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Crystal Palace 2-3 Arsenal - December 28, 2017 / Premier League 2017/2018

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Premier League 2017/2018 - Round 20

Selhurst Park - London - England

December 28, 2017 - 20:00

25 672

Crystal Palace

2 - 3

Arsenal

Assist by Wilfried Zaha (left foot) Andros Townsend

50'

Assist by Andros Townsend (header) James Tomkins

89'

25'

Shkodran Mustafi (right foot)

62'

Alexis Sánchez (right foot) Assist by Alexandre Lacazette

66'

Alexis Sánchez (right foot) Assist by Jack Wilshere

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25' - Goal Shkodran Mustafi

29' - Yellow card Calum Chambers

45' - Yellow card Wilfried Zaha45

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50' - Goal Andros Townsend50

53' - Substitution Yohan Cabayeis substituted by James McArthur53

62' - Goal Alexis Sánchez

66' - Goal Alexis Sánchez

70' - Substitution Ruben Loftus-Cheekis substituted by Bakary Sako70

75' - Substitution Alexandre Lacazetteis substituted by Francis Coquelin

80' - Substitution Martin Kellyis substituted by Timothy Fosu-Mensah80

87' - Substitution Granit Xhakais substituted by Ainsley Maitland-Niles

89' - Goal James Tomkins89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crystal Palace

2 - 3

Arsenal

Crystal Palace Arsenal

Team line-ups

Crystal Palace

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

17Benteke

Christian Benteke

Belgium

B.date03/12/1990

Age27 years

H1m90

positionStriker

11Zaha45

Wilfried Zaha

Ivory Coast

B.date10/11/1992

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

10Townsend50

Andros Townsend

England

B.date16/07/1991

Age26 years

H1m81

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

4Milivojevic

Luka Milivojevic

Serbia

B.date07/04/1991

Age26 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

7Cabaye53

Yohan Cabaye

France

B.date14/01/1986

Age31 years

H1m75

positionRight central midfielder

8Loftus-Cheek70

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

England

B.date23/01/1996

Age21 years

H1m92

positionCentre Midfield

15Schlupp

Jeffrey Schlupp

Ghana

B.date23/12/1992

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

5Tomkins89

James Tomkins

England

B.date29/03/1989

Age28 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

6Dann

Scott Dann

England

B.date14/02/1987

Age30 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

34Kelly80

Martin Kelly

England

B.date27/04/1990

Age27 years

H1m91

positionRight full-back

1Speroni

Julián Speroni

Argentina

B.date18/05/1979

Age38 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Julián Speroni		38	403	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	James Tomkins	89	28	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Scott Dann		30	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	Martin Kelly	80	27	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Jeffrey Schlupp		25	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Luka Milivojevic		26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Yohan Cabaye	53	31	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ruben Loftus-Cheek	70	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Andros Townsend	50	26	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Wilfried Zaha	45	25	272	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Christian Benteke		27	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

113

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Lacazette75

Alexandre Lacazette

France

B.date28/05/1991

Age26 years

H1m75

positionStriker

7Sánchez6266

Alexis Sánchez

Chile

B.date19/12/1988

Age29 years

H1m71

positionVersatile Forward

11Özil

Mesut Özil

Germany

B.date15/10/1988

Age29 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

31Kolasinac

Sead Kolasinac

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date20/06/1993

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

10Wilshere

Jack Wilshere

England

B.date01/01/1992

Age25 years

H1m72

positionBox-to-box midfielder

29Xhaka87

Granit Xhaka

Switzerland

B.date27/09/1992

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

24Bellerín

Héctor Bellerín

Spain

B.date19/03/1995

Age22 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

6Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age32 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

20Mustafi25

Shkodran Mustafi

Germany

B.date17/04/1992

Age25 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

21Chambers29

Calum Chambers

England

B.date20/01/1995

Age22 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

33Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age35 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Petr Cech		35	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Laurent Koscielny		32	307	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Shkodran Mustafi	25	25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Héctor Bellerín		22	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Calum Chambers	29	22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	M	Sead Kolasinac		24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Granit Xhaka	87	25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Jack Wilshere		25	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Mesut Özil		29	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alexandre Lacazette	75	26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Alexis Sánchez	6266	29	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Wayne Hennessey		30
44	D	Jairo Riedewald		21
24	D	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	80	19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrick van Aanholt		27
18	M	James McArthur	53	30	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	M	Jason Puncheon		31
26	M	Bakary Sako	70	29	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	David Ospina		29
16	D	Rob Holding		22
34	M	Francis Coquelin	75	26	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	87	20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Theo Walcott		28
23	F	Danny Welbeck		27
17	F	Alex Iwobi		21

