Chelsea will travel to Crystal Palace's home ground in the London derby at the end of 2018 on Selhurst Park. The Blues are determined to build momentum after their victory on Boxing Day. For this match the guest are considered to be the favorite after having won 3 out of their last 5 meetings, losing 2 times in the process. However, the last time the both teams played each other in the Premier League was on 14-10-2017, which the Glaziers won with a result of 2-1. The goal scorers of the match was Azpilicueta (11' own goal) and W. Zaha (45') for Crystal Palace and T. Bakayoko (18 ') for Chelsea.
CRYSTAL PALACE
Crystal Palace have had a series of good performances and results in recent weeks, Palace have won seven points from their last three home league matches. Roy Hodgson and his team will be happy to have gone through three matches without defeat, especially in their famous 2-3 victory against Pep Guardiola's City Side and so they will surely hope to continue the positive results with other surprising results in the match later. The Glaziers After 5 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses in their last 18 Premier League matches, they are now currently in the 14th position with 19 points. In the last game, they drew with Cardiff City at home 0-0. The Glaziers coach Hodgson has reported that no new injuries to his Crystal Palace team, with Wayne Hennessey, Cheikhou Kouyate and Martin Kelly returning to the field. Christian Benteke is the only player who is still not available.
CHELSEA
Chelsea returned to winning ways in their last game by beating Watford 2-1 with both goals from their star man Eden Hazard. With Arsenal's defeat to Liverpool, Chelsea now had the opportunity to open a few gaps between them and Arsenal for the fourth place battle. The blues are now sitting on 4th place at the table log with 40 points after 12 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. For today's game the blues are expected to take a more offensive stance, bearing in mind that they have more individual and collective quality. For this match the visiting coach will be able to count on all his habitual players but he has also revealed that Pedro will not play a role on today's due to a hamstring injury. Sarri has also confirmed Ruben Loftus-Cheek has recovered from back problems and will be fit to play later if chosen, Sarri has also stressed the importance of Cesc Fabregas for his troops.
PRE-MATCH FACT
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in Chelsea's last 6 away games in the Prenier League.
- Crystal Palace have kept a clean sheet in their last 3 home matches in the Premier League.
- Crystal Palace have seen over 2.5 goals in 6 of their last 7 matches against Chelsea in all competitions.
- The Eagles are unbeaten in three games and beat Chelsea the last time they welcomed the Blues to Selhurst Park.
- Chelsea haven't kept a clean sheet against Palace in any of their last four encounters.
PREDICTION
The most likely scenario for this match will be Over 2.5 Total Goals, the both teams scoring at least one goal each is kinda certain for this game. For today's game i expect a meeting dominated by the guest Chelsea for their technical and tactical quality that they present, however, Crystal Palace owns very fast players capable of carrying much danger to the visiting defensive. In this way, it is interesting to look at the goal markets.
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