In midfield, Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo are expected to continue given the injuries to Keirnan Dewsbury-Hall and Romeo Lavia. The Belgian has not seen since coming off at half-time against Tottenham earlier in December, but will hope to prove his fitness to play a part from the bench against Palace.

Americans will be able to watch via Paramount+, while those in Canada have access on DAZN and fuboTV. Arsenal have two matches in between Christmas and New Year’s Day, both of which will be staged at the Emirates. Brighton & Hove Albion are their first visitors, followed by a crunch clash with surprise title challengers Aston Villa.

Crystal Palace suffered a 4-1 loss to Leeds United away from home. Justin Devenny scored for Palace in their loss to Leeds United. Crystal Palace is 8th in the league table with 26 points and has a league record of seven wins, five draws, and five losses.

Arsenal and Crystal Palace meet in the delayed Carabao Cup quarter-final tie with both sides eager to set up a semi-final tie with Chelsea in the next round

Crystal Palace are unchanged from the side that started the defeat to Tottenham, with the only change on the bench where Eddie Nketiah drops out and is replaced by Benjamin Casey. Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Lerma, Lacroix, Guehi, Clyne, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell, Devenny, Pino, Mateta.

Kai Havertz nears an Arsenal return but will miss the Carabao Cup quarterfinal against Crystal Palace, as the Gunners seek to advance.

ARSENAL have BEATEN Crystal Palace on penalties to book their spot in the Carabao Cup semi-finals! The clash was decided by penalties, as Marc Guehi scored a late equaliser to cancel out an

Arteta is expected to make changes for the clash with Palace despite it being the quarterfinal of a major cup competition, with Arsenal’s more peripheral figures likely to earn minutes. Kepa Arrizabalaga, Christian Nørgaard, Noni Madueke and Gabriel Jesus are among those likely to start in the capital.