Arsenal and Palace both came out of game week 1 with all 3 points. Palace only managed 1 goal against a very weak Sheffield side. They will be hard pressed to produce anything against a superior defence like Arsenal has. Arsenal had 10 clean sheets away last season and 39 points away which was the best in the EPL. Arsenal got up by 2 in the first half against Nottingham Forest and then coasted which made things a bit nervy at the end. Forest is superior to Sheffield and Arsenal is superior to Palace by extension.

With the addition of Rice in midfield and the maturation of a world class talent like Saka, Palace will have their hands full.

Arsenal also feasted on all the London Derbys last season as they won 10 of 12 including both wins against Palace. They have won 3 of their last 5 against Palace including 2 wins at Palace.

Palace has trouble scoring which is shown by the fact they only scored 40 times last season which is less than two of the relegation sisters scored(Leeds and Leicester). And they did that with Zaha (by far their leading scorer) who has since moved on. Lay the goal and go with Arsenal on this one.