Crystal Palace 1–5 Arsenal
- Sarr 11'
- Jesus 6'
- Jesus 14'
- Havertz 38'
- Martinelli 60'
- Rice 84'
21 December 2024
The match in data
Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 5–1 on 21 December 2024, on matchday 17 of the 2024-25 Premier League.
Player of the match: Maxence Lacroix (Crystal Palace), rated 73, thanks above all to 7 final-third passes and 7 duels won. Lacroix produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Arsenal, the highest-rated player was Declan Rice, with 75.
Gabriel Jesus scored twice.
Maxence Lacroix
Crystal Palace · 90'
Produced 1.33× and cost 0.31× their position's average
- 7 final-third passes 1.2×
- 7 duels won 1.6×
- 64 passes 1.3×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxence Lacroix ★ | Defender | 90 | 73 |
| Ismaïla Sarr | Forward | 90 | 71 |
| Eddie Nketiah | Forward | 29 | 60 |
| Jean-Philippe Mateta | Forward | 81 | 52 |
| Marc Guéhi | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Justin Devenny | Midfielder | 21 | 43 |
| Will Hughes | Midfielder | 69 | 42 |
| Jefferson Lerma | Midfielder | 68 | 37 |
| Chris Richards | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Tyrick Mitchell | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Nathaniel Clyne | Defender | 80 | 28 |
| Daichi Kamada | Midfielder | 61 | 26 |
| Cheick Doucouré | Midfielder | 22 | 25 |
| Dean Henderson | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Caleb Kporha | Defender | 10 | no rating |
| Jeffrey Schlupp | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Rice | Midfielder | 32 | 75 |
| Riccardo Calafiori | Defender | 32 | 72 |
| Kai Havertz | Forward | 58 | 70 |
| Gabriel | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Gabriel Jesus | Forward | 86 | 65 |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Forward | 90 | 58 |
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 24 | 57 |
| Thomas Partey | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Leandro Trossard | Forward | 66 | 54 |
| Martin Ødegaard | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | Defender | 58 | 46 |
| William Saliba | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Jurriën Timber | Defender | 86 | 36 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ethan Nwaneri | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
| Mikel Merino | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.