Crystal Palace vs Arsenal

11 January 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Jordan Ayew 54’
  • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 12’

Match summary

The points were shared as Crystal Palace and Arsenal drew 1-1. Arsenal led 1-0 at half-time.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put Arsenal ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Alexandre Lacazette and Jordan Ayew equalised in the 54th minute, set up by Cheikhou Kouyaté.

Arsenal had the better of the chances, with 1.69 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.32 from 6. Arsenal had a player sent off.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Arsenal
6 Shots 7
3 Shots on Target 4
1 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
0.32 xG 1.44
0.32 Non-penalty xG 1.44
5 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Crystal Palace Arsenal
Kick-off
12’
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Assist: Alexandre Lacazette0-1 (Arsenal)
Half-time0-1
Jordan Ayew
Assist: Cheikhou Kouyaté1-1 (Crystal Palace)
54’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace
  • James Tomkins
  • James McCarthy
Arsenal
  • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
  • Ainsley Maitland-Niles
  • Nicolas Pepe
  • Alexandre Lacazette

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 0.32 1.69 12’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), 0-1 12’ 54’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), 1-1 54’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.32 1.69 12’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), 0-1 Aubameyang 12’ 54’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), 1-1 Ayew 54’
Crystal Palace 0.32 xGArsenal 1.69 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Arsenal attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
83’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.87 xG, saved 12’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 83’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.22 xG, saved 78’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.11 xG, blocked 54’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.09 xG, goal 41’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 83’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 61’ David Luiz (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 77’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 57’ Max Meyer (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ David Luiz (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, off target 90+6’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 83’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.87 xG, saved 12’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 83’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.22 xG, saved 78’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.11 xG, blocked 54’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.09 xG, goal 41’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 83’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 61’ David Luiz (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 77’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 57’ Max Meyer (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ David Luiz (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, off target 90+6’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Vicente Guaita GK900 0.000.000
Martin Kelly DEF900 0.000.000
James Tomkins DEF902 0.130.000
Gary Cahill DEF900 0.000.000
Jairo Riedewald DEF901 0.010.000
Max Meyer MID701 0.020.000
James McCarthy MID900 0.000.000
Cheikhou Kouyaté MID9011 0.060.091
James McArthur MID900 0.000.000
Wilfried Zaha MID900 0.000.111
Jordan Ayew FWD9011 0.090.021
Cenk Tosun Sub200 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 21% Avg odds 4.57
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.86
Arsenal win 54% Avg odds 1.77

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace DLWDD
Arsenal LDDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Arsenal 2-2 Crystal Palace, 27 Oct 19 Next meeting: Arsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace, 14 Jan 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.