Arsenal vs Crystal Palace

19 March 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Gabriel Martinelli 28’
Bukayo Saka 43’, 74’
Granit Xhaka 55’

Jeffrey Schlupp 63’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Crystal Palace. Arsenal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Gabriel Martinelli put Arsenal ahead in the 28th minute, set up by Bukayo Saka and Bukayo Saka made it 2-0 in the 43rd minute, set up by Ben White. In the second half, Granit Xhaka made it 3-0 in the 55th minute, set up by Leandro Trossard, Jeffrey Schlupp pulled one back to make it 3-1 from a corner in the 63rd minute, and Saka made it 4-1 in the 74th minute, set up by Kieran Tierney.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.54 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Crystal Palace's 1.19 from 8.

Match stats

15 Shots 8

5 Shots on Target 4

5 Corners 4

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.54 xG 1.19

1.54 Non-penalty xG 1.19

13 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Arsenal Crystal Palace

Kick-off

Gabriel Martinelli
Assist: Bukayo Saka

1-0

28’

Bukayo Saka
Assist: Ben White

2-0

43’

Half-time2-0

Granit Xhaka
Assist: Leandro Trossard

3-0

55’

63’

Jeffrey Schlupp

3-1

Bukayo Saka
Assist: Kieran Tierney

4-1

74’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Crystal Palace

James Tomkins

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Arsenal 1.54 xGCrystal Palace 1.19 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crystal Palace attacking Arsenal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	86		1	0	0.00	0.10	1
Rob Holding	DEF	90			1	0.10	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	89			0	0.00	0.02	1
Oleksandr Zinchenko	DEF	68			1	0.02	0.00	0
Thomas Partey	MID	90			2	0.09	0.10	1
Martin Odegaard	MID	90			3	0.19	0.06	1
Granit Xhaka	MID	90	1		2	0.67	0.03	1
Bukayo Saka	FWD	90	2	1	3	0.30	0.18	3
Leandro Trossard	FWD	68		1	1	0.03	0.72	3
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	86	1		1	0.06	0.00	0
Gabriel Jesus	Sub	22			1	0.08	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	Sub	22		1	0	0.00	0.12	1
Jorginho	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emile Smith-Rowe	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jakub Kiwior	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Joseph Whitworth	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.02	1
James Tomkins	DEF	90		1	0.08	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Cheick Oumar Doucoure	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Luka Milivojevic	MID	68		0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Olise	MID	85		2	0.12	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	85	1	1	0.57	0.34	2
Wilfried Zaha	MID	90		3	0.37	0.06	1
Odsonne Edouard	FWD	68		0	0.00	0.04	1
Jordan Ayew	Sub	22		1	0.06	0.00	0
Will Hughes	Sub	22		0	0.00	0.00	0
Naouirou Ahamada	Sub	5		0	0.00	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	Sub	5		0	0.00	0.08	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 76% Avg odds 1.26

Draw 16% Avg odds 5.86

Crystal Palace win 8% Avg odds 12.05

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal W W W W W

Crystal Palace D D L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 0-2 Arsenal, 05 Aug 22 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal, 21 Aug 23 All Arsenal vs Crystal Palace meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.