Arsenal vs Crystal Palace

18 October 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Mike Dean

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 8’
Alexandre Lacazette 90+5’

Christian Benteke 50’
Odsonne Edouard 73’

Match summary

The points were shared as Arsenal and Crystal Palace drew 2-2. Arsenal led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put Arsenal ahead from a corner in the 8th minute. In the second half, Christian Benteke equalised in the 50th minute, set up by Jordan Ayew, Odsonne Edouard put Crystal Palace in front in the 73rd minute, set up by Michael Olise, and Alexandre Lacazette equalised from a corner in stoppage time.

Arsenal had the better of the chances, with 1.83 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.49 from 9.

Match stats

17 Shots 9

6 Shots on Target 6

6 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.74 xG 0.49

1.74 Non-penalty xG 0.49

10 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Arsenal Crystal Palace

Kick-off

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

1-0

8’

Half-time1-0

50’

Christian Benteke
Assist: Jordan Ayew

1-1

73’

Odsonne Edouard
Assist: Michael Olise

1-2

Alexandre Lacazette

2-2

90+5’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Arsenal

Bukayo Saka

Crystal Palace

James McArthur

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 1.83 xGCrystal Palace 0.49 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

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Takehiro Tomiyasu	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.04	1
Gabriel	DEF	90		1	0.05	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90		2	0.09	0.45	1
Kieran Tierney	DEF	90		1	0.05	0.02	1
Thomas Partey	MID	84		3	0.05	0.05	1
Martin Odegaard	MID	70		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas Pepe	MID	90		3	0.19	0.00	0
Emile Smith-Rowe	MID	90		2	0.11	0.02	1
Bukayo Saka	MID	49		0	0.00	0.04	1
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	90	1	1	0.52	0.12	1
Albert Sambi Lokonga	Sub	41		0	0.00	0.02	1
Alexandre Lacazette	Sub	20	1	3	0.31	0.12	2
Gabriel Martinelli	Sub	6		1	0.45	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Vicente Guaita	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joachim Andersen	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
James McArthur	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Luka Milivojevic	MID	70			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	MID	74		1	1	0.07	0.06	1
Conor Gallagher	MID	90			3	0.09	0.00	0
Odsonne Edouard	MID	85	1	1	2	0.20	0.08	3
Christian Benteke	FWD	90	1		2	0.12	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Olise	Sub	16		1	0	0.00	0.12	1
James Tomkins	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 60% Avg odds 1.61

Draw 24% Avg odds 4.00

Crystal Palace win 16% Avg odds 5.81

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal L W W W D

Crystal Palace D W L D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 1-3 Arsenal, 19 May 21 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 3-0 Arsenal, 04 Apr 22 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.