Crystal Palace 3 – 0 Arsenal: betting reaction

If Coral traders are to be believed, then Crystal Palace will be playing Premier League football next season. Monday’s victory was their fifth win in six starts, the spare being defeat to Southampton on their penultimate start. They have now beaten the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and West Brom. They do have a couple of tough matches ahead however, including Liverpool and Tottenham this month. Punters who fancy Crystal Palace to be relegated will now find as much as 16/1 on them taking the plunge.

No Champions League football for Arsenal

With Arsenal’s eighth defeat of the season, and fifth in eight games, they now look set to miss out on the riches of Champions League football next season. The bare minimum expected from a support who have been more than reasonable in recent years. The Gunners are now seven points behind Man City in fourth, and have three to find to catch Man United in fifth. To make matters worse, they are much closer to Everton in seventh, with The Toffees behind on goal-difference only. That has been reflected in Coral’s updated Premier League top-four market, with our football guys happy to trade 11/2 on Arsenal grabbing one of the money spots.

Sanchez in the hunt for gold

Wenger, who is surely half-way out of the Emirates exit door, would love to bring the curtain down with his beloved Arsenal in Europe’s premier competition, and hand the side over on a solid footing, but it looks a bridge too far. The only hope anyone at the club has of winning anything this year is Alexis Sanchez in the top goal scorer market. He’s currently third in the list on 18 goals, behind Lukaku on 23 and the injured Harry Kane on 19. Sanchez to win the golden boot is a 9/1 shot with us.

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