Arsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 August 2014

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 16 August 2014, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace: match report

Arsenal defeated Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 August 2014. The half-time score was 1-1.

Brede Hangeland opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Laurent Koscielny (45+1') and Aaron Ramsey (90+1'). Crystal Palace scored through Brede Hangeland (35').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Crystal Palace 11th with 48.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Brede HangelandCrystal Palace · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · C. ChambersArsenal
  • 45+1'Goal · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal · 1-1
  • 48'Yellow card · J. PuncheonCrystal Palace
  • 60'Yellow card · Santi CazorlaArsenal
  • 68'Yellow card · Marouane ChamakhCrystal Palace
  • 77'Yellow card · M. KellyCrystal Palace
  • 89'Second yellow · J. PuncheonCrystal Palace
  • 90+1'Goal · Aaron RamseyArsenal · 2-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 1, Crystal Palace 0.

Team news

Arsenal expected line-up (4-4-2)

Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Per Mertesacker, Mikel Arteta, Santi Cazorla, Tomáš Rosický, Mesut Özil, Olivier Giroud, Lukas Podolski

Crystal Palace expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Damien Delaney, Scott Dann, Joel Ward, Adrian Mariappa, Mile Jedinak, Joe Ledley, Yannick Bolasie, Marouane Chamakh