Premier League

Crystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal

Competition Premier League Season 2015/2016 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 16 Aug 2015, 16:30 Venue time 16 Aug 2015, 17:30 BST

Crystal Palace vs Arsenal finished 1-2 in Premier League. Key event: 4' Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.02). Head to head: H2H last 2 before 16 Aug 2015: 0 W / 0 D / 2 L for Crystal Palace. Home form: W W W L L; Away form: L W D D L. Forecast and odds: Home / Draw / Away: 5.00 / 3.75 / 1.75; Bookmaker samples: 7. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match preview 2 facts

Form before this match (16 Aug 2015): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form W W W L L Matches: 5 · 9 pts, goals 8-5, 1.60 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Away form L W D D L Matches: 5 · 5 pts, goals 5-5, 1.00 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Timeline 54 events

The goal sequence could not be confirmed against the final score. Available events are shown below.

4' shot Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez ARS Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.02

4' shot Olivier Giroud ARS assist Aaron Ramsey xG 0.12 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.2%, 60.2%

4' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS assist Mesut Özil xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.1%, 57.9%

5' shot Yohan Cabaye CRY assist Jason Puncheon xG 0.03 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 79.9%, 49.9%

6' shot Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez ARS Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.18

6' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS assist Mesut Özil xG 0.45 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.2%, 39%

6' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS xG 0.51 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 94.9%, 39.6%

8' shot Aaron Ramsey ARS assist Santiago Cazorla xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.6%, 27.9%

9' shot Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez ARS Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.12

9' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.8%, 48.5%

12' shot Laurent Koscielny ARS assist Santiago Cazorla xG 0.01 · Set Piece · location 87.5%, 56.9%

14' shot Yohan Cabaye CRY xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.5%, 69.9%

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15' shot Olivier Giroud ARS assist Mesut Özil xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.5%, 46.2%

22' shot Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez ARS Open Play · Saved · xG 0.01

22' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 94.3%, 27%

25' shot Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez ARS Open Play · Off T · xG 0.11

25' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS assist Nacho Monreal xG 0.1 · Open Play · location 89.7%, 50%

27' shot Joel Ward CRY assist James McArthur xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.6%, 30.5%

31' shot Olivier Giroud ARS assist Santiago Cazorla xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.6%, 57.1%

31' shot Mesut Özil ARS assist Olivier Giroud xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 99.4%, 59.6%

34' shot Santiago Cazorla González ARS Open Play · Off T · xG 0.05

34' shot Santiago Cazorla ARS assist Aaron Ramsey xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80%, 43%

35' shot Aaron Ramsey ARS assist Mesut Özil xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.2%, 58.8%

36' shot Yohan Cabaye CRY assist Jason Puncheon xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.3%, 67.4%

40' Yellow Francis Joseph Coquelin ARS Yellow Card

42' Yellow Francis Coquelin ARS

45' Yellow James McArthur CRY Yellow Card

45' Sub Jordon Mutch CRY on for Yannick Bolasie Yala · Tactical

45+2' Yellow James McArthur CRY

47' shot Connor Wickham CRY assist Wilfried Zaha xG 0.41 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93%, 46.4%

47' shot Jason Puncheon CRY xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.9%, 59.1%

52' shot Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez ARS Open Play · Saved · xG 0.18

53' shot Aaron Ramsey ARS assist Santiago Cazorla xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.2%, 68%

54' Goal Goal ARS Own goal

54' shot Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez ARS Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.07

54' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS assist Héctor Bellerín xG 0.04 · Open Play · location 92.3%, 61.1%

54' shot Damien Delaney CRY xG 0 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 1.9%, 50.9%

55' Goal Damien Delaney CRY

57' shot Jason Puncheon CRY assist Connor Wickham xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.8%, 63.6%

63' Sub Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ARS on for Francis Joseph Coquelin · Tactical

67' shot Aaron Ramsey ARS assist Mesut Özil xG 0.14 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90%, 61%

