Crystal Palace - Arsenal 1 - 3: 3 Points for Arsenal!

Crystal Palace has went against Arsenal in Premier League match. Crystal Palace - Arsenal faced each other in Premier League week 37.

Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 1 - 3 on 19 May, 2021 and found themselves in the 9th spot at the table. Crystal Palace has failed to get any points and they are in the 13th position after the match.{nationality_Côte d'Ivoire} {playerposition_M} Nicolas Pépé scored the first goal of the game in minute 35 at Selhurst Park. Crystal Palace was able to to score with C. Benteke in minute 62. Despite their efforts, the match ended 1 - 3 and they left the pitch without any points. As the match continues their sound start didn't stop here and they were awarded with 3 points they wanted 1 - 3.

Goals: Nicolas Pépé '35, Nicolas Pépé '90, Gabriel Martinelli '90, C. Benteke '62

There were not that much hard fouls in the match and it ended with only 3 yellow cards. M. Elneny was the only player with yellow card for Arsenal. On the opposition front Crystal Palace players Jeffrey Schlupp, C. Benteke got themselves yellow cards. Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta used 3 substitutions. M. Ødegaard (65'), Granit Xhaka (78'), Gabriel Martinelli (78') brought on to the pitch and Gabriel Martinelli managed to score to change the scoreboard. Regarding to that Mikel Arteta should take praise for the right move. 2 substitutions were used by Crystal Palace boss R. Hodgson. Jordan Ayew (78'), J. Riedewald (82') came off the bench and tried to avoid losing but their efforts was not sufficient after all. Those changes did not change anything and they faced a setback. Arsenal is currently in the 9th spot of Premier League with 58 points with this result. Crystal Palace, On the other side, remained at 44 points in the 13th position of Premier League.

Statistics

%31

Ball Possesion

%69

12

Shots

5

6

Shots On Goal

2

2

Yellow Cards

1

0

Red Cards

0

Arsenal had 69% ball possession while winning against Crystal Palace by 1 - 3. They were playing with the ball more the whole match and this dominance lead them to victory.

Arsenal had 5 total shots and 3 of them were accurate. These accurate shots on target resulted in 3 goals throughout the match and they managed to get the 3 points they targeted.

On the other hand, Crystal Palace had 5 total shots and 3 of them were accurate. They managed to find 1 goal from these shots on target. But that was not enough to get any points from this game. They went home with no points.

Player Performances

Let's check the player performances for both of the teams.

Gary Cahill was the best defender for Crystal Palace this game. He had 1 tackles and achieved 6.7 rating. He had an average game but it was not enough for his team to get points. C. Kouyaté was the best midfielder for Crystal Palace this game. He achieved 6.9 rating in this game. He had an average game but it was not enough for his team to get points. A. Townsend was the best attacker for Crystal Palace this game. He achieved 8.2 rating in this game. He also created good chances and had 1 assist for his name. As one of the best players in the game, he couldn't prevent losing. Although he played excellent, his team was not at his level.

C. Chambers was the best defender for Arsenal this game. He had 2 tackles and achieved 7.6 rating. As one of the best players in the game, he certainly helped his team to win with his strong performance. Nicolas Pépé was the best midfielder for Arsenal this game. He scored 2 goal and achieved 8.3 rating. As one of the best players in the game, he certainly helped his team to win with his strong performance. Gabriel Martinelli was the best attacker for Arsenal this game. He scored 1 goal and achieved 7.2 rating. As one of the best players in the game, he certainly helped his team to win with his strong performance.

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