Crystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 16 August 2015

Result

Crystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 16 August 2015, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Crystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal: match report

Crystal Palace were beaten by Arsenal 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 16 August 2015. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Crystal Palace's goal came from Joel Ward (28'). Arsenal scored through Olivier Giroud (16') and an own goal by Damien Delaney (55').

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

Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 70.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-5-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jason Puncheon of Crystal Palace (7.7), ahead of Yohan Cabaye (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Crystal Palace wins, 1 draw and 5 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 0-1
  • 28'Goal · Joel WardCrystal Palace · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Francis CoquelinArsenal
  • 45+1'Yellow card · James McArthurCrystal Palace
  • 55'Own goal · Damien DelaneyArsenal · 1-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Crystal Palace 0, draws 1, Arsenal 5.

Team news

Crystal Palace line-up (4-5-1)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Pape Souaré, Wilfried Zaha, Jason Puncheon, Yohan Cabaye, James McArthur, Yannick Bolasie, Connor Wickham

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

Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Héctor Bellerín, Santi Cazorla, Mesut Özil, Aaron Ramsey, Francis Coquelin, Olivier Giroud