Crystal Palace vs Arsenal

28 October 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

Luka Milivojevic 45+1’ (pen), 83’ (pen)

Granit Xhaka 51’
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 56’

Match summary

The points were shared as Crystal Palace and Arsenal drew 2-2. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Luka Milivojevic put Crystal Palace ahead from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Granit Xhaka equalised with a direct free kick in the 51st minute, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put Arsenal in front from a corner in the 56th minute, and Milivojevic equalised from the penalty spot in the 83rd minute.

Crystal Palace had the better of the chances, with 2.38 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Arsenal's 0.85 from 7.

Match stats

16 Shots 7

3 Shots on Target 2

6 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.38 xG 0.85

0.86 Non-penalty xG 0.85

6 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Crystal Palace Arsenal

Kick-off

Luka Milivojevic
Penalty

1-0

45+1’

Half-time1-0

51’

Granit Xhaka

1-1

56’

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

1-2

Luka Milivojevic
Penalty

2-2

83’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Jordan Ayew

Arsenal

Matteo Guendouzi
Stephan Lichtsteiner

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 2.38 xGArsenal 0.85 xG Goal

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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

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Wayne Hennessey	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90		1	0.04	0.00	0
Mamadou Sakho	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
James Tomkins	DEF	90		1	0.01	0.02	1
Patrick van Aanholt	DEF	90		2	0.04	0.43	1
Andros Townsend	MID	90		2	0.44	0.16	3
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90	2	4	1.56	0.03	2
Cheikhou Kouyaté	MID	89		0	0.00	0.03	1
James McArthur	MID	62		0	0.00	0.00	0
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90		4	0.15	0.14	3
Jordan Ayew	FWD	65		0	0.00	0.00	0
Max Meyer	Sub	28		2	0.13	0.00	0
Alexander Sørloth	Sub	25		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jason Puncheon	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bernd Leno	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Héctor Bellerín	DEF	47		1	0.11	0.00	0
Shkodran Mustafi	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Rob Holding	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	DEF	90	1	2	0.09	0.00	0
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Torreira	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Alex Iwobi	MID	90		2	0.07	0.00	0
Mesut Özil	MID	69		0	0.00	0.11	1
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	MID	79	1	1	0.50	0.00	0
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	90		1	0.07	0.04	1
Stephan Lichtsteiner	Sub	43		0	0.00	0.04	1
Danny Welbeck	Sub	21		0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Ramsey	Sub	11		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 20% Bet365 odds 4.75

Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.10

Arsenal win 56% Bet365 odds 1.75

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace W D L L L

Arsenal W W W W W

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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.