Arsenal vs Crystal Palace

20 January 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

Gabriel 11’
Dean Henderson 37’ (og)
Leandro Trossard 59’
Gabriel Martinelli 90+4’, 90+5’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 5-0 at home to Crystal Palace. Arsenal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Gabriel put Arsenal ahead with a header in the 11th minute, set up by Declan Rice and Henderson's own goal made it 2-0 with a header in the 37th minute. In the second half, Leandro Trossard made it 3-0 in the 59th minute, set up by Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli made it 4-0 in stoppage time, set up by Eddie Nketiah, and Martinelli made it 5-0 in stoppage time, set up by Jorginho.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 3.52 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.29 from 12.

Match stats

21 Shots 12

6 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 7

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

3.52 xG 0.29

3.52 Non-penalty xG 0.29

18 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Arsenal Crystal Palace

Kick-off

Gabriel
Assist: Declan Rice

1-0

11’

Dean Henderson
Own goal

2-0

37’

Half-time2-0

Leandro Trossard
Assist: Gabriel Jesus

3-0

59’

Gabriel Martinelli
Assist: Eddie Nketiah

4-0

90+4’

Gabriel Martinelli
Assist: Jorginho

5-0

90+5’

Full-time5-0

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 3.52 xGCrystal Palace 0.29 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
David Raya	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.08	1
William Saliba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	85	1		3	0.91	0.00	0
Oleksandr Zinchenko	DEF	90			2	0.09	0.03	1
Martin Odegaard	MID	90			1	0.09	0.12	3
Declan Rice	MID	77		1	1	0.02	0.29	1
Kai Havertz	MID	73			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bukayo Saka	FWD	90			2	0.05	0.73	4
Gabriel Jesus	FWD	85		1	3	0.25	1.08	4
Leandro Trossard	FWD	73	1		5	1.10	0.00	0
Gabriel Martinelli	Sub	17	2		2	0.97	0.00	0
Emile Smith-Rowe	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jorginho	Sub	13		1	1	0.01	0.49	1
Jakub Kiwior	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	5		1	0	0.00	0.48	1

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Dean Henderson	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Joachim Andersen	DEF	90	1	0.01	0.00	0
Chris Richards	DEF	90	1	0.03	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathaniel Clyne	MID	80	1	0.01	0.01	1
Tyrick Mitchell	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jefferson Lerma	MID	90	2	0.02	0.00	0
Will Hughes	MID	72	1	0.01	0.01	1
Jeffrey Schlupp	FWD	80	2	0.04	0.05	1
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	FWD	90	4	0.17	0.06	4
David Ozoh	Sub	18	0	0.00	0.00	0
Matheus França	Sub	10	0	0.00	0.00	0
Naouirou Ahamada	Sub	10	0	0.00	0.00	0
James Tomkins	Sub	1	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 76% Avg odds 1.26

Draw 16% Avg odds 5.91

Crystal Palace win 8% Avg odds 12.35

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal L W D L L

Crystal Palace L D D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal, 21 Aug 23 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 1-5 Arsenal, 21 Dec 24 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.