadline day. Riccardo Calafiori and Leandro Trossard are likely to be recalled, while Eberechi Eze should retain his place. Noni Madueke, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus and Martin \u00d8degaard remain out.<\/p>\n<p>Palace face a quick turnaround after Thursday and will rotate accordingly. Chris Richards and Adam Wharton are certainties to return, with Wharton having only come off the bench on Thursday. Eddie Nketiah could start against his former club, potentially alongside Jean-Philippe Mateta, with Yeremy Pino the most likely to make way. Injured pair Cheick Doucour\u00e9 and Chadi Riad have yet to feature this season.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal predicted lineup vs. Crystal Palace (4-3-3): Raya; Timber, Saliba, Mosquera, Calafiori; Zubimendi, Rice, Eze; Saka, Gy\u00f6keres, Trossard.<\/p>\n<p>Crystal Palace predicted lineup vs. Arsenal (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Gu\u00e9hi; Mu\u00f1oz, Hughes, Wharton, Mitchell; Sarr, Nketiah; Mateta.<\/p>\n<p>Broadcast details: United States (Peacock, Amazon Prime Video); United Kingdom (Sky Go UK, NOW, SKY GO Extra, Sky Sports Premier League); Canada (DAZN Canada, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video); Mexico (Caliente TV, Amazon Prime Video).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal host Crystal Palace at the Emirates: team news, injury updates and predicted lineups. Sunday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,465,172],"tags":[1047,841,1100],"class_list":["post-4037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-crystal-palace","category-epl","tag-champions-league","tag-david-raya","tag-defence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}