English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 16, 2015
Arsenal WWWWL 2
–
Crystal Palace LWDLW 1
1st2ndT
ARS112
CRY101
Selhurst Park · 24,732 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal beat Crystal Palace after Damien Delaney own goal

Arsenal secured their first points of the season with a 2-1 victory away to Crystal Palace.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
6
59.2
Possession
40.8
20
SHOTS
11
7
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
478
Accurate Passes
302
564
Passes
376
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
6
23
Crosses
29
0.2
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
58
31
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
3
23
Effective Tackles
13
27
Tackles
18
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
23
36
Clearances
35

Head to Head

ARS leads series 5-0

Lineups

CRY · 4-5-1

  1. 12Alex McCarthyG
  2. 27Damien DelaneyCD-L
  3. 6Scott DannCD-R
  4. 23Pape SouaréLB
  5. 2Joel WardRB
  6. 18James McArthurCM-L
  7. 42Jason PuncheonCM-R
  8. 7Yohan CabayeAM
  9. 10Yannick BolasieLM
  10. 11Wilfried ZahaRM
  11. 21Connor WickhamF

Substitutes

  1. 8Patrick BamfordSUB
  2. 22Jordon MutchSUB
  3. 17Glenn MurraySUB
  4. 14Lee Chung-YongSUB
  5. 13Wayne HennesseySUB
  6. 15Mile JedinakSUB
  7. 3Adrian MariappaSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 19Santi CazorlaLM
  8. 34Francis CoquelinRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 17Alexis SánchezAM-L
  11. 16Aaron RamseyAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainSUB
  2. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  3. 13David OspinaSUB
  4. 5Gabriel PaulistaSUB
  5. 2Mathieu DebuchySUB
  6. 8Mikel ArtetaSUB
  7. 14Theo WalcottSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Arsenal 1. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross.
  2. 28' Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Arsenal 1. Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by James McArthur.
  3. 41' Francis Coquelin (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' James McArthur (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jordon Mutch replaces Yannick Bolasie.
  6. 55' Own Goal by Damien Delaney, Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace 1, Arsenal 2.
  7. 64' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Francis Coquelin.
  8. 75' Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Arteta replaces Alexis Sánchez.
  9. 76' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Lee Chung-yong replaces Wilfried Zaha.
  10. 80' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Patrick Bamford replaces James McArthur.
  11. 83' Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Gibbs replaces Mesut Özil.

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