Crystal Palace vs Arsenal

19 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Christian Benteke 62’

Nicolas Pepe 35’, 90+5’
Gabriel Martinelli 90+1’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Nicolas Pepe put Arsenal ahead in the 35th minute, set up by Kieran Tierney. In the second half, Christian Benteke equalised with a header in the 62nd minute, set up by Andros Townsend, Gabriel Martinelli put Arsenal back in front in stoppage time, set up by Martin Odegaard, and Pepe made it 1-3 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.79 expected goals (xG) from 6 shots to Crystal Palace's 1.00 from 12.

Match stats

12 Shots 6

6 Shots on Target 3

6 Corners 7

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.00 xG 1.79

1.00 Non-penalty xG 1.79

6 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Crystal Palace Arsenal

Kick-off

35’

Nicolas Pepe
Assist: Kieran Tierney

0-1

Half-time0-1

Christian Benteke
Assist: Andros Townsend

1-1

62’

90+1’

Gabriel Martinelli
Assist: Martin Odegaard

1-2

90+5’

Nicolas Pepe

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Jeffrey Schlupp
Christian Benteke

Arsenal

Mohamed Elneny

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.

Crystal Palace 1.00 xGArsenal 1.79 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Arsenal attacking Crystal Palace 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
Vicente Guaita	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Tomkins	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.11	1
Gary Cahill	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.08	1
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	90			1	0.02	0.03	1
Cheikhou Kouyaté	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James McCarthy	MID	85			0	0.00	0.13	2
Andros Townsend	FWD	90		1	2	0.04	0.51	4
Christian Benteke	FWD	82	1		4	0.56	0.02	1
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90			2	0.18	0.13	2
Jordan Ayew	Sub	8			1	0.11	0.00	0
Jairo Riedewald	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Calum Chambers	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.53	2
Gabriel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rob Holding	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	DEF	81		1	0	0.00	0.38	1
Mohamed Elneny	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Partey	MID	81			1	0.01	0.00	0
Nicolas Pepe	MID	90	2		2	0.48	0.00	0
Emile Smith-Rowe	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bukayo Saka	MID	68			0	0.00	0.02	1
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	90			2	0.54	0.00	0
Martin Odegaard	Sub	22		1	0	0.00	0.76	1
Gabriel Martinelli	Sub	9	1		1	0.76	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 16% Avg odds 5.92

Draw 24% Avg odds 4.09

Arsenal win 60% Avg odds 1.59

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace L L W L W

Arsenal D L W W W

Last five league games before this one, oldest first. Select one to open it.

Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace, 14 Jan 21 Next meeting: Arsenal 2-2 Crystal Palace, 18 Oct 21 All Crystal Palace vs Arsenal 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.