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Mikel Arteta’s men kept the pressure up on their Premier League title rivals with an impressive win at Selhurst Park. Re-live the action with the best facts and Opta data in our Crystal Palace vs Arsenal stats page.
Gabriel Jesus scored his first two Premier League goals since January as he rounded off a fine week with a brace in Arsenal’s impressive 5-1 win at Crystal Palace.
Jesus netted a hat-trick against Palace in the EFL Cup earlier this week and played a starring role again, marking a return to form for the Brazilian.
His double on Saturday ensured Jesus became the first player to score five consecutive goals for the Gunners since Robin van Persie in February 2011.
He opened the scoring in just the sixth minute, providing a clinical finish at the back post after a Bukayo Saka cross went all the way through to him via a touch off Gabriel Magalhaes; that ended a run of 23 Premier League appearances without a goal for the former Manchester City forward.
Ismaila Sarr levelled soon after with a lovely curling finish from the edge of the box at the end of a flowing move, but Arsenal were ahead again just three minutes later thanks to Jesus.
This time an Arsenal corner characteristically caused panic in the Palace defence, resulting in Thomas Partey teeing up Jesus for a controlled strike into the top-right corner.
Jesus almost secured a first-half hat-trick in the 38th minute when he headed against the post, but Kai Havertz was on hand to increase Arsenal’s lead.
Any hope of a Palace fightback was essentially quashed just after the hour mark. Jesus squandered another hat-trick chance when shooting straight at Dean Henderson, but the ball then fell to substitute Declan Rice, whose scuffed shot was turned in by Gabriel Martinelli.
Rice wrapped things up towards the end with a gorgeous effort into the bottom-right corner from 18 yards.
Having been recently accused of being over-reliant on set-pieces and criticised for a perceived lack of creative threat in open play, this felt like something of a statement win for Arsenal.
Victory moves them back above Nottingham Forest and into third, a point behind Chelsea and three adrift of Liverpool both of whom play on Sunday.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Crystal Palace vs Arsenal stats from their Premier League meeting at Selhurst Park.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Crystal Palace vs Arsenal: Post-Match Facts
- Arsenal (W8 D2) are the first team to remain unbeaten in Premier League London derbies across a full calendar year since Chelsea in 2005, while it’s the first time the Gunners have done so since 2004.
- Arsenal have scored 5+ goals in six different away games in all competitions in 2024, the most ever by an English top-flight club in a single calendar year.
- Gabriel Jesus has scored five goals in his last two games for Arsenal in all competitions (all vs Crystal Palace this week), as many as he had in his previous 45 appearances for the Gunners.
- Jesus extended his competition record of never losing when scoring in a Premier League game to 61 games (W56 D5).
- Gabriel Martinelli has scored six Premier League goals against Crystal Palace, twice as many as he has against any other opponent in the competition.
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