Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Preview

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – Stamford Bridge

Date: 4th November 2018

Kick-off time – 16:00 GMT

Chelsea started their season by firing a manager that helped them win the Premier League two seasons back, and when they appointed Maurizio Sarri as their new manager, many did not expect them to compete for the Premier League title, however, 10 games in and they are firmly in the mix.

While Liverpool and Manchester City have also not been beaten this season, Chelsea’s 4-0 win over Burnley last weekend means that they are the only English team yet to lose a game in any competition this season.

The last time the Blues lost a game was at the Community Shield against Manchester City – since then, they have won 12 of 15 games, however, Crystal Palace have proven to be masters at halting teams momentums and it will be interesting to see how Chelsea approach this game.

Crystal Palace played out an impressive 2-2 draw against Arsenal last weekend, but their inconsistency saw them lose to Middleborough in the Carabao Cup in midweek.

While they have proven difficult to beat for the top sides this season, they have managed to win just 2 games all season and Chelsea don’t look like their next victim.

Palace’s problem seems to lie in their attack. The Eagles have found the back of the net just 7 times this season, and they have failed to score in 5 of their 10 league games so far.

Chelsea on the other hand have kept 5 clean sheets in the league this season and they should feel they can get another one here.

Unsurprisingly,  bookmakers have priced Chelsea up as heavy odds-on favourites while goal markets suggest we could see at least 3 goals.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Chelsea

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Burnley 0-4 Chelsea 28 Oct, 2018 English Premier League
W Chelsea 3-1 BATE Borisov 25 Oct, 2018 Europa League
D Chelsea 2-2 Manchester United 20 Oct, 2018 English Premier League
W Southampton 0-3 Chelsea 7 Oct, 2018 English Premier League
W Chelsea 1-0 Vidi 4 Oct, 2018 Europa League

Crystal Palace

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Crystal Palace 2-2 Arsenal 28 Oct, 2018 English Premier League
L Everton 2-0 Crystal Palace 21 Oct, 2018 English Premier League
L Crystal Palace 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 Oct, 2018 English Premier League
L AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Crystal Palace 1 Oct, 2018 English Premier League
W West Bromwich Albion 0-3 Crystal Palace 25 Sep, 2018 English Carabao Cup

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Chelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace 10 Mar, 2018 English Premier League
Crystal Palace 2-1 Chelsea 14 Oct, 2017 English Premier League
Chelsea 1-2 Crystal Palace 1 Apr, 2017 English Premier League
Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea 17 Dec, 2016 English Premier League
Crystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea 3 Jan, 2016 English Premier League


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November 23, 2024
Leicester City 13:30 Chelsea
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Brighton & Hov…
Arsenal 16:00 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 16:00 Crystal Palace
Everton 16:00 Brentford
Fulham 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City 18:30 Tottenham Hotspur
November 24, 2024
Southampton 15:00 Liverpool
Ipswich Town 17:30 Manchester United
November 25, 2024
Newcastle United 21:00 West Ham United
November 29, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 21:00 Southampton
November 30, 2024
Brentford 16:00 Leicester City
Crystal Palace 16:00 Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Ipswich Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
West Ham United 18:30 Arsenal
December 1, 2024
Chelsea 14:30 Aston Villa
Manchester United 14:30 Everton
Tottenham Hotspur 14:30 Fulham
Liverpool 17:00 Manchester City

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 11 9 1 1 21 6 +15 28
2 Manchester City 11 7 2 2 22 13 +9 23
3 Chelsea 11 5 4 2 21 13 +8 19
4 Arsenal 11 5 4 2 18 12 +6 19
5 Nottingham Forest 11 5 4 2 15 10 +5 19
6 Brighton & Hov… 11 5 4 2 19 15 +4 19
7 Fulham 11 5 3 3 16 13 +3 18
8 Newcastle United 11 5 3 3 13 11 +2 18
9 Aston Villa 11 5 3 3 17 17 +0 18
10 Tottenham Hotspur 11 5 1 5 23 13 +10 16
11 Brentford 11 5 1 5 22 22 +0 16
12 AFC Bournemouth 11 4 3 4 15 15 +0 15
13 Manchester United 11 4 3 4 12 12 +0 15
14 West Ham United 11 3 3 5 13 19 -6 12
15 Leicester City 11 2 4 5 14 21 -7 10
16 Everton 11 2 4 5 10 17 -7 10
17 Ipswich Town 11 1 5 5 12 22 -10 8
18 Crystal Palace 11 1 4 6 8 15 -7 7
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 1 3 7 16 27 -11 6
20 Southampton 11 1 1 9 7 21 -14 4

Latest Premier League Results

November 10, 2024
Chelsea 1 - 1 Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 2 Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest 1 - 3 Newcastle United
Manchester United 3 - 0 Leicester City
November 9, 2024
Liverpool 2 - 0 Aston Villa
Brighton & Hov… 2 - 1 Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 0 Southampton
West Ham United 0 - 0 Everton
Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Fulham
Brentford 3 - 2 AFC Bournemouth
November 4, 2024
Fulham 2 - 1 Brentford
November 3, 2024
Manchester United 1 - 1 Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 1 Aston Villa
November 2, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 2 Crystal Palace
Southampton 1 - 0 Everton
Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 West Ham United
Liverpool 2 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Leicester City
AFC Bournemouth 2 - 1 Manchester City
Newcastle United 1 - 0 Arsenal

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