Arsenal 4-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 January 2018

Result

Arsenal 4-1 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 20 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Arsenal 4-1 Crystal Palace: match report

Arsenal defeated Crystal Palace 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 January 2018. The half-time score was 4-0.

Nacho Monreal opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Nacho Monreal (6'), Alex Iwobi (10'), Laurent Koscielny (13') and Alexandre Lacazette (22'). Crystal Palace scored through Luka Milivojevic (78').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 39 points from 23 and Crystal Palace 12th on 25 points from 23. Arsenal went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Crystal Palace 11th with 44.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nacho Monreal of Arsenal (9.4), ahead of Laurent Koscielny (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 1 for Crystal Palace.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-D-D-W-D and Crystal Palace's W-W-D-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Nacho MonrealArsenal · 1-0
  • 10'Goal · Alex IwobiArsenal · 2-0
  • 13'Goal · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal · 3-0
  • 22'Goal · Alexandre LacazetteArsenal · 4-0
  • 78'Goal · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 8, draws 1, Crystal Palace 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-1-4-1)

Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Laurent Koscielny, Shkodran Mustafi, Nacho Monreal, Mohamed Elneny, Mesut Özil, J. Wilshere, Granit Xhaka, Alex Iwobi, Alexandre Lacazette

Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-2)

Wayne Hennessey, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Martin Kelly, James Tomkins, Patrick van Aanholt, Wilfried Zaha, Yohan Cabaye, Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur, Christian Benteke, Bakary Sako