Crystal Palace vs Arsenal

4 April 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Jean-Philippe Mateta 16’
  • Jordan Ayew 24’
  • Wilfried Zaha 74’ (pen)

Match summary

Crystal Palace won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Arsenal. Crystal Palace led 2-0 at half-time.

Jean-Philippe Mateta put Crystal Palace ahead with a header in the 16th minute, set up by Joachim Andersen, Jordan Ayew made it 2-0 in the 24th minute, set up by Joachim Andersen, and Wilfried Zaha made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 74th minute.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 1.40 expected goals (xG) from 6 shots to Arsenal's 1.05 from 12.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Arsenal
6 Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 3
0 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.40 xG 1.05
0.64 Non-penalty xG 1.05
1 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Crystal Palace Arsenal
Kick-off
Jean-Philippe Mateta
Assist: Joachim Andersen
1-0 (Crystal Palace)
16’
Jordan Ayew
Assist: Joachim Andersen
2-0 (Crystal Palace)
24’
Half-time2-0
Wilfried Zaha
Penalty
3-0 (Crystal Palace)
74’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Arsenal
  • Granit Xhaka
  • Thomas Partey

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 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.40 1.05 16’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), 1-0 16’ 24’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), 2-0 24’ 74’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), 3-0 74’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.40 1.05 16’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), 1-0 Mateta 16’ 24’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), 2-0 Ayew 24’ 74’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), 3-0 Zaha 74’
Crystal Palace 1.40 xGArsenal 1.05 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Arsenal attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
74’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 67’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 63’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 24’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.25 xG, goal 16’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.23 xG, goal 28’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 54’ Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, saved 47’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 55’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 38’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 41’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 84’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 59’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+1’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 2’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+2’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 74’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 67’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 63’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 24’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.25 xG, goal 16’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.23 xG, goal 28’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 54’ Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, saved 47’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 38’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 55’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 41’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 84’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 59’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+1’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 2’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+2’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Vicente Guaita GK900 0.000.000
Nathaniel Clyne DEF900 0.000.000
Joachim Andersen DEF9021 0.080.482
Marc Guehi DEF900 0.000.000
Tyrick Mitchell DEF900 0.000.011
Jeffrey Schlupp MID900 0.000.000
Conor Gallagher MID900 0.000.000
Cheikhou Kouyaté MID810 0.000.000
Jordan Ayew FWD7711 0.250.000
Jean-Philippe Mateta FWD7013 0.300.000
Wilfried Zaha FWD9011 0.760.061
James McArthur Sub200 0.000.000
Odsonne Edouard Sub130 0.000.000
Luka Milivojevic Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 24% Avg odds 4.05
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.38
Arsenal win 48% Avg odds 2.02

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

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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.