Crystal Palace vs Arsenal

21 August 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee David Coote

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

Martin Odegaard 54’ (pen)

Match summary

Arsenal won 1-0 away at Crystal Palace. It was goalless at half-time.

Martin Odegaard put Arsenal ahead from the penalty spot in the 54th minute.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 2.21 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Crystal Palace's 1.07 from 14. Arsenal had a player sent off.

Match stats

14 Shots 14

2 Shots on Target 3

1 Corners 8

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 1

1.07 xG 2.21

1.07 Non-penalty xG 1.44

10 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Crystal Palace Arsenal

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

54’

Martin Odegaard
Penalty

0-1

Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Cheick Oumar Doucoure
Jordan Ayew

Arsenal

Takehiro Tomiyasu
Kai Havertz

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 1.07 xGArsenal 2.21 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	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Sam Johnstone	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	85	0	0.00	0.00	0
Joachim Andersen	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90	1	0.05	0.38	2
Jefferson Lerma	MID	90	0	0.00	0.13	2
Cheick Oumar Doucoure	MID	90	2	0.06	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	MID	90	3	0.20	0.04	1
Eberechi Eze	MID	90	4	0.23	0.09	1
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	76	0	0.00	0.10	2
Odsonne Edouard	FWD	90	3	0.49	0.02	1
Naouirou Ahamada	Sub	14	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi	Sub	5	1	0.04	0.05	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Partey	DEF	90		2	0.10	0.04	1
William Saliba	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Takehiro Tomiyasu	DEF	69		0	0.00	0.00	0
Kai Havertz	MID	90		1	0.04	0.09	1
Martin Odegaard	MID	90	1	3	0.80	0.07	1
Declan Rice	MID	90		0	0.00	0.45	1
Bukayo Saka	FWD	90		3	0.24	0.35	2
Eddie Nketiah	FWD	81		3	0.90	0.16	2
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	72		2	0.13	0.00	0
Gabriel	Sub	18		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jorginho	Sub	9		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jakub Kiwior	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
Oleksandr Zinchenko	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 22% Avg odds 4.42

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.55

Arsenal win 51% Avg odds 1.89

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace L W D D W

Arsenal W L L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 4-1 Crystal Palace, 19 Mar 23 Next meeting: Arsenal 5-0 Crystal Palace, 20 Jan 24 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.