Arsenal vs Crystal Palace

21 April 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Mesut Özil 47’
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 77’

Christian Benteke 17’
Wilfried Zaha 61’
James McArthur 69’

Match summary

Crystal Palace beat Arsenal 3-2 on the road. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Christian Benteke put Crystal Palace ahead with a header in the 17th minute, set up by Luka Milivojevic. In the second half, Mesut Özil equalised in the 47th minute, set up by Alexandre Lacazette, Wilfried Zaha put Crystal Palace back in front in the 61st minute, set up by Christian Benteke, James McArthur made it 1-3 with a header in the 69th minute, set up by Scott Dann, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pulled one back to make it 2-3 in the 77th minute.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 2.61 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Arsenal's 1.54 from 12.

Match stats

12 Shots 16

5 Shots on Target 7

8 Corners 3

4 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.54 xG 2.56

1.54 Non-penalty xG 2.56

13 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Arsenal Crystal Palace

Kick-off

17’

Christian Benteke
Assist: Luka Milivojevic

0-1

Half-time0-1

Mesut Özil
Assist: Alexandre Lacazette

1-1

47’

61’

Wilfried Zaha
Assist: Christian Benteke

1-2

69’

James McArthur
Assist: Scott Dann

1-3

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

2-3

77’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Arsenal

Shkodran Mustafi
Konstantinos Mavropanos
Matteo Guendouzi
Mesut Özil

Crystal Palace

Joel Ward

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 2.61 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
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Laurent Koscielny	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Shkodran Mustafi	DEF	90			1	0.57	0.00	0
Konstantinos Mavropanos	DEF	47			2	0.10	0.57	1
Carl Jenkinson	MID	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	90			0	0.00	0.16	2
Mohamed Elneny	MID	69			1	0.12	0.00	0
Sead Kolasinac	MID	90			1	0.02	0.03	1
Mesut Özil	MID	90	1		2	0.39	0.11	2
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	90		1	3	0.20	0.44	2
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	90	1		1	0.05	0.09	1
Alex Iwobi	Sub	43			1	0.09	0.00	0
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	Sub	43			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Torreira	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Vicente Guaita	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Scott Dann	DEF	90		1	3	0.13	1.16	2
Martin Kelly	DEF	90			1	0.58	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James McArthur	MID	90	1		3	0.77	0.02	1
Cheikhou Kouyaté	MID	90			3	0.20	0.00	0
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.63	6
Max Meyer	MID	81			1	0.02	0.00	0
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90	1		1	0.30	0.32	3
Christian Benteke	FWD	79	1	1	3	0.55	0.30	1
Jordan Ayew	Sub	11			1	0.07	0.08	1
Andros Townsend	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 64% Bet365 odds 1.53

Draw 21% Bet365 odds 4.60

Crystal Palace win 15% Bet365 odds 6.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal D W W L W

Crystal Palace L W L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 2-2 Arsenal, 28 Oct 18 Next meeting: Arsenal 2-2 Crystal Palace, 27 Oct 19 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.