71' shot Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ARS assist Petr Cech xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.6%, 32.6%

73' shot Connor Wickham CRY assist Jason Puncheon xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 87.2%, 53.7%

74' Sub Mikel Arteta Amatriain ARS on for Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez · Tactical

75' Sub Chung-Yong Lee CRY on for Wilfried Zaha · Tactical

79' Sub Patrick Bamford CRY on for James McArthur · Tactical

82' Sub Kieran Gibbs ARS on for Mesut Özil · Tactical

86' shot Jordon Mutch CRY xG 0.14 · From Corner · location 97.3%, 51.1%

88' shot Joel Ward CRY assist Jason Puncheon xG 0.1 · From Corner · location 92.4%, 46.7%

89' shot Santiago Cazorla González ARS Open Play · Saved · xG 0.06

89' shot Santiago Cazorla ARS assist Aaron Ramsey xG 0.14 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.2%, 63.3%

90' shot Jason Puncheon CRY xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.9%, 56.3%

90+3' shot Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ARS Open Play · Saved · xG 0.13

93' shot Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ARS assist Aaron Ramsey xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.4%, 31.3%

Shot map 32 shots · 2 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Crystal Palace 12 shots · 0.99 xG · 1 goal

Full pitch retained for 1 location outside the attacking half.

Arsenal 20 shots · 2.28 xG · 1 goal

Full pitch shown to keep both teams on the same scale.

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Arsenal160 plotted of 320 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Crystal Palace160 plotted of 353 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Arsenal124 exact passer-recipient links

GIR ČEC KOS ÖZI RAM MER OXL

GIROlivier Giroud6 passes
ČECPetr Čech15 passes
KOSLaurent Koscielny23 passes
ÖZIMesut Özil23 passes
RAMAaron Ramsey25 passes
MERPer Mertesacker27 passes
OXLAlex Oxlade-Chamberlain5 passes

Crystal Palace220 exact passer-recipient links

WAR DEL DAN PUN CAB WIC ZAH MUT MCA MCC BAM

WARJoel Ward24 passes
DELDamien Delaney18 passes
DANScott Dann20 passes
PUNJason Puncheon29 passes
CABYohan Cabaye34 passes
WICConnor Wickham18 passes
ZAHWilfried Zaha14 passes
MUTJordon Mutch17 passes
MCAJames McArthur26 passes
MCCAlex McCarthy19 passes
BAMPatrick Bamford1 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Arsenal320 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Crystal Palace353 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 29 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

Crystal PalaceArsenal

5–10′76–24
10–15′87–13
15–20′0–100
20–25′0–100
25–30′0–100
30–35′0–100
35–40′99–1
40–45′13–87
45–50′2–98
50–55′54–46
55–60′20–80
60–65′55–45
65–70′73–27
70–75′0–100
75–80′0–100
80–85′0–100
85–90′0–100
90–95′0–100

Head-to-head Meetings: 11

Arsenal leads the last 11 head-to-head meetings: 7 wins, 1 loss, 3 draws. Latest meeting: 24 May 2026 · Crystal Palace vs Arsenal · 1 - 2.

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Showing 8 of 11 head-to-head matches.

Latest 11 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 11 after this match (16 Aug 2015). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

24 May 2026

Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Arsenal

23 Dec 2025

Arsenal 1 - 1 Crystal Palace

26 Oct 2025

Arsenal 1 - 0 Crystal Palace

23 Apr 2025

Arsenal 2 - 2 Crystal Palace

21 Dec 2024

Crystal Palace 1 - 5 Arsenal

20 Jan 2024

Arsenal 5 - 0 Crystal Palace

21 Aug 2023

Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Arsenal

19 Mar 2023

Arsenal 4 - 1 Crystal Palace

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05 Aug 2022

Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Arsenal

04 Apr 2022

Crystal Palace 3 - 0 Arsenal

18 Oct 2021

Arsenal 2 - 2 Crystal Palace

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (16 Aug 2015). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

Showing 8 of 12 team results.

01 Nov 2026