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Commentary
2¹ZAHA's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
3¹The stunned MARTÍNEZ could only watch as a backpass from LOKONGA dropped just over.
8¹ZAHA beat two Arsenal players and stroked an effort just wide.
11¹A shot from BALOGUN was hoofed off the line by JAMES.
16¹STASSIN made space on the right and touched the ball to BALOGUN who rasped the ball over.
20¹The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from ZAHA.
20¹GOAL!! The creative LINDELÖF neatly flicked on a cross for BALOGUN to hammer the ball in. (1-0 Arsenal)
25¹GOAL!! The Crystal Palace 'keeper got into difficulty with a backpass from JAMES and FÁBIO VIEIRA managed to scramble the ball home. (2-0 Arsenal)
29¹A mix up in the Arsenal defence enabled ZAHA to fire the ball just beyond the far post.
32¹A fine ball from FÁBIO VIEIRA on the right bobbled toward BALOGUN who scuffed his shot over.
34¹XHAKA chipped the ball to SMITH ROWE who nodded it just wide.
42¹DOUCOURÉ beat XHAKA and drove the ball to AYEW who fumbled his shot wide.
45¹GOAL!! A foul on STASSIN inside the area gave Arsenal a penalty which BALOGUN scored. (3-0 Arsenal)
2²FÁBIO VIEIRA ran onto a delightful ball from SMITH ROWE but blasted his effort wide of the righthand post.
4²NUNO TAVARES poked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
16²A free-kick from ANTÓNIO SILVA floated wide.
18²GOAL!! After some good play on the left TOMIYASU came inside and drilled the ball into the roof of the net. (4-0 Arsenal)
27²SMITH ROWE rushed an easy chance.
30²A cross from RASHICA left PLANGE in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
32²MARTÍNEZ parried a neatly crafted strike from ZAHA.
33²SMITH ROWE dribbled past WARD and flicked a poor shot over.
37²PATINO headed wide.
40²A great effort from NUNO TAVARES scraped the top of the crossbar.
43²A header by DOUCOURÉ at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.

 
Arsenal
 
League position: 7
Home league form: LWWL
Overall league form: WLLOWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Emiliano MARTÍNEZ7 17 Kasper SCHMEICHEL(c)
Takehiro TOMIYASU7 28 Reece JAMES
NUNO Albertino TAVARES7 36 Jamal LEWIS
Granit XHAKA8 46½Milot RASHICA
Victor LINDELÖF7 55½ANTÓNIO João SILVA
Auston TRUSTY6½66 Joel WARD
FÁBIO Daniel VIEIRA7½77 Will HUGHES
Emile SMITH ROWE5 87 Wilfried ZAHA
(p)Folarin BALOGUN6½96 Luke PLANGE(p)
(f)Albert-Mboyo LOKONGA7 107 Cheick DOUCOURÉ(f)
Lucas STASSIN6 117 Jordan AYEW
Manager
MARQUINHOS  12  Luka MILIVOJEVIC
Jack BUTLAND  13  Matz SELS
Ainsley MAITLAND-NILES  14  Chris RICHARDS
Charlie PATINO6 15  Cheikhou KOUYATÉ
Tyreece JOHN-JULES  16  James TOMKINS
 
Crystal Palace
 
League position: 12
Away league form: LWOL
Overall league form: LOWLXWOW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Arsenal 4 Crystal Palace 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 36,964, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Graham Laws 7½)

Balogun 20¹, Fábio Vieira 25¹, Balogun 45¹ (pen), Tomiyasu 18²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
Smith RoweóPatino 34² 
  
  
43
99
13
54
96
1410
14
57%43%
Man of the match: Granit Xhaka