Arsenal begin their mini-series against Crystal Palace on Wednesday night as the two London clubs face off in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.

The Gunners, who have not won the competition since 1993, barely had to break a sweat to progress to the last eight. Wins over Bolton and Preston they came walking. Palace, meanwhile, have beaten Norwich, Queens Park Rangers as well as Aston Villa and are seeking their first League Cup semi-final since 2012.

After a poor start to the season, Palace have settled into Oliver Glasner's first full season in charge. The Eagles are up to 15th place Premier League table extending their unbeaten run to five games with a 3-1 win over Brighton in the A23 Derby on Sunday.

Arsenal are also unbeaten since returning from the November international break, but the fans remain unbeaten Saturday's goalless draw with Everton. While the pressure on Mikel Arteta is yet to mount, Arsenal's upcoming matches with the Eagles are significant for the Spaniard. This is a fan base that expects to win and the Gunners haven't picked up silverware since Arteta's first season in charge.

Here 90 min guide to Wednesday's Carabao Cup quarter-finals.

Arsenal vs Crystal Palace H2H results (last five matches)

Current form (all competitions)

Arsenal are still without a number of full-backs for Wednesday's cup tie and Arteta confirmed ahead of Saturday's draw that Riccardo Calafiori was it's not ready yet to return to action due to a groin injury.

Calafiori, Ben White, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Oleksandr Zinchenko are therefore expected to miss the midweek game again.

The Gunners boss will make a few changes from the weekend XI, but it is expected to be a strong line-up. Thomas Partey could enter Arsenal's midfield, while Raheem Sterling is in contention for a rare start in the front line. Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard are likely to play despite the build-up of games.

Arsenal predicts lineup against Palace (4-3-3): Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Partey, Rice, Odegaard; Then, Havertz, Sterling.

Glasner settled on a stable XI u Premier League and there is unlikely to be much change from the team that started at the Amex on Sunday. However, it is unlikely that the Eagles will remain unchanged.

Cheick Doucoure and Daichi Kamada, who scored a brace at the Emirates for Eintracht Frankfurt, could make the Palace XI after coming off the bench on Sunday.

Former Gunner Eddie Nketiah started the third and fourth round wins over QPR and Aston Villa. He could replace Jean-Philippe Mateta up top.

Wednesday's visitors are without Adam Wharton, Matheus France, Joel Ward and Chadi Riad due to injury injury.

Predicted Palace line-up against Arsenal (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Kamada, Doucoure, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; Nketiah.

Glasner's Eagles have settled down after a terrible start to the season, with the Austrian coming to grips with a team devoid of the talent of Michael Olise. Ismaila Sarr is the new danger man in town and the former Watford winger will be crucial to their chances on Wednesday. They must maintain a threat in transition against a team capable of suffocating their opponents into submission.

However, while Arsenal have shown impressive control in recent weeks, they have struggled in the final third. Palace are unlikely to hot their heels to the extent Everton did on Saturday, but the visitors will concede territory and look to frustrate their hosts. The Eagles' back three could tame an unbalanced front line that is losing confidence, and Arteta needs to be careful with his team selection here. A rotating Gunners squad could struggle.

Palace may be sniffing, but it's hard to back the visitors to win.

Prediction: Arsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace

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