Twenty-two years on from the Invincibles, Arsenal arrive at Selhurst Park as Premier League champions again – the title sealed on Tuesday night when Manchester City could only draw 1-1 at Bournemouth.
Matchweek 38 of the Premier League on Sunday 24 May at 16:00 BST now serves as a low stakes warm down, with a Champions League final against PSG in Budapest six days later weighing on every Arteta selection call.
Crystal Palace, 15th in the PL table, have their own date with European silverware against Rayo Vallecano in the Conference League final three days after this, and will likely be rotating too.
Crystal Palace vs Arsenal – Betting Odds
With both sides facing European finals next week, the Crystal Palace vs Arsenal betting odds reflect a fixture where neither manager will push their first choice XI. Arsenal stay favourites but the gap on the prices is narrower than the table would suggest. Here’s how the bookmakers see each market.
1X2 Betting Odds
The 1X2 market is football’s headline bet: three options covering the only three results possible at full time. The ‘1’ is a home win, ‘X’ is a draw at 90 minutes plus stoppage, and ‘2’ is an away win. The bet doesn’t carry into extra time or shootouts (where those might apply). Only the regulation-time score counts.
With both managers expected to rest senior players ahead of their respective European finals, the prices here are less compressed than they might otherwise have been.
The Crystal Palace vs Arsenal odds for this market sit as follows:
| Crystal Palace win (1) | Draw (X) | Arsenal win (2) |
| 14/5 | 14/5 | 11/15 |
Double Chance Odds
Instead of choosing one outcome from three, with Double Chance you cover two of the three at once: 1X collects on a home win or draw, 12 collects on either team winning (no draw), and X2 collects on a draw or away win.
The market has two natural audiences. Punters backing a favourite often add the draw as insurance (1X for a home favourite, X2 for an away one) protecting against a stalemate while ruling out a defeat. Those who reckon a draw is improbable take the 12 option, which collects on either team winning but not on a level scoreline.
| 1X – Crystal Palace or draw | 12 – Crystal Palace or Arsenal | X2 – Draw or Arsenal |
| 8/9 | 3/13 | 2/9 |
Handicap Betting Odds
Handicap betting evens the playing field when one side is favoured. Each team is assigned a virtual goal advantage (or deficit) before kick-off, and the bet settles against the adjusted final score.
An Arsenal -1 handicap knocks one goal off Arsenal’s actual score, so they need to win by two or more for the bet to land. A Crystal Palace +1 handicap adds a goal in their favour, meaning a draw or any Palace win settles the bet.
Handicap lines come in whole numbers (-1, +1, +2) or halves (-0.5, +1.5). Half-goal lines remove any push possibility, so the bet either wins or loses.
| Crystal Palace +0.5 | Arsenal –0.5 |
| 1/1 | 5/7 |
| Crystal Palace +1 | Arsenal –1 |
| 5/9 | 13/10 |
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Both Teams to Score (BTTS) Odds
With Both Teams to Score you’re betting on whether each side will score at least once across the 90 minutes plus stoppage. Yes wins if both teams find the net regardless of the margin. No wins if one team or both fail to score, which makes any clean sheet, including a 0-0, a winning No bet. Own goals count for whichever team they fall against.
It’s a market that strips out the question of who actually wins. A punter only needs a read on attacking output and defensive integrity, not on the outcome.
| Yes | No |
| 8/13 | 7/6 |
Goal Total (Over/Under) Odds
Goal Total betting asks how many goals you think will be scored in total by both teams combined.
The bookmaker sets a line and you back whether the goal count will land above or below it. The standard line is 2.5, meaning Over wins on three goals or more, and Under wins on two goals or fewer. The half-goal element exists to remove any chance of a push: there’s no such thing as an exact 2.5-goal scoreline, so the bet always has a clean winner.
Alternative lines like 1.5, 3.5 and so on are available if you want to push the threshold further in either direction. Only goals scored during regulation time and stoppage count toward the total.
| Over 2.5 goals | Under 2.5 goals |
| 5/8 | 6/5 |
Correct Score Odds
Correct score is the highest-payout market on most football matchday cards and one of the hardest to crack. You’re predicting the exact full-time scoreline. A bet on 2-1 only pays on 2-1; 3-1 loses, even though you’d have called the winner. It’s a market for punters with a strong read on how the game will go.
With Arsenal favoured but expected to rotate, lower margin scorelines like 1-1 have shortened in price.
The table below features a handful of popular scorelines, but you can back any result you like.
| 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 Arsenal | 1–2 Arsenal |
| 14/1 | 13/2 | 8/1 | 15/2 |
The odds listed above were accurate at the time of publication. Our bookmakers may update their prices as team news and market sentiment change, so it’s wise to check the latest Crystal Palace vs Arsenal odds before placing a bet.
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