Crystal Palace 0-0 Arsenal - Premier League LIVE: Eddie Nketiah hits the post as the Gunners comes closest to breaking the deadlock in close-fought London derby so far at Selhurst Park

20:49

Goalless at the break.

Arsenal have had the better of the chances with the best opportunities falling to Eddie Nketiah.

Nketiah struck the post but will rue his decision to try to dink his second big chance as he heads into the changing room.

20:47

45mins: Palace come forward as we enter two minutes of stoppage time.

Eze goes down in the box but there are no real appeals from the Palace players.

20:43

41mins: The chances keep coming from Arsenal.

Martin Odegaard forces a save from Sam Johnstone, with the Palace goalkeeper tipping over the Norwegian's dipping effort from the edge of the box.

Palace clear the corner but the ball keeps coming back.

Gabriel Martinelli meets a cross on the volley but sends his effort well off target.

20:39

36mins: A huge chance for Nketiah!

It looks all the world that Nketiah is going to give Arsenal the lead, but he looks to lift the ball above Sam Johnstone into the net.

Nketiah instead clears the Palace crossbar to give the hosts a real let off.

The Arsenal forward had been fed superbly by a Declan Rice pass.

20:37

35mins: Howls again from the home crowd as Saliba goes to ground with a lunging tackle to try to stop a driving run from Jordan Ayew.

Ayew goes down under the challenge but play continues. A VAR check confirms Saliba got the ball with a great challenge.

The Arsenal man makes up for his own poor control which gave Ayew the chance.

20:35

As Declan Rice appears to have a problem with a contact lens, there is a brief break in play.

The home crowd don't like the delay and they have been a vocal bunch so far.

20:31

29mins: Eddie Nketiah is denied by the post!

The Arsenal forward gets in behind after holding off Joachim Andersen and from the angle prods an effort across goal.

It clips the Crystal Palace post and bounces to safety from the hosts point of view.

The clearest opening yet for the Gunners.

20:30

28mins: The home crowd enjoyed this a lot more.

Partey heads well wide from the resulting free kick to huge cheers.

20:28

26mins: Jordan Ayew is the first name in David Coote's notebook after a tackle on Kai Havertz.

The home crowd don't like that decision. Neither does Ayew, who continues to argue his case.

Arsenal had a brief shout for a penalty moments before, with Nketiah going down under a challenger.

VAR had a look buy nothing given.

20:26

25mins: Jordan Ayew sends over another cross from the right but this one is far too close to Ramsdale, who gathers comfortably.

Arsenal continue to dominate possession with Mikel Arteta's side having had 68 per cent of the ball so far.

20:21

20mins: It has been an entertaining start at Selhurst Park with both teams having cause for optimism.

Doucoure, who has been linked with Liverpool, sends a shot well wide of the Arsenal goal.

20:18

17mins: Ramdale is called into action again with Eze setting his sights from outside the box.

A comfortable claim for the Arsenal goalkeeper diving to his right.

20:17

15mins: Jordan Ayew has looked a real threat early on for Palace.

Ayew whips in a cross from the right which Aaron Ramsdale can only palm out into the centre of the box.

Fortunately for the Gunners, it falls to a green shirt.

20:15

14mins: Gabriel Martinelli has his hands on his head at the far post.

The Brazilian races forward and has space ahead of him, but Eddie Nketiah is unable to get the ball across to him from an Arsenal counter attack.

A shot from Bukayo Saka eventually is deflected behind for a corner, which is well gathered by Sam Johnstone.

20:10

8mins: Saliba is forced to show his defensive qualities now.

The Frenchman is well placed to clear a Jordan Ayew cross shot.

Ayew had race forward on the Palace right in the hosts first attacking move of the match.

20:08

6mins: Arsenal are dominating possession with Saliba twice switching the play with long range passes in their latest move.

His forward ball to Eddie Nketiah nearly finds its target, but the Gunners forward is pulled up for a foul.

20:05

4mins: A promising start for Arsenal despite the vocal Crystal Palace support.

Saka gets around the back of the defence and his cross is headed behind for a corner by Jordan Ayew.

Palace deal with the set piece.

20:03

2mins: Nearly the perfect start for the visitors.

Buyako Saka works the ball out the the left for Gabriel Martinelli, who is in acres of space.

The Brazilian comes onto his right foot and into traffic, which leads to his shot being blocked.

20:01

Which of these sides will maintain their winning start to the Premier League season?

We are about to find out.

Arsenal, in their green kit, get proceedings underway at Selhurst Park.

20:01

Both teams have given a minutes’ applause to the late Trevor Francis, who previously managed Crystal Palace.

The appaluse is also for former Millwall chairman John Berylson.

19:54

Both teams are making the trek across the pitch at Selhurst Park ahead of kick-off.

Which gives me a chance to remind you on the respective teams.

