Crystal Palace vs Arsenal prediction | 26 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


Crystal Palace
Ranking: #26 overall, #12 in England

84.9 → 81.7 (-3.2 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-3 05 Sep Fulham (A) 83.9 -0.8
2-3 12 Sep Ipswich (H) 82.6 -1.3
4-0 17 Sep Lech Poznań (H) 82.5 -0.1
0-0 20 Sep Leeds Utd (A) 82.5 0.0
3-1 11 Oct Nottm Forest (H) 81.7 -0.8
Arsenal
Ranking: #2 overall, #1 in England

94.5 → 94.8 (+0.3 over last 10 games)

Rating
0-1 09 Sep Napoli (A) 94.9 +0.6
0-2 12 Sep Sunderland (A) 94.5 -0.4
3-0 19 Sep Brighton (A) 94.5 0.0
2-1 10 Oct Leeds Utd (H) 94.7 +0.2
3-0 13 Oct Lille (H) 94.8 +0.1

Crystal Palace vs Arsenal: by the numbers

Crystal Palace trail Arsenal by 24 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 11 in England.

Over their last 10 matches Arsenal have moved +0.3 rating points, against -3.2 for Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace lost 0.6 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 24 May 2026.

The best xGtoday rating Crystal Palace have ever held is 87.4, first set on 26 October 2025.

The highest Arsenal have ever stood in our European rankings is #2, first reached on 14 February 2024.