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Christian Benteke

James McArthur

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Calum Chambers

Nacho Monreal

OUT

Shkodran Mustafi

Alex Iwobi

OUT

Sead Kolasinac

Ainsley Maitland-Niles

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Hodgson

Success rate in this team:

28 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Hodgson vs Arsenal

2 victories

3 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 2017

Hodgson vs Wenger

2 victories

3 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

1205

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Wenger vs Crystal Palace

10 victories

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 2017

Wenger vs Hodgson

8 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 2017

Referee

Michael Oliver

12 victories	5 draws	21 losses	Crystal Palace38 matches	General total	Arsenal56 matches	27 victories	12 draws	17 losses
1 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Crystal Palace4 matches	Season total	Arsenal4 matches	2 victories	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 12, 2024					Latest figure on April 28, 2024

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Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 07/12/2017).

Arsenal keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 16/12/2017).

It's the first time Alexis Sánchez scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Crystal Palace in his professional career

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

14	Southampton	19 pts	20 rd
15	Newcastle United	18 pts	20 rd
16	Crystal Palace	18 pts	20 rd
17	West Ham	18 pts	20 rd
18	Bournemouth	17 pts	20 rd

General ranking

4	Liverpool	38 pts	20 rd
5	Tottenham	37 pts	20 rd
6	Arsenal	37 pts	20 rd
7	Burnley	33 pts	20 rd
8	Leicester	27 pts	20 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCrystal Palace 2-1 Chelsea14/10/2017

DCrystal Palace 2-2 West Ham28/10/2017

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Everton18/11/2017

VCrystal Palace 2-1 Stoke City25/11/2017

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Bournemouth09/12/2017

VCrystal Palace 2-1 Watford12/12/2017

Overall

DBrighton & Hove 0-0 Crystal Palace28/11/2017

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Crystal Palace02/12/2017

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Bournemouth09/12/2017

VCrystal Palace 2-1 Watford12/12/2017

VLeicester 0-3 Crystal Palace16/12/2017

DSwansea 1-1 Crystal Palace23/12/2017

Current form

Away

VEverton 2-5 Arsenal22/10/2017

LManchester City 3-1 Arsenal05/11/2017

LFC Köln 1-0 Arsenal23/11/2017

VBurnley 0-1 Arsenal26/11/2017

DSouthampton 1-1 Arsenal10/12/2017

DWest Ham 0-0 Arsenal13/12/2017

Overall

VArsenal 6-0 BATE Borisov07/12/2017

DSouthampton 1-1 Arsenal10/12/2017

DWest Ham 0-0 Arsenal13/12/2017

VArsenal 1-0 Newcastle United16/12/2017

VArsenal 1-0 West Ham19/12/2017

DArsenal 3-3 Liverpool22/12/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	7	8
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	7	4
Conceding streak	6	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Winless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	0	3
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

16	General ranking (Competition total)	6
14	General ranking (Home / Away)	9
96	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	16
10	FBDB index ranking (National)	6

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
4	Victories (Competition total)	10
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
9	Losses (Competition total)	5
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

16	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
0.84	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.79
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.53	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.21
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.44

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 times)

Bookings

35	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	16
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Wilfried Zaha	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Alexandre Lacazette
Wilfried Zaha	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Alexis Sánchez
Luka Milivojevic	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Alexis Sánchez
Luka Milivojevic	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Alexis Sánchez
Andros Townsend	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Aaron Ramsey
Yohan Cabaye	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Alexis Sánchez
Luka Milivojevic	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Mesut Özil

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

2 v

7 d

11 l

19 gf

36 ga

Away

21 matches

2 v

4 d

15 l

14 gf

48 ga

Total

41 matches

4 v

11 d

26 l

33 gf

84 ga

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

15 v

4 d

2 l

48 gf

14 ga

Away

20 matches

11 v

7 d

2 l

36 gf

19 ga

Total

41 matches

26 v

11 d

4 l

84 gf

33 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 10, 2017
Home	3 - 0	April 10, 2017

