Arsenal vs Crystal Palace

23 April 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Michael Salisbury

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Jakub Kiwior 3’
Leandro Trossard 42’

Eberechi Eze 27’
Jean-Philippe Mateta 83’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Jakub Kiwior put Arsenal ahead with a header in the 3rd minute, set up by Martin Odegaard, Eberechi Eze equalised from a corner in the 27th minute, set up by Adam Wharton, and Leandro Trossard put Arsenal back in front in the 42nd minute, set up by Jurriën Timber. In the second half, Jean-Philippe Mateta equalised in the 83rd minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Arsenal created 2.32 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Crystal Palace 2.51 from 15.

Match stats

12 Shots 15

6 Shots on Target 4

3 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.92 xG 2.51

1.92 Non-penalty xG 2.51

6 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Arsenal Crystal Palace

Kick-off

Jakub Kiwior
Assist: Martin Odegaard

1-0

3’

27’

Eberechi Eze
Assist: Adam Wharton

1-1

Leandro Trossard
Assist: Jurriën Timber

2-1

42’

Half-time2-1

83’

Jean-Philippe Mateta

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Arsenal

Declan Rice

Crystal Palace

Justin Devenny

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 2.32 xGCrystal Palace 2.51 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	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David Raya	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jurriën Timber	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.10	1
William Saliba	DEF	90			1	0.52	0.00	0
Jakub Kiwior	DEF	90	1		1	0.12	0.00	0
Myles Lewis-Skelly	DEF	88			0	0.00	0.07	1
Thomas Partey	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Declan Rice	MID	90			2	0.12	0.05	1
Martin Odegaard	MID	88		1	2	0.10	0.20	2
Raheem Sterling	FWD	62			0	0.00	0.05	1
Leandro Trossard	FWD	90	1		3	0.92	0.00	0
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	90			2	0.12	0.42	1
Bukayo Saka	Sub	28			1	0.42	0.03	1
Ethan Nwaneri	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.04	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Dean Henderson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jefferson Lerma	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxence Lacroix	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			2	0.43	0.00	0
Daniel Muñoz	MID	90			0	0.00	0.81	3
Tyrick Mitchell	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Daichi Kamada	MID	90			1	0.06	0.43	2
Adam Wharton	MID	65		1	1	0.01	0.52	2
Justin Devenny	MID	82			1	0.33	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	MID	65	1		3	0.15	0.21	2
Eddie Nketiah	FWD	82			3	0.70	0.00	0
Ismaila Sarr	Sub	25			3	0.81	0.33	1
Will Hughes	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	Sub	8	1		1	0.02	0.10	1
Romain Esse	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 69% Avg odds 1.40

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.77

Crystal Palace win 11% Avg odds 8.60

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal W W D D W

Crystal Palace D W L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 1-5 Arsenal, 21 Dec 24 Next meeting: Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace, 26 Oct 25 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.