Arsenal vs Crystal Palace

14 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 0 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

Match summary

Arsenal and Crystal Palace could not be separated in a goalless draw.

Crystal Palace had the better of the chances, with 0.72 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Arsenal's 0.37 from 11.

Match stats

Arsenal Crystal Palace
11 Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.37 xG 0.71
0.37 Non-penalty xG 0.71
6 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Arsenal Crystal Palace
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Full-time0-0

Bookings

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

Arsenal
  • David Luiz
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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.37 0.72 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.37 0.72
Arsenal 0.37 xGCrystal Palace 0.72 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Arsenal attacking 
39’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.13 xG, blocked 29’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 70’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 90+3’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 23’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 27’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 39’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 48’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 74’ Rob Holding (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 63’ Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 15’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 83’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 20’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 42’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 39’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 9’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Rob Holding (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 89’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 39’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.13 xG, blocked 29’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 70’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 90+3’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 23’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 39’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 48’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 27’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 63’ Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 74’ Rob Holding (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 15’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 83’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 20’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 42’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 39’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 9’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Rob Holding (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 89’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bernd Leno GK900 0.000.000
Héctor Bellerín DEF901 0.020.021
David Luiz DEF900 0.000.000
Rob Holding DEF902 0.070.102
Ainsley Maitland-Niles DEF661 0.060.000
Granit Xhaka MID901 0.020.000
Dani Ceballos MID700 0.000.041
Bukayo Saka MID902 0.080.072
Emile Smith-Rowe MID901 0.020.000
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang MID901 0.040.000
Alexandre Lacazette FWD820 0.000.000
Nicolas Pepe Sub241 0.010.000
Thomas Partey Sub200 0.000.021
Eddie Nketiah Sub81 0.040.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 56% Avg odds 1.70
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.82
Crystal Palace win 19% Avg odds 5.20

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal DLWWW
Crystal Palace DLLDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 1-1 Arsenal, 11 Jan 20 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 1-3 Arsenal, 19 May 21  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.