A disappointing start to the season but the Eagles head to Stamford Bridge off the back of a very good cup victory in midweek which will hopefully breed confidence.
MATCH INFORMATION
| 1 September 2024 – 1.30pm |
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Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London SW6 1HS
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PREVIOUS MEETING
| 27/12/23 – The last time the Eagles visited West London, the game ended in a 201 defeat after going a goal down early on after Mykhailo Mudryk netted. Palace levelled straight after the break through Michael Olise and were heading for a well earned point until Noni Madueke scored the winner from the spot after a dubious penalty award in the last minute. |
| WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Michael Olise (8.5) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
| Referee | Jared Gillett |
| Assistant | Darren Cann |
| Assistant | Steve Meredith |
| Fourth Official | Peter Bankes |
| VAR | Michael Oliver |
| Assistant VAR | Eddie Smart |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Chadi Riad misses out after suffering a worrying knee injury early on in the cup victory over Norwich. Matheus Franca continues to be ruled out.
CHELSEA – Reece James and Armando Broja will not be available while Romeo Lavia is being assessed.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
This is the section of our match preview that highlights those that have not been the best of friends with match officials as the season goes on. Of course, they all begin with a clean slate, but we will start to see those that will be heading for a ban or two as the campaign progresses.
| RED CARDS – None |
| YELLOW CARDS – Marc Guehi (1), Daichi Kamada (1), Chris Richards (1), Jefferson Lerma (1), Cole Palmer (1), Marc Cucurella (1), Moises Caicedo (1), Malo Gusto (1) |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
| 12/02/2024 | Palace 1-3 Chelsea |
| 27/12/2023 | Chelsea 2-1 Palace |
| 15/01/2023 | Chelsea 1-0 Palace |
| 01/10/2022 | Palace 1-2 Chelsea |
| 17/04/2022 | Chelsea 2-0 Palace |
Last FIVE results for Palace:
| 27/08/2024 | Palace 4-0 Norwich |
| 24/08/2024 | Palace 0-2 West Ham |
| 18/08/2024 | Brentford 2-1 Palace |
| 11/08/2024 | Palace 1-1 Nantes |
| 04/08/2024 | Palace 3-1 West Ham |
Last FIVE results for Chelsea;
| 29/08/2024 | Servette 2-1 Chelsea |
| 25/08/2024 | Wolves 2-6 Chelsea |
| 22/08/2024 | