Arsenal will be lifted the Premier League title when they take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Sunday, May 24 at 4pm UK time, a ceremony that will unfold in front of a home crowd and on Sky Sports.
For Crystal Palace forward Ismaïla Sarr, the match is personal: he arrives having scored eight goals in his last eight starts for Palace in all competitions, including goals in each of his last four starts. Sarr’s hot form gives Palace a tangible chance to trouble a side that will receive the trophy on their ground.
The numbers underline why this fixture matters beyond the trophy presentation. Arsenal have kept a clean sheet in 29 wins across all competitions this season and, in the Premier League, have gone six matches without facing a single shot on target. Their dominance against Palace in recent years is stark: Palace have lost six of their last seven Premier League meetings with Arsenal, while Arsenal have lost only two of 16 top-flight away games at Selhurst Park and won their last three away league visits by a combined 8-1.
Still, Palace bring counterweights. They are unbeaten in five matches at Selhurst Park since a 3-2 loss to Burnley in February and, historically, have never lost their final league match of the season at home as a top-flight side. Palace are also on a six-match winless run in the Premier League, a run that sharpens the contrast between form and circumstance heading into Sunday.
The fixture will be watched closely for specific match threads. Gabriel Jesus has a knack for end-of-season impact—he has been involved in seven goals in Arsenal’s final Premier League match of the season—and could be central to how the occasion plays out on the pitch. Sky Sports will carry the broadcast in the United Kingdom, ensuring the ceremony and the game are seen by a national audience before both clubs move on to continental finals.
Context tightens the stakes. This is the second time Palace have faced the Premier League champions after the title was already confirmed. Arsenal lifted the title for the first time in 22 years this season; they have not been champions since 2003-04. Both clubs have big fixtures next: Arsenal face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final on May 30, and Palace are due to play Rayo Vallecano in the Conference League final in mid-May 2026. Those appointments hang over team selection and the mood at Selhurst Park.
The tension is immediate and simple: Arsenal arrive with form and history that make them overwhelming favourites to dominate the day, but Palace have two facts that complicate any tidy ending. First, a long-standing home record in final fixtures means Selhurst Park is rarely the place of a comfortable send-off for visiting champions. Second, Sarr’s recent scoring run gives Palace a player capable of turning a ceremonial afternoon into a competitive one. The certified inevitability of a trophy ceremony clashes with the unpredictability of a striker in form and a club wanting a positive domestic send-off before European action.
On paper, the ceremony will happen—Arsenal will be lifted at 4pm UK time—but the lasting memory from Selhurst Park could hinge on Sarr and the small list of decisive moments that make football stubbornly resistant to neat endings. If Palace find a way to sting Arsenal, Sunday will be remembered less for the lift and more for a last-home statement by a player in purple and a crowd that has not yielded a final-day defeat on home soil. If Arsenal’s defensive machine does to Palace what it has done elsewhere this season, the day will be a polished coronation on the road to Paris. Either way, Selhurst Park will not simply be a backdrop; Ismaïla Sarr will, by force of form, ensure it is part of the story.
