Crystal Palace will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Chelsea.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Champions League. That game was also an away game, at Porto. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Crystal Palace form and stats
5-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Crystal Palace so far this season.
The home team returns to Selhurst Park after being equal after 90 minutes with Everton (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting West Bromwich Albion in a game that was won 1-0.
Palace's goalie Vicente Guaita played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Everton with a stunning six saves. The hometeam coach R. Hodgson made a successful contribution in the game against Everton, bringing on Michy Batshuayi who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Crystal Palace are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Palace have conceded 21 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Chelsea form and stats
7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Chelsea playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Chelsea play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Porto. Preceding that, the 2-5 home loss versus West Bromwich Albion.
A new game in only three days for Chelsea, the Champions League home match versus Porto. Busy days.
Chelsea have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Chelsea as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Chelsea - Palace 4-0 played earlier this season. Crystal Palace-Chelsea H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Crystal Palace two wins, Chelsea eight wins, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  W. Zaha 9 goals |   J. Frello Filho 6 goals |  M. Mount 6 goals |
Crystal Palace missing players
Chelsea missing players
| Crystal Palace | Chelsea | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 32 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 19 | 46 |
| 48 | 21 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 90% | 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 87% | 83% |
| 77% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 60% | 70% |
| 47% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 40% | 43% |
| 27% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | 30% |
| 17% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 47% | 40% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | 40% |
| 23% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 47% | 50% |
| 40% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 27% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 13.5 | 14.3 |
| 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 33% | 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 27% | 29% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 31 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 66 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 45 | 74 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 58 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 25 | 60 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 19 | 56 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 52 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 51 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 51 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 49 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 51 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 49 |
| 8 | Everton | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 47 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 44 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 42 |
| 11 | Leeds United | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 47 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 30 | -1 | 42 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -16 | 38 |
| 13 | Southampton | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 33 | -14 | 36 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -11 | 35 |
| 15 | Burnley | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -16 | 33 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -5 | 32 |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -20 | 29 |
| 18 | Fulham | 31 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 41 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -17 | 26 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -34 | 21 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 30 | -35 | 14 |
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