Arsenal v Crystal Palace, 26 October 2025

Score1-0 to Arsenal
RefereeTom Bramall
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEmirates Stadium
Attendance60,103
Kick-off: 2.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 33 Arsenal won: 20 Drawn: 9 Crystal Palace scored: 4 Arsenal scored: 68 Crystal Palace scored: 33 . Arsenal had now won six and drawn one of the last seven meetings in the Premier League.

1 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

0 Crystal Palace

Manager: Oliver Glasner

Goals:

Eberechi Eze 39 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper David Raya
Defender Gabriel
Defender William Saliba
Defender Jurriën Timber
Defender/Midfielder Declan Rice
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Martín Zubimendi
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Eberechi Eze

Starting lineup:

Dean Henderson Goalkeeper
Marc Guéhi Defender
Maxence Lacroix Defender
Tyrick Mitchell Defender/Midfielder
Daniel Muñoz Defender/Midfielder
Chris Richards Defender/Midfielder
Daichi Kamada Midfielder
Adam Wharton Midfielder
Ismaïla Sarr Midfielder/Forward
Yeremy Pino Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Cristhian Mosquera for William Saliba 46
Gabriel Martinelli for Bukayo Saka 66
Piero Hincapié for Riccardo Calafiori 82
Mikel Merino for Declan Rice 82
Myles Lewis-Skelly for Eberechi Eze 88

Substitutions:

Eddie Nketiah for Yeremy Pino 59
Will Hughes for Daichi Kamada 74
Borna Sosa for Tyrick Mitchell 90+1
Christantus Uche for Daniel Muñoz 90+1
Jefferson Lerma for Adam Wharton 90+1

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Piero Hincapié
Defender Ben White
Defender/Midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly
Defender/Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Midfielder/Forward Mikel Merino
Midfielder/Forward Ethan Nwaneri

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Walter Benítez
Defender Jaydee Canvot
Defender Nathaniel Clyne
Defender/Midfielder Borna Sosa
Midfielder Justin Devenny
Midfielder Will Hughes
Midfielder Jefferson Lerma
Midfielder Christantus Uche
Forward Eddie Nketiah

Comments:

League position: 1st . Arsenal had now lost two of their 71 home games in the Premier League when they started a day at the top of the table (won 53). . Eberechi Eze became first player to score his first league goal for the Gunners against the club he joined them from since Donald Slade at Lincoln City in League Division Two on 21 February 1914. [c/o Tom Ede] . They had now won 700 games in the Premier League (played 1,275, lost 265): only Manchester United had won more (760).

Comments:

League position: . Crystal Palace had now lost consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since April 2025. . Palace had now lost two of their last 15 games in the Premier League (won five). . They had now failed to score in six of their last 36 games in the Premier League.

1 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Eberechi Eze 39 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper David Raya
Defender Gabriel
Defender William Saliba
Defender Jurriën Timber
Defender/Midfielder Declan Rice
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Martín Zubimendi
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Eberechi Eze

Substitutions:

Cristhian Mosquera for William Saliba 46
Gabriel Martinelli for Bukayo Saka 66
Piero Hincapié for Riccardo Calafiori 82
Mikel Merino for Declan Rice 82
Myles Lewis-Skelly for Eberechi Eze 88

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Piero Hincapié
Defender Ben White
Defender/Midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly
Defender/Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Midfielder/Forward Mikel Merino
Midfielder/Forward Ethan Nwaneri

Comments:

League position: 1st . Arsenal had now lost two of their 71 home games in the Premier League when they started a day at the top of the table (won 53). . Eberechi Eze became first player to score his first league goal for the Gunners against the club he joined them from since Donald Slade at Lincoln City in League Division Two on 21 February 1914. [c/o Tom Ede] . They had now won 700 games in the Premier League (played 1,275, lost 265): only Manchester United had won more (760).

0 Crystal Palace

Manager: Oliver Glasner

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Dean Henderson Goalkeeper
Marc Guéhi Defender
Maxence Lacroix Defender
Tyrick Mitchell Defender/Midfielder
Daniel Muñoz Defender/Midfielder
Chris Richards Defender/Midfielder
Daichi Kamada Midfielder
Adam Wharton Midfielder
Ismaïla Sarr Midfielder/Forward
Yeremy Pino Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Eddie Nketiah for Yeremy Pino 59
Will Hughes for Daichi Kamada 74
Borna Sosa for Tyrick Mitchell 90+1
Christantus Uche for Daniel Muñoz 90+1
Jefferson Lerma for Adam Wharton 90+1

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Walter Benítez
Defender Jaydee Canvot
Defender Nathaniel Clyne
Defender/Midfielder Borna Sosa
Midfielder Justin Devenny
Midfielder Will Hughes
Midfielder Jefferson Lerma
Midfielder Christantus Uche
Forward Eddie Nketiah

Comments:

League position: . Crystal Palace had now lost consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since April 2025. . Palace had now lost two of their last 15 games in the Premier League (won five). . They had now failed to score in six of their last 36 games in the Premier League.