7 hours ago
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The problem with predicting a game like this is that both sides are understandably going to make a lot of changes with European finals coming up in the next few days.
With the Premier League title won, why wouldn't Mikel Arteta rest a load of players before his side face Paris St-Germain next weekend?
The same applies to Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner with his side playing Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday.
So, it is going to be Palace reserves versus Arsenal reserves - and some of the Gunners players may still have a hangover.
I understand why they wanted to enjoy themselves. I know Alan Shearer famously said he would be celebrating by "creosoting the fence" when we won the title with Blackburn in 1995, but he was the only one of us who went to bed early that night.
I am still going to go for an Arsenal win, though, and by their favourite scoreline too - the same one as their past three victories.
That was how they got over the line and it won't change now.
Sutton's prediction: 0-1
Sam on how Arsenal got over the line this time: For me the big turning point for us was near the start of the season, when we went to Newcastle. I was at St James' Park and Gabriel got our winner with a header in the 96th minute. That was when our mentality changed, because I think in previous seasons we would have lost there or, at the very most, got a draw. The fact we came back from 1-0 down was a real sign of resilience for me.
When we lost to City in April, that was the first time I thought we might not win this, but we didn't panic. When we beat West Ham, I felt like we said to City 'you can do what you want but we are always going to grind out a win out of anything'.
Declan Rice has been our top player, along with David Raya. Martin Zubimendi has been great in his first season with us as well. There have been unsung heroes too, like Ben White, who has always put his body on the line for us. I honestly don't think we pick up as many points at the end of the season as we did without him playing.
Sam's prediction: This is the game I am least sure about, because I have no idea what sort of team we will put out. But Palace will rest players too, and I still think we will be trying to get as many points as we can this season. 0-2
AI's prediction: 1-3