Crystal Palace XI: Johnstone, Ward, Guehi, Andersen, Mitchell, Lerma, Schlupp, Doucoure, Ayew, Eze, Edouard.

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, Saliba, White, Partey, Rice, Odegaard, Havertz, Saka, Martinelli, Nketiah.

19:52

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has defended the club's decision to sign David Raya, initially on loan from Brentford with a view to a permanent move.

There has been criticism of Arsenal's decision to pit Raya against Aaron Ramsdale for the number one spot at the Emirates.

Arteta has claimed having two top keepers is a necessity.

Raya is on the bench for Arsenal for the first time this evening following his move.

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19:40

Both sets of players have been warming up as the sun sets at Selhurst Park.

Just under 20 minutes to go until kick-off in Crystal Palace's first home match of the season.

19:30

Arsenal have suffered defeats in all four of the away matches on a Monday under Mikel Arteta.

This included a 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace in 2022.

However, Arsenal boasted the best away record in the Premier League last season.

19:21

Bukayo Saka is set to equal an Arsenal club record after being named in the starting eleven this evening.

Saka will draw level with Paul Merson in playing 82 consecutive Premier League games.

Merson achieved the feat by playing his consecutive run of games between February 1995 and February 1997.

'I could not have imagined it, it is a nice record and I am really proud to break these records for this special club and be in the same company as these legends,' Saka told Sky Sports.

19:14

Speaking of Eberechi Eze, Roy Hodgson has spoken of the midfielder's high potential in the build-up to tonight's fixture.

‘We like him very much, we think he has got very, very good potential be even better than he is today,' Hodgson told Sky Sports.

‘He needs to remember that he can’t win matches of his own back for us. That will not always be possible.

‘We don’t have Olise who he combines with very well. We are looking forward to that partnership coming back very soon.

‘Tonight he has to do a good job for the team and do the things we know he can do. If we are lucky and he is having one of his golden days, he is more than capable of winning the game for us.’

19:07

Crystal Palace are unchanged from their opening day win over Sheffield United.

Edouard leads the line, while Eze will looking to carry much of the creative burden during the match.

19:02

Just the one change from Arsenal from their win over Nottingham Forest.

It is an enforced one with Takehiro Tomiyasu coming in for the injured Jurrien Timber.

David Raya is on the bench for the first time, while Oleksandr Zinchenko is back among the substitutes following an injury.

19:00

‘I am not sure how front footed we will be if we do not have the ball,' Hodgson jokes when asked about whether Crystal Palace will continue with a front foot approach against Arsenal.

‘When we have got the ball we believe in our attacking strength and the quality of players we have.

'We believe in the style of player we want to show. But the calibre of opponents you face varies from week to week.

'Some weeks it will be easier to show off your attacking skills than others.

'We know that tonight will be a tough one in that respect.

'Arsenal will really want to run Man City close again and to do that they really need to be winning matches like Crystal Palace away, but if we want to do well we have to show we can deal with the threat that they pose.'

18:56

Roy Hodgson has just been speaking to Sky Sports about Olise's decision to snub Chelsea to remain at Crystal Palace.

‘Michael was a really important person at the end of last season in the really good spell we had,' Hodgson said.

‘He had Eze struck up a really good partnership. Of course it would have been a massive blow if you start the season and a massive person in that jigsaw has disappeared.

‘We are really delighted in the end that he decided to choose Crystal Palace over the potential move to Chelsea.

‘It is nice to know that we can also offer players something that they consider to be worth having.’

18:49

Crystal Palace fans received the welcome news that Michael Olise signed a new four year contract last week.

It had appeared Chelsea were set to seal the talented young winger's signature, but Olise shocked many by putting pen to paper with the south London side.

His decision forward Wilfried Zaha to Galatasaray on a free earlier this summer.

Mail Sport takes a look at the boost to Palace here

18:36

Manager Mikel Arteta believes his side changed the external view of what they could achieve after winning at Selhurst Park on the opening day of last season.

The Gunners won 2-0 as they began the campaign with nine victories from their first 10 league games, a far cry from the previous year when they crashed to defeat at Brentford.

‘Yes, and it helps the confidence of the team when we go into games like this and impose yourself and send out that message,’ he said. ‘I’m more worried about the message we send to ourselves than any external one. But I think it was an important one. You have to go to these grounds and impose yourself and it’s very difficult to do that.

‘We had some experiences before at Brentford on that. It’s going to be different on Monday. They are extremely well organised, they don’t concede too much and it’s going to be a tough test for us.’

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18:34

Welcome to Mail Sport's live blog coverage of the Premier League's match between Crstal Palace and Arsenal.

We'll be bringing you pre-match build up, coverage and reaction to the game - so get your dinner on the go and settle in.

Arsenal will be hoping to send a message out about their title prospects by negotiating a tricky Monday evening fixture away at Selhurst Park.