Match Day LIVE
Match Week 9.
English Premiership League .
Arsenal vs Crystal Palace .
The London Derby Match .
Venue – Emirates Stadium.
Time – 2 pm, UK.
Date – October 26,2025.
A derby match that will decide or turn the league table this evening at the end of hostilities ,when Gunners , welcomes fellow Londoners , Crystal Palace ,at the Emirates stadium this afternoon .
Gunners on an upward trajectory hosts an ailing Eagles , who have not won their last three matches in all competitions, while Arsenal is seeking a stellar seventh win in all competitions .
Arsenal are now part and parcel of set piece goals lately at least for this season , since the arrival of Nicolas Jover , with another set piece goal in their last match against Fulham in a London derby in match week eight of 2025/2026 when Fulham was dismissed via a corner kick with Leandro Trossard strike off a corner kick settled a tightly contested London derby 1-0 for the Gunners .as Arteta men registers their 10th set piece goal in right Premeiship League matches .this marks the quickest time a team have hit double figures in dead ball situation in the EPL., at least proving arm chair critics wrong for now .
Gunners prowess in the dead ball situation have carried them to the top of the table in the Premeiship over a wounded Liverpool who even worsened their stand in the EPL with a loss to the home boys Brentford , 3-1, Saturday , while Man City are their closet rivals for now in the top flight .
The Gunners also gave a good account of themselves in the mid week Uefa Champions league match against Athletico of Madrid with their set piece specialities as well as open play prowess to humble and dismember , the Spanish giants , 4-0 , with their girls keeper almost on holidays for the better part of the match .
Palace wasted opportunities continued unabated when they faced AEK Larnaca in the Conference League ,mid week , with a faulty back pass from Jaydee Canvot and a glut of missed opportunities to give the minnows a 1-0 win against FA Cup winners last season Palace, this October full of woes for them .
With an incredible feat of 19 wins in all competitions to losing two matches in their last three eight placed Eagles have lost their defensive steel as well as mid field Pukka play lately and head to the Emirates with just one clean sheet in seven matches and across all competitions and conceding six in their last three matches .
The Eagles have had a run of six losses against the Gunners in their most recent matches does not stand the Eagles in a good mood for today s match., except their last draw against Arsenal last season when a late Mateta reduced them from another defeat .
Series of injuries also plague rhe Gunners ahead of today’s derby clash , their problems were worsened with more causalities from their last match against , Tuesday when Gabriel Maghaes injured though will be replaced by Christian Mosquera in the backline .
Natural left sides defender and Ecuadorian International is more likely to be an option for today’s game but the defender has only played one minute since the beginning of the season due to inactivity and lack of form , so he is ruled out as well .
With their outstanding five star performance against Athletico , 10 out of 11 players who were involved in the annihilation of the Spanish giants will get a starting shirt as well . except , Ricardo Calafiori who will be replaced by Myles Lewis Skelly on the left hand side of the defence line .
Other Injury causalities for Gunners like Kai Harvertz Gabriel Jesus , a specialist in scoring against Palace , and many other s will have to wait till December or early next year for a starting shirt
The Eagles injury list is also similar to the Eagles as they will do without , Caleb Kporha Chieck Dourcrue , Chad Riad ,
No need to mentiin new signing Canvot whose poor back pass cost Palace 1-0 loss against minnows AEK Larnaca , his position will be taken by Chris Richards in today’s match , though Canvot s replacement and ex Arsenal player Eddie Nketiah has little chance to displace Mateta who has scored eight of his last premier league goals out of nine in London .
Predictions .
With the best defence in European football , the Gunners have little to bother about Palace menace in today’s match and coupled with extra two days rest they had before now .
Palace are totally out of form for now , though they may also create problems for the Gunners having lost so many matches and will like to use this set piece derby match to red dress any imbalance they may have incurred lately .
Arsenal 2-0 , 1- 0, , 2-1 Or 0-1 ,1-2 or 2-2.
Happy Viewing and Happy Sunday
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