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In the first game of the 2022-23 Premier League season, it's worth backing the home underdog Crystal Palace side.

Palace ranked fourth in the EPL, ahead of Arsenal, in xG allowed and actually lost one fewer match than the Gunners did in ’21-22. Despite finishing 12th, the Eagles posted the seventh-best goal differential, sixth-best xG differential and were the fourth-best team at preventing big scoring chances. Their underlying metrics supported Arsenal’s surge in form as they posted a +19.6 expected goal (xG) differential in that span. After a wobbly start in 2021-22, the Gunners went 15-1-9 (win-draw-loss) and posted a +15 goal differential over their last 25 matches. Must be 21+. AZ, CO, IA, IL, IN, LA, MI, NJ, NY, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY only. The draw is currently priced at +275.

The opening match for the 2022 Premier League will be broadcast on USA Network, and can be streamed live on DirecTV Stream, fuboTV and other live TV services.

Although they at least get extra days to prepare in training camp. That gives viewers a television marathon and players the bare minimum of three days’ rest between games. Closing for peak commercial weeks is the compromise reluctantly accepted by European leagues and clubs in 2015. We’ve compiled some of the best introductory offers to help navigate your first bets from BetMGM, FanDuel, DraftKings, PointsBet, Caesars and BetRivers. - Everton vs. - Spurs vs. - Newcastle vs. - Leicester vs. - Leeds vs. Both teams are eager to prove themselves in the upcoming season. - Fulham vs. The opening match for the 2022 Premier League will be broadcast on USA Network, and can be streamed live on DirecTV Stream, fuboTV and other live TV services.

Mikel Arteta must make a few difficult calls when it comes to naming his Arsenal matchday squad for the Premier League opener against Crystal Palace on ...

Whatever calls Arteta makes are certainly going to be tough ones as he tries to juggle with a large squad. Should this scenario come to fruition, it would leave the Arsenal manager needing to make a decision on which three remaining senior players to leave out as the likes of Cedric Soares, Rob Holding, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Marquinhos could be at risk of not making the matchday squad against Palace. Although going by the club's official website which has 27 other first-team players listed, the pair won't be alone in cheering on their teammates from afar as, in total, Arteta will have to leave as many as nine senior stars at home for the game against Palace in the scenario that no further transfers are completed between now and kick-off.

Arsenal start the new Premier League campaign tonight with an away trip to London rivals Crystal Palace. Saliba, Jesus and Zinchenko are set for Gunners ...

Up front, Gabriel Jesus is expected to lead the line on his Gunners debut. Attack: Similar to the midfield, Arteta now has a regular attacking quartet, who could start most games this campaign. Defence: In front of Ramsdale, we could see a familiar line-up from the last two pre-season outings.

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A club representing the city of the Sun King; and a club where stars are stars and coaches are optional. Eddie Howe showed he can multitask by inking his name all over a long-term Newcastle deal while also warning fans that FFP will put the brakes on the club’s spending. “Big Website’s analysis of the Premier League teams’ chances this season has been interesting, but wordy. Martin Tyler has apologised after appearing to link the Hillsborough disaster with hooliganism. All a bit obvious, but at least this season we get to have a break while the top players sweat buckets in a hot place” – John Lawton. “They have been inspired by top players, top professionals, ruthless winners for many years … and now it’s their turn to do the same. I guess Sky Sports are giving teams £5bn to provide TV coverage for the same people that were watching Division One in 1992” – Graham Haslam. We’ve lined up the essentials – tin hat, Tin – and will be foregoing the not inconsiderable pleasure of George Clarke’s Remarkable Renovations on 4Seven so that we can watch Crystal Palace v Arsenal. There’s been a remarkable renovation – pick that segue out – at Arsenal. According to our chirpy and occasionally decipherable nephew #5r, they’ve already won pre-season. No wonder their fans are daring to dream that, if all goes to plan, this could finally be the year they reach the promised land of fourth place. Never mind winning – one of Arsenal’s challenges is to start drawing. The best league in the world at saying it’s the best league in the world returns to our orbit on Friday night, and The Fiver is ready. But these are upbeat times at the Emirates, even by traditional opening-weekend standards, and we wouldn’t be doing our reliably half-@rsed job if we didn’t acknowledge as much.

Crystal Palace vs Arsenal: It'll be an all-London affair at Selhurst Park to open the 2022-23 Premier League season, live on Friday.

First things first, this season will mark a decade in the Premier League for Crystal Palace — an incredible run for any promoted side, but certainly even more so for a club that had spent just four of the previous 21 seasons in the top flight after the PL began in 1992. Mikel Arteta got the most out of his own handful of up-and-coming stars, a nucleus of young talent he hopes can take another massive step forward this season. In the end, the Eagles were one of just eight sides in the PL with a positive goal difference at season’s end, as they scored nine more than the season prior and conceded 20 fewer.

All the facts, stats, opposition info and quotes you need to get yourself ready for tonight's season opener in south London.

Last year at home with the support we had we had some really good matches, and it will be important to keep it that way.” Nick Bright and Adrian Clarke will be providing live analysis from our brand new studio at Emirates Stadium, while Frimmy grabs the views of our supporters from Selhurst Park. They have the squad to challenge and be closer to the title. They last had a longer unbeaten home run in the top-flight between March - August 1992, while they’ve never kept six consecutive home clean sheets in the top division. A mixture of first-team and academy players weren’t discredited in defeats to Liverpool and Manchester United, before drawing against Leeds United. The rest of their recruits seemingly look to be about building depth, with American defender Chris Richards arriving from Bayern Munich, teenager Malcolm Ebiowei plucked from cash-strapped Derby County, and former England goalkeeper Sam Johnstone snapped up on a free.