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FT: Crystal Palace 1-5 Arsenal - Jesus double either side of Sarr leveller, Havertz, Martinelli & Rice add to scoreline
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FT: Ipswich 0-4 Newcastle - Isak after 26 seconds, Murphy doubles lead & Isak completes hat-trick
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Crystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal
Jamie Carragher
Former Liverpool defender on Sky Sports
Saliba needs to sort himself out. He has had a dreadful start to this game.
He is one of the best in the Premier League but he is not at the races at the moment.
Crystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal
It has been a great start for Arsenal but they have some concern here because Bukayo Saka is down injured. Gabriel Jesus kicks the ball out of play so he can receive treatment.
Crystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal
Huge save from David Raya!
A mistake at the back and Crystal Palace are in. The ball is squared to Jean-Philippe Mateta but Raya gets off his line quickly to close down the gap and make the save.
Crucial.
Crystal Palace 1-1 Arsenal
Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter at Selhurst Park
Gabriel Jesus has scored seven goals this year and five of them have come against Palace in the last few days.
Image source, Getty ImagesCrystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal
Can Crystal Palace and Arsenal play each other every week? It isn't a fixture I would have normally marked as high in entertainment but it is now six goals in 110 minutes of football in the last couple of days.
Crystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal
Jamie Carragher
Former Liverpool defender on Sky Sports
This is remarkable. I have never seen anything like this in football. Every time they get a corner you think it is going to be a goal.
Jesus reads the situation brilliantly and what a finish that is. He has repaid his manager.
Image source, Getty ImagesCrystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal
Mark Schwarzer
Former Premier League goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
Too many teams are zonal marking and not picking up players - it is costing teams goals.
Brilliant finish from Jesus. Everyone is watching the ball and they are not looking at any movement.
The ball pops out and Jesus puts his foot through it.
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An early gift from Jesus.
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Gabriel Jesus
What is going on!?
A crazy start to this game as once again Arsenal make the most of a set piece. A corner is sent towards the back post, Thomas Partey controls before laying off to Gabriel Jesus and he fires in for a fifth goal in two games.
Jesus is in some run of form.
Image source, Getty ImagesCrystal Palace 1-1 Arsenal
Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter at Selhurst Park
From one player in form to another. Ismaila Sarr scores with a great curling finish.
The Selhurst crowd needed that as they were very flat after the Jesus opener.
Crystal Palace 1-1 Arsenal
Jamie Carragher
Former Liverpool defender on Sky Sports
That is absolutely outstanding from Crystal Palace and Sarr.
It's a really good pass and Saliba then drops off and doesn't do enough to block the shot. Sarr uses him and bends the ball around him. What a start to the game we have had.
Crystal Palace 1-1 Arsenal
Mark Schwarzer
Former Premier League goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
Really good finish from Ismaila Sarr.
It all starts with Tyrick Mitchell, he plays the ball inside to Sarr and it opens up and he whips it into the far corner.
Image source, ReutersCrystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal
Mark Schwarzer
Former Premier League goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
Crazy stuff from the goalkeeper, David Raya.
He doesn't need to do that, he is putting his team under so much pressure.
Ismaïla Sarr
But now the hosts are level!
Ismaïla Sarr does really well, receiving a pass in the final third from Tyrick Mitchell and he is allowed to surge forward unchallenged to the edge of the box before placing a brilliant strike across David Raya.
It is lift off at Selhurst Park.
Image source, ReutersCrystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal
You know when I said a couple of entries ago about Arsenal being in control? Yeah about that...
They almost gift Crystal Palace an equaliser as David Raya panics playing it out from the back, trying to play it short but Will Hughes almost sweeps in.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal
But the hosts have a chance to make something here as Thomas Partey gives away a free-kick midway inside the Arsenal half.
Will Hughes sends a decent ball into the box and Maxence Lacroix connects, but heads over.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal
Crystal Palace ruffled Arsenal's feathers in the early stages of the midweek encounter but no signs of that at the moment. Arsenal look confident and in control.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal
Mark Schwarzer
Former Premier League goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
A brilliant finish.
Arsenal took a quick free-kick out wide and Gabriel Jesus moved to the left-hand-side of the pitch.
As the ball is whipped in Jesus gets fortunate as it takes a deflection and lands in front of him.
No chance for Dean Henderson to make the save.
Image source, ReutersCrystal Palace 0-0 Arsenal
Jamie Carragher
Former Liverpool defender on Sky Sports
Jesus has got the quality, and a little bit of luck.
Gabriel does really well to keep it alive and it's a good finish from Jesus.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal
Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter at Selhurst Park
Gabriel Jesus can't stop scoring, against Palace anyway. He follows up his hat-trick against the Eagles with the opener today.
That's his first Premier League goal for almost a year.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 36 |
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| 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 34 |
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| 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 33 |
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| 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 31 |
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| 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 28 |
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| 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 27 |
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| 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 26 |
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| 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 25 |
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| 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 25 |
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| 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 24 |
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| 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 23 |
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| 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 23 |
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| 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 22 |
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| 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 30 | -8 | 20 |
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| 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 16 |
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| 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 15 |
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| 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 34 | -13 | 14 |
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| 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 12 |
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| 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 40 | -16 | 9 |
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| 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 36 | -25 | 5 |
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Manager: Oliver Glasner
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Oliver Glasner
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
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Crystal Palace have lost their last four Premier League meetings with Arsenal, having lost just one of their previous eight against the Gunners (W2 D5).
Arsenal have lost just two of their last 19 away league games against Crystal Palace (W10 D7), with both defeats coming in the Premier League by a 3-0 scoreline (April 2017, April 2022).
Crystal Palace have alternated between defeat (4) and victory (3) in their last seven Premier League home London derby matches, losing 2-0 against Fulham last time out at Selhurst Park.
Arsenal are unbeaten in all nine of their Premier League London derby matches in 2024 (W7 D2). The last team to go unbeaten in such matches in a full calendar year were Chelsea in 2005 (W9 D1), while the last time Arsenal did so was in 2004 (W7 D3).
Having lost five of their first eight Premier League games this season (D3), Crystal Palace have now lost just one of their last eight (W3 D4), and are unbeaten in their last five (W2 D3). The Eagles are looking for back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since a run of three in May.
Arsenal kept nine clean sheets in 10 Premier League away games between February and September, but since then have conceded in each of their last six on the road. The Gunners last had a longer run without an away shutout between August and December 2019 (7).
Excluding penalties, Arsenal have scored more set piece goals than any other side in the Premier League this season (9). Meanwhile, 35% of Crystal Palace’s 17 Premier League goals this term have come from set pieces (excluding penalties), with only Everton (57%) netting a higher such share.
No team has had more Premier League goals scored via defenders this season than Arsenal (7, level with Manchester City), while Crystal Palace have had the highest share of their Premier League goals this term come from defenders (29% - 5/17).
Since joining Crystal Palace from Arsenal earlier this season, Eddie Nketiah has had 20 shots in 11 Premier League games without scoring. Four players have had their first Premier League goal for a club come against Arsenal having previously played for the Gunners in the competition – Kevin Campbell (Nottingham Forest, 1995), Nicolas Anelka (Bolton, 2006), David Bentley (Tottenham, 2008) and Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham, 2023).
Arsenal winger Gabriel Martinelli has scored more Premier League goals against Crystal Palace than he has vs any other opponent (5). Three of these have been as a substitute, with no Gunners player scoring more from the bench against a specific opponent in the competition.
