Arsenal 2-2 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Monday 18 October 2021

Result

Arsenal 2-2 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Monday 18 October 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 2-2 Crystal Palace: match report

Arsenal drew with Crystal Palace 2-2 in the Premier League on Monday 18 October 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (8') and Alexandre Lacazette (90+5'). Crystal Palace scored through Christian Benteke (50') and Odsonne Édouard (73').

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

Going into the game Arsenal were 13th on 10 points from 7 and Crystal Palace 14th on 7 points from 7. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 69 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 48.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexandre Lacazette of Arsenal (7.7), ahead of Christian Benteke (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 2 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Bukayo SakaArsenal
  • 43'Yellow card · James McArthurCrystal Palace
  • 50'Goal · Christian BentekeCrystal Palace · 1-1
  • 73'Goal · Odsonne ÉdouardCrystal Palace · 1-2
  • 90+5'Goal · Alexandre LacazetteArsenal · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 4, Crystal Palace 2.

Team news

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

Aaron Ramsdale, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Gabriel, Kieran Tierney, Thomas Partey, Nicolas Pépé, Emile Smith Rowe, Martin Ødegaard, Bukayo Saka, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guéhi, Tyrick Mitchell, Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur, Jordan Ayew, Conor Gallagher, Odsonne Édouard, Christian Benteke