On Tuesday, December 23, at 22:00 Kyiv time at the Emirates Stadium in London, the English League Cup quarter-final match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace will take place. Stuart Attwell from Warwickshire has been appointed as the main referee for the match.

Historical rivalry between the teams

The "Gunners" have convincing statistics in confrontations with the "Eagles". According to Transfermarkt, throughout the history of meetings, the teams have played 59 matches, where Arsenal won 36 victories against only 6 for Crystal Palace. 14 matches ended in draws. The difference in goals scored and conceded is also impressive: 126:56 in favor of the "Gunners".

In the last eight matches, Mikel Arteta's team won seven victories and drew only once. The rivals last met on October 26 in the 9th round of the Premier League, where Arsenal won minimally with a score of 1:0 thanks to a goal by midfielder Eberechi Eze.

Teams' path to the quarter-final

Arsenal began their cup journey from the round of 16, where they confidently beat third division representative Port Vale with a score of 2:0. In the next round, the Londoners defeated Brighton from the Premier League with the same score.

Crystal Palace had a more difficult path to the quarter-final. In the round of 16, the "Eagles" barely survived against Millwall from the Championship - regular time ended in a 1:1 draw, but the "Glaziers" won in the penalty shootout (4:2). The real sensation was the next round, where Oliver Glasner's team thrashed England's champion Liverpool away with a score of 3:0. Sarr scored a double, and Spaniard Pino also scored a goal.

Current form of the teams

Arsenal approaches the cup meeting with a three-match winning streak, which adds confidence to the "Gunners". Meanwhile, Crystal Palace is going through a difficult period - the team cannot win in the last three matches: two defeats and one draw.

Bookmakers' predictions

According to betking, Arsenal is the undisputed favorite of the match with odds of 1.52 for victory. Crystal Palace's chances are valued at 6.50, and a draw result - 4.20. Arsenal's advancement to the semi-final can be bet on with odds of 1.30.

According to predictions, 2-3 goals are expected in the match: odds for over 2.5 goals are 1.93, while for under 2.5 - 1.86. The odds for both teams to score equals 2.10.

The winner of this match will face Chelsea in the semi-final. The match broadcast will be on Setanta Sports channel.