Arsenal 1-3 Crystal Palace: Iwobi Benched, Liverpool Leads Cardiff

 

  • Arsenal 1-3 Crystal Palace
  • Benteke heads opener (17)
  • Ozil makes it 1-1 (47)
  • Zaha punishes Mustafi error (61)
  • McArthur for 1-3 (68)
  • Aubameyang for 2-3 (76)
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Arsenal will hope to complete an impressive week with a third straight victory as they look to see off Crystal Palace and move into third in the Premier League table.

The Gunners ended their away day hoodoo with victory at Watford on Monday and followed it up with a comfortable victory over Napoli to qualify for the Europa League semi-finals.

Now they hope a seventh win from eight games can haul  them into third as they take on a Crystal Palace side who could end the day officially safe from relegation.

 

CRYSTAL PALACE TEAM NEWS

Starting XI: Guaita, Ward, Dann, Kelly, Wan-Bissaka, Kouyate, McArthur, Milivojevic, Meyer, Zaha, Benteke

Subs: Hennessey, Van Aanholt, Townsend, Ayew, Batshuayi, Sako, Riedwald

ARSENAL TEAM NEWS

Starting XI: Leno, Koscielny, Jenkinson, Mustafi, Kolasinac, Mavropanos, Guendouzi, Elneny, Aubameyang, Ozil, Lacazette

Subs: Cech, Mkhitaryan, Torreira, Maitland-Niles, Iwobi, Monreal, Nketiah

 

 

  • Cardiff 0-2 Liverpool
  • Wijnaldum fires in from corner (57)
  • Milner doubles lead with penalty

Liverpool will hope to end the weekend back on top of the Premier League table when they visit Cardiff City to help wrap up Easter Sunday’s action.

Manchester City’s win over Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday saw Jurgen Klopp’s side drop to second but victory in Wales would see them return to the summit with just three matches to play.

Neil Warnock’s side are desperate for three points however and a surprise win at the Cardiff City Stadium would take them level on points with Brighton & Hove Albion outside the relegation zone.

 

LIVERPOOL TEAM NEWS

Starting XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Keita, Mane, Salah, Firmino.

Subs: Mignolet, Gomez, Milner, Fabinho, Shaqiri, Sturridge, Origi.

 

CARDIFF TEAM NEWS

Starting XI: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Manga, Bennett, Gunnarsson, Ralls, Mendez-Laing, Camarasa, Hoilett, Niasse.

Subs: Smithies, Cunningham, Bacuna, Harris, Murphy, Reid, Zohore