Arsenal 2-3 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 21 April 2019

Result

Arsenal 2-3 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Sunday 21 April 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Arsenal 2-3 Crystal Palace: match report

Arsenal were beaten by Crystal Palace 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 April 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Christian Benteke opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Arsenal's goals came from M. Özil (47') and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (77'). Crystal Palace scored through Christian Benteke (17'), Wilfried Zaha (61') and James McArthur (69').

Discipline: Arsenal received 4 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 66 points from 33 and Crystal Palace 14th on 39 points from 34. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 49.

Arsenal lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Benteke of Crystal Palace (8.3), ahead of Luka Milivojevic (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 1 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Konstantinos MavropanosArsenal
  • 17'Goal · Christian BentekeCrystal Palace · 0-1
  • 47'Goal · M. ÖzilArsenal · 1-1
  • 61'Goal · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace · 1-2
  • 63'Yellow card · M. ÖzilArsenal
  • 68'Yellow card · Mattéo GuendouziArsenal
  • 69'Goal · James McArthurCrystal Palace · 1-3
  • 77'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal · 2-3
  • 81'Yellow card · Joel WardCrystal Palace
  • 85'Yellow card · Nurgzay KhayrulinArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 7, draws 2, Crystal Palace 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (3-4-1-2)

Bernd Leno, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Konstantinos Mavropanos, C. Jenkinson, Mattéo Guendouzi, Mohamed Elneny, Sead Kolasinac, Mesut Özil, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

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

Vicente Guaita, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Martin Kelly, Scott Dann, Joel Ward, James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Max Meyer, Christian Benteke, Wilfried Zaha