It was not the best of performances from Tottenham when they played out a goalless
draw against Crystal Palace at White Hart Lane.
Manchester City's incredible record breaking winning streak has finally come to an end with a 0 - 0
draw against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Manchester City didn't need a long time in getting their winning machine back on the run as after their latest
draw against Crystal Palace, Pep Guardiola's men were back with three points on Tuesday by beating Watford.
The draw against Crystal Palace means that United drop down into fourth in the table, being overtaken by Leicester City, who came from behind to defeat West Bromwich Albion.
Yes a good win because we needed to show a positive response after
our draw against Crystal Palace.
«They were 2 - 0 up against West Ham and could have lost, and
they drew against a Crystal Palace team that played a very good counter-attacking game just as we did at Norwich.
Let's focus on winning... This is how arsenal are goin to win the league this season, Arsenal vs: Westbrom — Win Everton — Win Watford — Win Westham — Draw Crystal Palace — Win Sunderland — Win Norwich — Win Mancity — Win Aston Villa — Win And LIECESTER
Draws against crystal palace, southampton and Newcastle, win against southampton, loses all final four matches against Chelsea, Man U, Westham, and Everton... TOTTENham?
Everton have gone D2 L1 in their last three games, heading into this Turf Moor clash on the back of two 1 - 1
draws against Crystal Palace and Manchester City.
Not exact matches
We've been hard to beat at times, which is good, and we have shown that never - give - up attitude — especially earlier in the season when we nicked a late winner
against Crystal Palace and came back to
draw at Everton.
Back at the top of the table, rounding out the top five in action this weekend are Liverpool -LRB--205) on the road
against Crystal Palace (+550 to win, +340 to
draw) and Manchester United -LRB--475) hosting Swansea City (+1300 to win, +500 to
draw).
Manchester United Held By Newcastle West Ham lost to Bournemouth 3 - 4, not a good day for Jenks though, but what a crazy game Leicester held by Spurs Swansea held by Sunderland Only
Crystal Palace survived in dying minutes
against Villa Hope Everton can grind out a
draw against City to slow them down....
Recent examples are scoring first at home
against swansea and
crystal palace then
drawing or losing.
Prior to that away
draw at Goodison Park, the Gunners had got off to an optimistic start to the season, which saw them win the FA Community Shield
against Manchester City and get off to winning start in the Premier League
against Crystal Palace, and come away with a clean sheet in the first leg of their Champions League playoff tie
against Besiktas.
Arsenal have won eight of their last 11 Premier League games
against Crystal Palace,
drawing the other three.
Crystal palace, Leicester, QPR, Newcastle etc all stepped up their pressing games and we were all over the place, having more quality individual players gets us out of problems, but when we come up
against teams on somewhat our level or better then us we mostly lose or
draw at best.
As I see it Arsenals problem is bottling golden opportunitieis, one nill up at home
against swansea and
crystal palace is a winning position, we lose one
draw one.
CHELSEA have not won a game in the EPL this season without a red card
against the opposing team... lol Swansea 11 men —
draw Manchester city 11 men — lose Westbrom 10 men — win
Crystal palace 11 men — lose Everton 11 men — lose Arsenal 9 men — win Newcastle united 11 men —
draw Southampton 11 men — lose
But after Arsenal had only managed to
draw the two previous games
against West Ham and
Crystal Palace despite leading both, there was still an air of tension around the ground.
My Top of the week are; - Manchester City for thrashing Watford — Napoli for their 6 - 0 - David Luiz for his great performance
against Arsenal — AC Milan for defeating Udinese by 2goals to 1 — Arsenal for playing
draw against Chelsea My flops are —
Crystal Palace, Watford, Gatafe and David Luiz for the hard tackle.
Another 1 - 1
draw came at Selhurst Park, where surprise in - game Premier League leaders Liverpool had to rescue a point
against Crystal Palace after Dwight Gayle had given the hosts the lead, with Steven Gerrard scoring a penalty.
Rounding out the top five in the EPL standings, third - place Liverpool is a -525 favorite hosting West Ham United (+1100 to win, +600 to
draw) on Saturday and fifth - place Tottenham is a -210 favorite on the road
against Crystal Palace (+575 to win, +345 to
draw).
We
drew at Wembley
against Spurs back in August, beat
Crystal Palace at home in the next game and then, last month, beat Everton at Goodison Park.
Two
draws against West Ham and
Crystal Palace has put Arsenal in a precarious position in the League.
KEY FACT: Southampton have won seven and
drawn the other of their eight Premier League home matches
against Crystal Palace MATCH ODDS: Southampton Evs
Draw 5/2 Palace 16/5 bet365 Pick: Draw @ 5/2 ANDY SAYS: A tough game to call, but I think Palace will get something... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I firmly believe Palace will be getting the three points here... 0 - 2 SILKY SAYS: I can see this playing out as a draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Benteke at 88p, has dropped outside the top -
Draw 5/2 Palace 16/5 bet365 Pick:
Draw @ 5/2 ANDY SAYS: A tough game to call, but I think Palace will get something... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I firmly believe Palace will be getting the three points here... 0 - 2 SILKY SAYS: I can see this playing out as a draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Benteke at 88p, has dropped outside the top -
Draw @ 5/2 ANDY SAYS: A tough game to call, but I think Palace will get something... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I firmly believe Palace will be getting the three points here... 0 - 2 SILKY SAYS: I can see this playing out as a
draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Benteke at 88p, has dropped outside the top -
draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Benteke at 88p, has dropped outside the top - 200
KEY FACT:
Crystal Palace have won only one of their last 12 home league matches
against Arsenal MATCH ODDS: Palace 7/2
Draw 3/1 Arsenal 4/5 bet365 Pick: Arsenal to win @ 4/5 ANDY SAYS: Tough trip to Arsenal but I think they will just edge my former side... 0 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I can see Palace getting something from this... 1 - 1 SILKY SAYS: I can see Arsenal getting the three points here, but won't be easy... 1 - 2 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Mesut Ozil under # 4 looks a decent prospect
Their last two home games
against Bournemouth and
Crystal Palace have ended in a 1 - 1
draw and in the BetVictor Correct Score market the 1 - 1
draw option is at 19/4 odds * (Betting Odds taken on February 5th, 2018 at 2:33 a.m.).
