Arsenal v Crystal Palace, 01 January 2017

Score2-0 to Arsenal
RefereeAndre Marriner
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEmirates Stadium
Attendance59,975

View Arsenal v Crystal Palace head to head

Kick-off: 4.00pm Arsenal had won nine of their last 12 Premier League meetings (drawn three).

2 Arsenal

0 Crystal Palace

Goals:

Olivier Giroud 17 G
Alex Iwobi 56 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Petr Čech
Defender Héctor Bellerín
Defender Gabriel Paulista
Defender Laurent Koscielny
Defender Nacho Monreal
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Mohamed El Neny
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi
Midfielder/Forward Alexis Sánchez
Forward Olivier Giroud
Forward Lucas Pérez

Starting lineup:

Wayne Hennessey Goalkeeper
Scott Dann Defender
Martin Kelly Defender
James Tomkins Defender
Joel Ward Defender
Yohan Cabaye Midfielder
Mathieu Flamini Midfielder
Jason Puncheon Midfielder
Andros Townsend Midfielder
Wilfried Zaha Midfielder/Forward
Christian Benteke Forward

Substitutions:

Francis Coquelin for Mohamed El Neny 72
Aaron Ramsey for Lucas Pérez 72
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Alex Iwobi 77

Substitutions:

Jordon Mutch for Yohan Cabaye 65
LEE Chung-yong for Andros Townsend 71
Fraizer Campbell for Christian Benteke 77

Cards:

Nacho Monreal 83 Y

Cards:

James Tomkins 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Defender Shkodran Mustafi
Midfielder Francis Coquelin
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder Aaron Ramsey
Midfielder Jeff Reine-Adelaide
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Julián Speroni
Midfielder Noor Husin
Midfielder Jordon Mutch
Midfielder Michael Phillips
Midfielder/Forward LEE Chung-yong
Midfielder/Forward Bakary Sako
Forward Fraizer Campbell

Comments:

League position: 3rd Arsenal were now unbeaten in their last nine Premier League home games (won seven). Including an extraordinary scorpion-kick goal in this game, Olivier Giroud had now scored eight goals in his past six starts in all competitions. The Gunners were now the only team who had yet to have been losing at half-time in the opening 19 games of this Premier League season.

Comments:

League position: 17th Crystal Palace had now won only one of their last 13 Premier League games (lost nine). The Eagles had now not kept a clean sheet away from home in the Premier League since 26 December 2015 (played 20). They had now conceded the first goal in 14 of their 19 games so far in this Premier League season. Zeki Fryers was originally named amongst the substitutes before being injured in the pre-match warm-up. He was replaced by Michael Phillips.

2 Arsenal

Goals:

Olivier Giroud 17 G
Alex Iwobi 56 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Petr Čech
Defender Héctor Bellerín
Defender Gabriel Paulista
Defender Laurent Koscielny
Defender Nacho Monreal
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Mohamed El Neny
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi
Midfielder/Forward Alexis Sánchez
Forward Olivier Giroud
Forward Lucas Pérez

Substitutions:

Francis Coquelin for Mohamed El Neny 72
Aaron Ramsey for Lucas Pérez 72
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Alex Iwobi 77

Cards:

Nacho Monreal 83 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Defender Shkodran Mustafi
Midfielder Francis Coquelin
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder Aaron Ramsey
Midfielder Jeff Reine-Adelaide
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles

Comments:

League position: 3rd Arsenal were now unbeaten in their last nine Premier League home games (won seven). Including an extraordinary scorpion-kick goal in this game, Olivier Giroud had now scored eight goals in his past six starts in all competitions. The Gunners were now the only team who had yet to have been losing at half-time in the opening 19 games of this Premier League season.

0 Crystal Palace

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Wayne Hennessey Goalkeeper
Scott Dann Defender
Martin Kelly Defender
James Tomkins Defender
Joel Ward Defender
Yohan Cabaye Midfielder
Mathieu Flamini Midfielder
Jason Puncheon Midfielder
Andros Townsend Midfielder
Wilfried Zaha Midfielder/Forward
Christian Benteke Forward

Substitutions:

Jordon Mutch for Yohan Cabaye 65
LEE Chung-yong for Andros Townsend 71
Fraizer Campbell for Christian Benteke 77

Cards:

James Tomkins 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Julián Speroni
Midfielder Noor Husin
Midfielder Jordon Mutch
Midfielder Michael Phillips
Midfielder/Forward LEE Chung-yong
Midfielder/Forward Bakary Sako
Forward Fraizer Campbell

Comments:

League position: 17th Crystal Palace had now won only one of their last 13 Premier League games (lost nine). The Eagles had now not kept a clean sheet away from home in the Premier League since 26 December 2015 (played 20). They had now conceded the first goal in 14 of their 19 games so far in this Premier League season. Zeki Fryers was originally named amongst the substitutes before being injured in the pre-match warm-up. He was replaced by Michael Phillips.