Football betting preview: Crystal Palace with moderate expectations before welcoming Chelsea

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Tue 07.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Crystal Palace have their presumed home advantage while Chelsea are ahead 15 points in the Premier League table.

It's no vacation for neither Crystal Palace nor Chelsea as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

Chelsea are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

6-4-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Crystal Palace so far this season. Crystal has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager R. Hodgson and the players.

J. Ayew was the last player to score a league goal for Crystal Palace and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Crystal haven't scored in 337 minutes.

Crystal are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Leicester City. Preceding that match was a defeat to Burnley (0-1).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Crystal here at Selhurst Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 16 games). From these home matches, Crystal have conceded only 14 goals.

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Chelsea form and stats

8 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Chelsea playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

The supporters enjoyed Chelsea's previous game versus Watford (placed 17th), a Premier League 3-0 win played at home. A 2-3 defeat away at West Ham United before that.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Chelsea manager F. Lampard as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sheffield United.

Chelsea have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 33 goals from 16 away matches. Chelsea's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 28 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Chelsea - Crystal 2-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Crystal won three, Chelsea won seven and zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChelseaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
13 goals
CrystalJ. Ayew
J. Ayew
9 goals
ChelseaW. Borges da Silva
W. Borges da Silva
9 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Chelsea missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crystal Palace Chelsea
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 16 33
11 6 0 Won W 3 8 17
9 4 1 Drew D 0 3 6
13 6 3 Lost L 2 5 10
28 12 2 Scored S 9 33 60
40 14 7 Conceded C 7 28 44
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 56% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 94% 88%
30% 12% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 81% 67%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 56% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 31% 15%
36% 31% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 81% 61%
30% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 6% 21%
39% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 12% 18%
 
4.8 5.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.9 6.7
6.3 5.7 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.4 3.2 3.4
1.6 1.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
324 192 47 Total Shots T S 77 254 548
101 55 14 Shots on Target S O 23 88 194
28% 22% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 38% 31%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chelsea have scored more than double the goals of Crystal Palace.
  • Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Crystal Palace has the fewest scored goals (12) at home
  • Crystal Palace has the fewest scored goals in the first half (9)
  • Crystal Palace have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 32 28 2 2 70 25 16 16 0 0 44 12 16 12 2 2 26 13 45 86
2 Manchester City 32 21 3 8 81 33 16 12 2 2 45 12 16 9 1 6 36 21 48 66
3 Leicester City 33 17 7 9 63 31 17 10 4 3 33 15 16 7 3 6 30 16 32 58
4 Chelsea 33 17 6 10 60 44 17 9 3 5 27 16 16 8 3 5 33 28 16 57
5 Manchester United 33 15 10 8 56 33 17 10 5 2 37 14 16 5 5 6 19 19 23 55
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 13 13 7 45 36 17 6 7 4 22 19 16 7 6 3 23 17 9 52
7 Arsenal 33 12 13 8 49 41 16 8 5 3 30 20 17 4 8 5 19 21 8 49
8 Sheffield United 32 12 11 9 33 32 16 8 3 5 20 14 16 4 8 4 13 18 1 47
9 Tottenham Hotspur 32 12 9 11 51 44 16 9 3 4 30 16 16 3 6 7 21 28 7 45
10 Burnley 32 13 6 13 36 45 16 8 2 6 21 19 16 5 4 7 15 26 -9 45
11 Everton 32 12 8 12 40 47 16 8 5 3 21 16 16 4 3 9 19 31 -7 44
12 Newcastle United 32 11 9 12 33 43 16 6 7 3 16 13 16 5 2 9 17 30 -10 42
13 Crystal Palace 33 11 9 13 28 40 16 6 4 6 12 14 17 5 5 7 16 26 -12 42
14 Southampton 32 12 4 16 41 55 16 4 2 10 16 33 16 8 2 6 25 22 -14 40
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 8 12 13 35 44 16 5 6 5 19 19 17 3 6 8 16 25 -9 36
16 West Ham United 32 8 6 18 38 56 16 5 3 8 26 30 16 3 3 10 12 26 -18 30
17 Watford 33 6 10 17 29 52 16 4 6 6 18 21 17 2 4 11 11 31 -23 28
18 Aston Villa 32 7 6 19 36 60 16 5 3 8 19 27 16 2 3 11 17 33 -24 27
19 AFC Bournemouth 33 7 6 20 32 59 16 4 5 7 18 27 17 3 1 13 14 32 -27 27
20 Norwich City 33 5 6 22 25 61 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 1 3 12 6 30 -36 21

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 32 28 2 2 70 25 16 16 0 0 44 12 16 12 2 2 26 13 45 86
2 Manchester City 32 21 3 8 81 33 16 12 2 2 45 12 16 9 1 6 36 21 48 66
3 Leicester City 33 17 7 9 63 31 17 10 4 3 33 15 16 7 3 6 30 16 32 58
4 Chelsea 33 17 6 10 60 44 17 9 3 5 27 16 16 8 3 5 33 28 16 57
5 Manchester United 33 15 10 8 56 33 17 10 5 2 37 14 16 5 5 6 19 19 23 55
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 13 13 7 45 36 17 6 7 4 22 19 16 7 6 3 23 17 9 52
7 Arsenal 33 12 13 8 49 41 16 8 5 3 30 20 17 4 8 5 19 21 8 49
8 Sheffield United 32 12 11 9 33 32 16 8 3 5 20 14 16 4 8 4 13 18 1 47
9 Tottenham Hotspur 32 12 9 11 51 44 16 9 3 4 30 16 16 3 6 7 21 28 7 45
10 Burnley 32 13 6 13 36 45 16 8 2 6 21 19 16 5 4 7 15 26 -9 45
11 Everton 32 12 8 12 40 47 16 8 5 3 21 16 16 4 3 9 19 31 -7 44
12 Newcastle United 32 11 9 12 33 43 16 6 7 3 16 13 16 5 2 9 17 30 -10 42
13 Crystal Palace 33 11 9 13 28 40 16 6 4 6 12 14 17 5 5 7 16 26 -12 42
14 Southampton 32 12 4 16 41 55 16 4 2 10 16 33 16 8 2 6 25 22 -14 40
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 8 12 13 35 44 16 5 6 5 19 19 17 3 6 8 16 25 -9 36
16 West Ham United 32 8 6 18 38 56 16 5 3 8 26 30 16 3 3 10 12 26 -18 30
17 Watford 33 6 10 17 29 52 16 4 6 6 18 21 17 2 4 11 11 31 -23 28
18 Aston Villa 32 7 6 19 36 60 16 5 3 8 19 27 16 2 3 11 17 33 -24 27
19 AFC Bournemouth 33 7 6 20 32 59 16 4 5 7 18 27 17 3 1 13 14 32 -27 27
20 Norwich City 33 5 6 22 25 61 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 1 3 12 6 30 -36 21

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