They are having issues at the back though as they have been struggling badly for clean sheets with one in their last seven league outings following a 1 - 1
draw at home
against Crystal Palace in midweek.
Crystal Palace could welcome back Christian Benteke to the team, after the striker missed the 2 - 2
draw against AFC Bournemouth with a groin injury.
In English Premier League, Manchester City won consecutive 18 matches which was a record but after than in last Sunday
against Crystal Palace, they made a
draw with 0 — 0 goals.
Crystal Palace and West Ham played out a 2 - 2
draw when they met back in October and that extended West Ham's undefeated streak of form
against Palace to five (W3 D2).
The
Crystal Palace fans were absolutely delighted in the Transfer Tavern last night after Southampton slumped to a miserable 0 - 0
draw against Leiceste...
While we were losing
against Sheffield Wednesday and beating QPR in the last week, they surprisingly
drew 0 - 0
against the south group leaders
Crystal Palace which means we now sit four points behind them with a game in hand and a trip to Oakwell still to come.
The team's performance
against Crystal Palace is far below what we all know they are capable of but let's remember that we only got a scoreless
draw against Sunderland 2 years ago and we lost 1 - 3 to Aston Villa (irrespective of the reasons) last year.
Venue: Emirates Date: 17/04/2016 Kick Off: 15:00 (BST)
Crystal Palace managed to continue their mini revival after claiming a 0 - 0
draw against Everton in midweek and while the point was a welcome one, manager Alan Pardew would have been left a bit frustrated that his side were unable to claim all three on offer
against the
After 12 league matches
Crystal palace get 6 victories and 19 points placing them 8th currently only 1
drawn for them
against their 5 defats.
Their run of 18 consecutive victories was brought to a halt on New Year's Eve with an unpredicted
draw against cellar dwellers,
Crystal Place.
In total he missed eight fixtures;
draws against Villa and Tottenham, imposing wins
against Derby, Sheffield United, Manchester City, Everton,
Crystal Palace, and his side's only loss of the entire league campaign: a tragic 2 - 1 defeat away at Chelsea.
KEY FACT: Everton are unbeaten in each of their last six Premier League matches
against Crystal Palace MATCH ODDS: Everton 13/10
Draw 9/4 Palace 13/5 bet365 Pick: Half time score 0 - 0 @ 6/4 ANDY SAYS: Close call but I think my former side can get something from this game... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Everton need a win here and I think they will just about get it... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Everton will take the three points here for me... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Wilfried Zaha just inside the top - 100, well worth a look
KEY FACT:
Crystal Palace have won four of their last six home league matches
against Watford MATCH ODDS: Palace 13/10
Draw 5/2 Watford 23/10 bet365 Pick: Palace to win and Both Teams To Score @ 10/3 ANDY SAYS: Another close game but I think my old club will get something here... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I think Palace might just get the win they are looking for... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Watford are the better team so I can see them getting the three points... 1 - 2 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Wilfried Zaha at # 1.42 still looks a very good buy
A late
draw against Watford and a scraped win over
Crystal Palace looked too much like the failures Liverpool supporters had seen for years not to elicit groans despite the...
The scrutiny of manager Louis van Gaal's philosophy has reached fever pitch after Man United's goalless
draw today
against Crystal Palace.
While the home loss to Manchester City and away
draw to Watford amount to a loss of five points, a home win
against Crystal Palace and an away win
against Leicester City amount to a gain of six.
Christian Benteke has been ruled out, leaving Palace with few options so Bakary Sako could start as a striker KEY FACT: Manchester United have never lost a Premier League match
against Crystal Palace MATCH ODDS: Man Utd 1/6
Draw 6/1 Palace 20/1 ANDY SAYS: I don't know why but this could be one of those shock results, Palace could do it... 0 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Palace should get better, but they will not get anything here... 3 - 0 SILKY SAYS: Could be any score here, Palace have been awful — easy home win... 4 - 0 LADBROKES PICK: Man United to win both halves @ 5/4 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been in great form and not even at # 2.50!
Their goalless
draw at
Crystal Palace last time out will give them hope that they can keep it right
against fellow EPL strugglers.
KEY FACT: West Ham are unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches
against Crystal Palace MATCH ODDS: West Ham 21/10
Draw 9/4 Palace 31/20 bet365 Pick: Both Teams to Score @ 4/5 ANDY SAYS: Tough call this one, but I will back my former club to take a point... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: A big game for both clubs, but maybe West Ham might just have the edge... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: I think West Ham should and will claim the win here... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Javier Hernandez might still be a good investment
FORM: The Seagulls were edged out 3 - 2 by
Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday, following a 1 - 1
draw against Huddersfield Town at the Amex Stadium beforehand.
Following a disappointing 1 - 1
draw at Turf Moor with Burnley, Tottenham have added another fixture to their busy January, and their next fixture is a trip to Selhurst Park for a London derby
against Crystal Palace.
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Where
Crystal has got only 7 victories, 10
drawn besides 17 lost
against Tottenham.
Just take their four games this season: A 3 - 3
draw against Watford, a 1 - 0 win over
Crystal Palace, and a 4 - 0 win over Arsenal, and a 5 - 0 loss to City.