Crystal Palace vs Arsenal

21 December 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 1 – 5

Half-time: 1–3

Ismaila Sarr 11’

Gabriel Jesus 6’, 15’
Kai Havertz 38’
Gabriel Martinelli 60’
Declan Rice 84’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 5-1 away at Crystal Palace. Arsenal led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Gabriel Jesus put Arsenal ahead in the 6th minute, set up by Gabriel, Ismaila Sarr equalised in the 11th minute, set up by Tyrick Mitchell, Jesus put Arsenal back in front from a corner in the 15th minute, set up by Thomas Partey, and Kai Havertz made it 1-3 in the 38th minute. In the second half, Gabriel Martinelli made it 1-4 in the 60th minute, set up by Declan Rice and Declan Rice made it 1-5 in the 84th minute, set up by Riccardo Calafiori.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 3.54 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Crystal Palace's 1.62 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 14

6 Shots on Target 6

3 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.61 xG 3.05

1.61 Non-penalty xG 3.05

3 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Crystal Palace Arsenal

Kick-off

6’

Gabriel Jesus
Assist: Gabriel

0-1

Ismaila Sarr
Assist: Tyrick Mitchell

1-1

11’

15’

Gabriel Jesus
Assist: Thomas Partey

1-2

38’

Kai Havertz

1-3

Half-time1-3

60’

Gabriel Martinelli
Assist: Declan Rice

1-4

84’

Declan Rice
Assist: Riccardo Calafiori

1-5

Full-time1-5

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Marc Guehi
Nathaniel Clyne

Arsenal

Jurriën Timber
Gabriel

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 1.62 xGArsenal 3.54 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	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Dean Henderson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxence Lacroix	DEF	90			2	0.09	0.00	0
Chris Richards	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathaniel Clyne	MID	86			0	0.00	0.08	2
Tyrick Mitchell	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.12	3
Will Hughes	MID	74			1	0.09	0.09	2
Jefferson Lerma	MID	73			1	0.04	0.00	0
Ismaila Sarr	MID	90	1		5	0.81	0.40	1
Daichi Kamada	MID	66			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	86			4	0.52	0.42	3
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cheick Oumar Doucoure	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Justin Devenny	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.06	1
Jeffrey Schlupp	Sub	4			1	0.06	0.00	0
Caleb Kporha	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David Raya	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jurriën Timber	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90		1	2	0.53	0.39	1
William Saliba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Myles Lewis-Skelly	DEF	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Partey	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.04	1
Martin Odegaard	MID	90			1	0.12	0.49	2
Kai Havertz	MID	63	1		2	0.93	0.03	1
Bukayo Saka	FWD	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel Jesus	FWD	90	2		5	1.03	0.00	0
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	90	1		1	0.78	0.22	3
Leandro Trossard	Sub	67			1	0.03	0.44	1
Riccardo Calafiori	Sub	27		1	0	0.00	0.05	1
Declan Rice	Sub	27	1	1	2	0.12	0.78	1
Mikel Merino	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ethan Nwaneri	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 13% Avg odds 7.14

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.42

Arsenal win 65% Avg odds 1.48

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace D D W D W

Arsenal W W W D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 5-0 Crystal Palace, 20 Jan 24 Next meeting: Arsenal 2-2 Crystal Palace, 23 Apr 25 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.