Overview
- Arsenal have conceded only three Premier League goals to date, and they have yet to let one in across three Champions League matches.
- The leaders have reached 10 set-piece goals in eight league games, the earliest any Premier League team has hit double figures.
- Arteta says the dead-ball transformation was ten years in the making, built on culture and expertise from coaches such as Nicolas Jover.
- Riccardo Calafiori is one booking from a suspension, and Gabriel Magalhaes has a thigh issue that could rule him out against Palace.
- The match offers £68m signing Eberechi Eze a reunion with his former club, as pundits continue to view Erling Haaland and Manchester City as Arsenal’s principal external threat.