{"id":669990,"date":"2026-05-24T03:44:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=669990"},"modified":"2026-05-24T03:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:44:41","slug":"crystal-palace-arsenal-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/05\/24\/crystal-palace-arsenal-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Palace vs Arsenal: Team News and Predicted Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Word on Football brings you the latest team news and predicted lineups ahead of the Crystal Palace vs Arsenal<\/span><\/a> <\/span>Premier League clash at Selhurst Park<\/span><\/a>. The Gunners have done it! They are the deserving 2025\/26 Premier League champions. They will be focused on the upcoming Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain, but have one last league game to navigate. Palace are preparing to face Rayo Vallecano in the Europa Conference League.<\/p>\n

Premier League: Team News and Predicted Lineups for Crystal Palace vs Arsenal<\/h2>\n

Date:<\/strong> Sunday, May 24, 2026.
\nVenue:<\/strong> Selhurst Park.
\nKick-off:<\/strong> 16:00 GMT.
\nLast meeting:<\/strong> Arsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace (December 23, 2025).
\nReferee:<\/strong> Farai Hallam<\/span>.<\/span>
\nCurrent odds:<\/strong> Crystal Palace 11\/4, Arsenal 10\/11, Draw 11\/4.<\/p>\n

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Crystal Palace Team News<\/h3>\n

Oliver Glasner<\/a><\/span> will be without Chris Richards for the visit of Arsenal. Maxence Lacroix and Chadi Riad were withdrawn at Brentford, but that appeared to be more precaution than anything else.<\/p>\n

The Palace boss will also be without Cheick Doucoure and ex-Arsenal attacker Eddie Nketiah. Borna Sosa will be available for selection after successfully recovering from a knock.<\/p>\n

Arsenal Team News<\/h3>\n

Mikel Arteta<\/a> was asked about the availability of Mikel Merino and Jurrien Timber. The Gunners boss said:<\/p>\n

\u201cMikel is going to start to train with the group tomorrow, today he\u2019s done a little bit, it was just a very light session obviously, and Jurrien let\u2019s hope he can do the same in the next few days, but he\u2019s still a little bit further behind than Mikel at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Discussing the reward for winning the league, Arteta said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing is, now of course you want more, and we have the biggest one to play in Budapest in a few days. But it’s been extremely rewarding because we know what we’ve been through, and we know that we’re going to step by step, and when we haven’t reached, because sometimes somebody else is better, has better resources, has a better capacity to do that, to accept that and be humble then to say I’m not going to stop, but I’m going to improve, I’m going to reinvent myself.<\/p>\n

“I think that’s going to be a theme here in this team, which is that if with this we don’t have enough, we need to think about other things that we have to do to make that a step, and we’ve been very creative and very stubborn in that process.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Crystal Palace Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n

Henderson, Riad, Lacroix, Canvot, Mitchell, Lerma, Hughes, Clyne, Pino, Johnson, Strand Larsen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arsenal Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n

Kepa, Mosquera, Norgaard, Hincapie, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman, Zubimendi, Eze, Madueke, Jesus, Martinelli<\/span><\/p>\n

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