Crystal Palace vs Arsenal Match Stats Who Wins More Games Historically

29/06/2025 David

Alright, buckle up folks. Today got into football stats, specifically Palace vs Arsenal. Had this idea looking at who usually wins these games. Sounded simple enough, yeah? Famous last words.

Figuring Out Where to Even Start

Grabbed my coffee first thing. Need fuel for this brain. Opened up the laptop. Tried just typing “Crystal Palace vs Arsenal history” into the search bar. Got flooded. So many pages, so many numbers. Head started spinning just looking at it all.

Remembered I messed around with a spreadsheet program before. Maybe I could organize this mess? Dug out that old spreadsheet file. Blank sheet stared back. Felt kinda lost.

Sat there staring at the empty boxes. Needed a plan. Jotted down what I actually wanted to know on a scrap paper:

How many times Palace won?
How many times Arsenal won?
How many times they just drew?
Where they played mattered, right? Home games?

Got my basic questions sorted. That helped. Focused the chaos.

The Really Annoying Data Grab

Opened a bunch of tabs in my browser. Went to several footy stats sites people usually trust. Started hunting for every league game these two played against each other. Needed dates, scores, who played at home.

This bit was tedious. Copying rows of numbers… clicking between sites… checking dates to make sure I wasn’t double-counting one game. Spreadsheet started filling up, but slow. Like, coffee-needing-a-refill slow. Spilled a bit, wiped it off the keyboard. More careful sips after that.

Started typing the info:

Season year
Home Team name
Away Team name
Home Goals
Away Goals

After ages (felt like hours!), got what I needed. Fairly complete list, back as far as the league records went for both clubs playing each other.

Making Sense of the Messy Numbers

Looked at the spreadsheet. Rows and rows of data. Just numbers on a screen. Needed to actually count stuff.

Created three new boxes on my sheet: Palace Wins, Arsenal Wins, Draws. Time for the boring part: going line by line. Checked the goals. Home goals higher? That’s a home win. Away goals higher? That’s an away win. Equal? Draw.

Started tallying:

For Palace: Home game, did Palace score more?
For Arsenal: Away game, did Arsenal score more?
Marked each one.

Kept at it. Kept counting. Finally, got the totals.

The Big Moment – Seeing Who’s Boss Historically

Stared at the final tally.

Crystal Palace Wins: Counted ’em up. A number popped up. Lower than I expected, honestly.

Arsenal Wins: Counted those too. Hoo boy. That number jumped out. A big number.

Draws: Counted the ties. Somewhere in the middle.

So, raw totals were clear as day. Arsenal had way, WAY more wins. Total domination record-wise. Palace wins were much rarer animals. Draws happened more than Palace wins, but still less often than Arsenal victories.

But Wait, What About Playing at Home?

Paused. Just total wins felt too basic. Knew fans always say “Well, playing at home makes a difference!” So, decided to check that too.

Added filters to the spreadsheet. Like magic! Clicked to show only games where Palace played at home. Counted wins again for both teams in those specific games.

Then filtered again for only games where Arsenal played at home. Counted those wins.

Saw the pattern. Yeah, playing at home definitely gave both teams a better shot at winning compared to playing away. No surprise there. But the overall picture? Still absolutely dominated by red and white. Even at Selhurst Park, Arsenal had managed to win a surprising number over time. Palace’s record at the Emirates? Oof. Tougher.

Finished… And Realized Something Kinda Obvious

Sat back. Looked at the pretty graphs the spreadsheet spat out. Confirmed everything. Arsenal wins loads more games historically against Palace. Home games help whoever’s playing there, but Arsenal’s quality just shines through way more often. Felt good putting the numbers together myself.

But then chuckled. Honestly? Could kinda guess this before starting. Arsenal’s usually near the top, Palace fights it out in the middle or sometimes near the bottom. It’s just the reality. But seeing the cold, hard numbers? The sheer difference? That hit different than just knowing it. That’s why stats are fun sometimes.

Anyway, that was my morning gone! Next time I see this fixture on the schedule? Won’t need my spreadsheet. The history’s pretty much shouting one name.