PL Predictions: Nothing for Arsenal as Palace take it all

Our tipster Jones Knows is suitably refreshed and back in the prediction chair. He is beginning with a bang as he thinks Crystal Palace will beat Arsenal on FNF. Crystal Palace vs Arsenal, Friday 8pm, live on Sky Sports Stream Palace vs Arsenal with NOW TVDownload the Sky Sports AppThe Premier League stories set to define the season

Selhurst Park under the lights on a Friday night. Glad All Over. The great old ground will be rocking.

That's how you start a new season.

Despite their impressive pre-season work, I'm very doubtful on whether Arsenal can run through this massive gauntlet and come out with maximum points. Palace only suffered defeat in four Premier League home games last season - only Chelsea (3), Man City (2) and Liverpool (0) lost fewer. And, Patrick Vieira's team took 14 points off the 'big six' last season, including beating Arsenal 3-0 at Selhurst Park in convincing fashion and drawing 2-2 at The Emirates.

It makes the 4/5 with Sky Bet for an away win look very easy to oppose and a home win worth chancing at 100/30, especially when you factor in Arsenal lost at places like Everton, Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Brentford and Palace last season.

Another price that makes perfect sense to take seriously is the 6/1 on Ben White picking up a card. We look to have a classic case of a positional change that hasn't yet been factored into the market as White, usually a centre-back, looks set to deputise for Takehiro Tomiyasu at full-back with William Saliba partnering Gabriel in the heart of the defence. White is therefore set for a showdown with card-drawing king Wilfried Zaha down the channel.

No player drew more yellow cards than Zaha last season (14) while if you stretch the data out to the last five years,