Premier League

Crystal Palace 2-3 Arsenal

Crystal Palace vs Arsenal finished 2-3 in Premier League. Key event: 8' Calum Chambers (xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.1%, 27.2%). Head to head: H2H last 6: 1-1-4. Home form: D W W D D; Away form: D W D D L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

CRY 2 - 3 Finished

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Competition Premier League Season 2017/2018 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 28 Dec 2017, 20:00 Venue time 28 Dec 2017, 20:00 GMT

Match context 4 facts

Home form D W W D D 9 pts, goals 8-4, 1.60 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match

Away form D W D D L 6 pts, goals 6-7, 1.20 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Crystal Palace · season record 4 W · 6 D · 9 L 2017/2018: 19 recorded matches, goals 16–29; before 28 Dec 2017 UTC. Not official standings.

Arsenal · season record 10 W · 4 D · 5 L 2017/2018: 19 recorded matches, goals 34–23; before 28 Dec 2017 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 32 shots · 5 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 16 shots · 1.15 xG · 2 goals

Arsenal 16 shots · 1.86 xG · 3 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 44 events

8' shot Calum Chambers ARS xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.1%, 27.2%

8' shot Granit Xhaka ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 76.5%, 64.9%

10' shot Yohan Cabaye CRY assist Luka Milivojevic · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.3%, 38%

14' shot Yohan Cabaye CRY assist Wilfried Zaha · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.6%, 56.1%

15' shot Jack Wilshere ARS assist Héctor Bellerín · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88%, 41.7%

15' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.7%, 43.9%

17' shot Ruben Loftus-Cheek CRY assist Wilfried Zaha · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.8%, 53%

19' shot Granit Xhaka ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 84.6%, 55%

20' shot Jack Wilshere ARS assist Calum Chambers · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.5%, 51.8%

24' shot Alexandre Lacazette ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.2%, 28.2%

24' shot Shkodran Mustafi ARS xG 0.28 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 95.9%, 64.9%

25' Goal Shkodran Mustafi 0–1 ARS Goal

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29' shot Mesut Özil ARS assist Alexis Sánchez · xG 0.45 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.6%, 56.3%

29' Yellow Calum Chambers ARS Yellow card

30' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 71.9%, 56.1%

31' shot Wilfried Zaha CRY xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.5%, 74.2%

34' shot Alexandre Lacazette ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 42.5%

37' shot Andros Townsend CRY xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78.2%, 35.5%

38' shot Granit Xhaka ARS xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.2%, 57.1%

41' shot Jeffrey Schlupp CRY xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 78.6%, 67.2%

45+2' Yellow Wilfried Zaha CRY Yellow card

48' shot Andros Townsend CRY assist Wilfried Zaha · xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.9%, 46%

49' Goal Andros Townsend 1–1CRY assist Wilfried Zaha

51' shot Ruben Loftus-Cheek CRY assist Wilfried Zaha · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.5%, 66.6%

52' shot Jeffrey Schlupp CRY assist Wilfried Zaha · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.5%, 68.4%

53' Sub James McArthur CRY on for Yohan Cabaye · Injury substitution

54' shot Ruben Loftus-Cheek CRY assist James McArthur · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.5%, 68.2%

61' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS assist Alexandre Lacazette · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 87.6%, 64.6%

62' Goal Alexis Sánchez 1–2ARS assist Alexandre Lacazette

64' shot Wilfried Zaha CRY assist Ruben Loftus-Cheek · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.4%, 52.5%

65' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS assist Jack Wilshere · xG 0.39 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.3%, 52.8%

66' Goal Alexis Sánchez 1–3ARS assist Jack Wilshere

69' shot Mesut Özil ARS assist Sead Kolasinac · xG 0.12 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 58.5%

70' Sub Bakary Sako CRY on for Ruben Loftus-Cheek

75' Sub Francis Coquelin ARS on for Alexandre Lacazette

79' shot Wilfried Zaha CRY assist Luka Milivojevic · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 94.6%, 66.8%

80' shot Héctor Bellerín ARS assist Shkodran Mustafi · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.7%, 28.9%

80' Sub Timothy Fosu-Mensah CRY on for Martin Kelly

82' shot Wilfried Zaha CRY assist Bakary Sako · xG 0.41 · Open Play · location 95.4%, 53.2%

85' shot Bakary Sako CRY assist Luka Milivojevic · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.3%, 41.7%

87' Sub Ainsley Maitland-Niles ARS on for Granit Xhaka

88' shot Bakary Sako CRY assist Jeffrey Schlupp · xG 0.12 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.8%, 52.5%

88' shot James Tomkins CRY assist Andros Townsend · xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 92.2%, 49.7%

89' Goal James Tomkins 2–3CRY assist Andros Townsend

Head-to-head H2H last 11: 1-7-3

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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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

Team statistics 17 metrics

34% Ball Possession 66%

34% 66%

1.15 Expected Goals 1.84

38% 61%

16 Total Shots 16

50% 50%

2 Shots on Goal 9

18% 81%

5 Corner Kicks 4

55% 44%

12 Fouls 7

63% 36%

1 Yellow Cards 1

50% 50%

6 Goalkeeper Saves 0

100% 0%

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5 Blocked shots 4

1 Offsides 3

7 Free kicks 12

9 Shots off target 3

34 Throw-ins 22

6 Goal kicks 13

6 Total saves 0

0 Hit woodwork 0

10 Shots inside box 10

Lineups

33 Petr Čech GK 21 Calum Chambers DEF 20 Shkodran Mustafi DEF 6 Laurent Koscielny DEF 24 Héctor Bellerín MID 29 Granit Xhaka MID 10 Jack Wilshere MID 31 Sead Kolašinac MID 11 Mesut Özil FWD 7 Alexis Sánchez FWD 9 Alexandre Lacazette FWD 1 Julián Speroni GK 34 Martin Kelly DEF 5 James Tomkins DEF 6 Scott Dann DEF 15 Jeffrey Schlupp DEF 10 Andros Townsend MID 7 Yohan Cabaye MID 4 Luka Milivojević MID 8 Ruben Loftus-Cheek MID 17 Christian Benteke FWD 11 Wilfried Zaha FWD

Arsenal

3-4-2-1 · Manager Arsène Wenger

33 P Petr Čech GK

21 C Calum Chambers DEF

20 S Shkodran Mustafi DEF

6 L Laurent Koscielny · Captain DEF

24 H Héctor Bellerín MID

29 G Granit Xhaka MID

10 J Jack Wilshere MID

31 S Sead Kolašinac MID

11 M Mesut Özil FWD

7 A Alexis Sánchez FWD

9 A Alexandre Lacazette FWD

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34 F Francis Coquelin MID

30 A Ainsley Maitland-Niles MID

13 D David Ospina GK

16 R Rob Holding DEF

14 T Theo Walcott FWD

17 A Alex Iwobi MID

23 D Danny Welbeck FWD

Crystal Palace

4-4-2 · Manager Roy Hodgson

1 J Julián Speroni GK

34 M Martin Kelly DEF

5 J James Tomkins DEF

6 S Scott Dann · Captain DEF

15 J Jeffrey Schlupp DEF

10 A Andros Townsend MID

7 Y Yohan Cabaye MID

4 L Luka Milivojević MID

8 R Ruben Loftus-Cheek MID

17 C Christian Benteke FWD

11 W Wilfried Zaha FWD

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18 J James McArthur MID

26 B Bakary Sako MID

24 T Timothy Fosu-Mensah DEF

13 W Wayne Hennessey GK

3 P Patrick van Aanholt DEF

44 J Jaïro Riedewald DEF

42 J Jason Puncheon MID