By **Danong**
**Arsenal and Crystal Palace clash on Saturday evening in a Premier League Match Day 17 showdown.**
**The Gunners, fresh from beating Palace 3-2 at the Emirates Stadium to book a Carabao Cup semi-final spot, now make the short trip to Selhurst Park to once again play their London rivals.**
**Palace proved on Wednesday night that they can't be taken lightly. Looking at their results prior to that Carabao Cup quarter-final—with 5 games unbeaten—it suggests they were finding their footing after a poor start to the season.**
**After draws with Fulham (1-1) and Everton (0-0), dropping 4 points, Arsenal's title ambitions can't afford another draw. A draw tonight is like a loss.**
**Mikel Arteta and his technical bench need to go for the kill. Fortunately, almost every Gunner will be available for that game.**
**Arteta hinted that Declan Rice, Riccardo Calafiori, and Oleksander Zinchenko, who missed the last few games due to injuries, are in contention to feature on Saturday evening.**
**On Declan Rice and Riccardo Calafiori, Arteta told the media on Friday: "They are both available to be in the squad."**
**And on any other injury updates, he added: "Zinchenko could probably be available as well. Tomiyasu won't be."**
**The Arsenal line-up should aim to get the best out of the left-hand side. Criticism arising from Arsenal's last few games suggests they're right-side biased, with almost every attacking play coming from the right through Saka.**
**The left wing needs to step up, and what better way to do so than to play the best Arsenal left-hand side players on paper? Merino was signed for LCM, and Calafiori was recruited for LB.**
**The chopping and changing of players in these 2 positions were highlighted as one of the big contributors to Gabriel Martinelli's struggles. Well, against Palace, let's give the Brazilian the perfect conditions to shine.**
**Notably, Martinelli loves playing Crystal Palace. He has 4 goals in his last 4 games against them. He’s scored more goals against them (5) than against any other club in the Premier League.**
**That fine statistic, plus the fact that he seems to be at his best when Calafiori is at left back, should have his resurgence arc on Saturday evening.**
**Martinelli's Stats:**
**\- When he starts with Calafiori:**
**- Games: 58**
**- Goals: 2**
**- Assists: 2**
**- Avg rating: 7.84**
**\- When he starts without Calafiori:**
**- Games: 10**
**- Goals: 1**
**- Assists: 0**
**- Avg rating: 6.96**
**Here's my predicted Arsenal line-up versus Palace that will ensure the boys in red and white bounce back to winning ways:**
**Predicted Line-Up:**
**\- Raya**
**\- Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori**
**\- Partey, Merino, Ødegaard**
**\- Saka, Havertz, Martinelli**
**This is the line up that will allow Martinelli to rediscover his form and it could be the lift this Arsenal attack needs to fire on all cylinders.**