Crystal Palace 1-5 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 December 2024

Result

Crystal Palace 1-5 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 21 December 2024, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Crystal Palace 1-5 Arsenal: match report

Crystal Palace were beaten by Arsenal 1-5 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 December 2024. It was 1-3 at half-time.

Gabriel Jesus opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Crystal Palace's goal came from Ismaïla Sarr (11'). Arsenal scored through Gabriel Jesus (6'), Gabriel Jesus (14'), Kai Havertz (38'), Gabriel Martinelli (60') and Declan Rice (84').

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 15th on 16 points from 16 and Arsenal 4th on 30 points from 16. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 12th with 53 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 74.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gabriel Jesus of Arsenal (8.5), ahead of Declan Rice (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crystal Palace win, 4 draws and 5 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Gabriel JesusArsenal · 0-1
  • 11'Goal · Ismaïla SarrCrystal Palace · 1-1
  • 14'Goal · Gabriel JesusArsenal · 1-2
  • 31'Yellow card · GabrielArsenal
  • 36'Yellow card · Jurriën TimberArsenal
  • 38'Goal · Kai HavertzArsenal · 1-3
  • 60'Goal · Gabriel MartinelliArsenal · 1-4
  • 64'Yellow card · Marc GuéhiCrystal Palace
  • 79'Yellow card · Nathaniel ClyneCrystal Palace
  • 84'Goal · Declan RiceArsenal · 1-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crystal Palace 1, draws 4, Arsenal 5.

Team news

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

Dean Henderson, Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guéhi, Nathaniel Clyne, Will Hughes, Jefferson Lerma, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaïla Sarr, Daichi Kamada, Jean-Philippe Mateta

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Jurriën Timber, William Saliba, Gabriel, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Ødegaard, Thomas Partey, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli