da betano casino： Arsenal welcome Crystal Palace to the Emirates on Sunday, where the Gunners will be hoping to get back on track in the Premier League.
da betway： Unai Emery’s men suffered a 1-0 defeat to Sheffield United in their last Premier League outing, and needed Nicolas Pepe’s magic against Vitoria in the Europa League to overturn a 2-1 deficit with just ten minutes remaining.
Roy Hodgson’s side are just a point behind Arsenal in 6th as things stand, and got one over on the north Londoners at the Emirates towards the end of last season with an impressive 3-2 win – another three points on Sunday will take them above their London rivals.
Let’s take a look at the XI Hodgson should put out against the Gunners…
Only a couple of changes from the 2-0 loss to Manchester City, but two that Hodgson really should make.
We’ll start with Benteke.
The 36-cap Belgium international was the star of the show in that aforementioned 3-2 win from last season, winning the WhoScored Man of the Match award after grabbing a goal and an assist.
The 6 foot 3 striker won seven aerial duels that day, and we feel that the former Liverpool man would be better suited to do a job against David Luiz and Sokratis rather than the less aerially dominant figure of Jordan Ayew.
Elsewhere, the only other change would see Andros Townsend come in for Jeffrey Schlupp. The 13-cap England international’s pace on the break and solid defensive contribution ahead of his full-back, Joel Ward, may prove significant on the day – especially if the tricky Bukayo Saka lines up down that flank as he did against the Blades.
Both Townsend and Wilfried Zaha may not see much of the ball given Arsenal’s usual dominance of possession, so getting them close to Benteke where the Belgian can win knock downs is crucial to Palace – it was a Benteke flick-on that saw Zaha score his goal at the Emirates last season.
With these two changes, Palace could surprise their hosts with some brilliant counter-attacks and give themselves a great chance of getting a result.