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	January 27, 1934
Away	5 - 1	November 01, 1969

Latest head to head

April 10, 2017 - Premier League 2016/2017

Crystal Palace

3 - 0

Arsenal

January 01, 2017 - Premier League 2016/2017

Arsenal

2 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

April 17, 2016 - Premier League 2015/2016

Arsenal

1 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

August 16, 2015 - Premier League 2015/2016

Crystal Palace

1 - 2

Arsenal

February 21, 2015 - Premier League 2014/2015

Crystal Palace

1 - 2

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Craven	4 goals	1971 - 1972
Tony Sealy	2 goals	1980 - 1980
John Salako	2 goals	1994 - 1994
Tommy Langley	1 goal	1981 - 1981
Andros Townsend	1 goal	2017 - 2017
Luka Milivojevic	1 goal	2017 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

John Radford	8 goals	1969 - 1972
Paul Merson	6 goals	1991 - 1995
Alan Smith	6 goals	1990 - 1993
Ian Wright	5 goals	1992 - 1994
Kevin Campbell	5 goals	1991 - 1993
Olivier Giroud	4 goals	2013 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Nigel Martyn	11 matches	1990 - 1995
Geoffrey Thomas	10 matches	1990 - 1993
Richard Shaw	9 matches	1990 - 1995
Andy Thorn	8 matches	1990 - 1993
Eddie McGoldrick	8 matches	1990 - 1993
Dean Gordon	8 matches	1993 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Lee Dixon	14 matches	1990 - 1998
Nigel Winterburn	13 matches	1990 - 1998
Paul Merson	12 matches	1990 - 1995
Tony Adams	12 matches	1990 - 1998
David Seaman	11 matches	1990 - 1997
Kevin Campbell	10 matches	1990 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Eddie McGoldrick

131 matches

57 matches

1989 - 1995

Julian Gray

122 matches

1 match

2000 - 2004

Tommy Black

115 matches

2 matches

1999 - 2006

Ian Wright

77 matches

288 matches

1989 - 1998

Peter Nicholas

67 matches

80 matches

1979 - 1983

Marouane Chamakh

66 matches

67 matches

2010 - 2016

Total : 23 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/05/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Kenny Sansom

36 matches

394 matches

1979 - 1988

Ian Wright

77 matches

288 matches

1989 - 1998

Mathieu Flamini

13 matches

246 matches

2004 - 2017

Ashley Cole

14 matches

228 matches

1999 - 2006

David Price

8 matches

178 matches

1973 - 1981

Andy Linighan

57 matches

156 matches

1990 - 2000

Total : 23 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/05/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 2017

Tottenham

5 2

Southampton

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December 27, 2017

Newcastle United

0 1

Manchester City

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester City	58	20	19	1	0	61	12	+49
2	Manchester United	43	20	13	4	3	43	16	+27
3	Chelsea	42	20	13	3	4	34	14	+20
4	Liverpool	38	20	10	8	2	46	23	+23
5	Tottenham	37	20	11	4	5	39	20	+19
6	Arsenal	37	20	11	4	5	37	25	+12
7	Burnley	33	20	9	6	5	18	17	+1
8	Leicester	27	20	7	6	7	30	30	0
9	Everton	27	20	7	6	7	24	30	-6
10	Watford	25	20	7	4	9	29	35	-6
11	Huddersfield Town	23	20	6	5	9	18	32	-14
12	Brighton & Hove	21	20	5	6	9	15	25	-10
13	Stoke City	20	20	5	5	10	23	41	-18
14	Southampton	19	20	4	7	9	20	30	-10
15	Newcastle United	18	20	5	3	12	19	30	-11
16	Crystal Palace	18	20	4	6	10	18	32	-14
17	West Ham	18	20	4	6	10	22	38	-16
18	Bournemouth	17	20	4	5	11	18	31	-13
19	West Bromwich Albion	15	20	2	9	9	14	27	-13
20	Swansea	13	20	3	4	13	11	31	-20

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Crystal Palace 2-3 Arsenal - December 28, 2017 / Premier League 2017/2018

Crystal Palace

2 - 3

Arsenal

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Hodgson vs Arsenal

Hodgson vs Wenger

Manager

Wenger vs Crystal Palace

Wenger vs Hodgson

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking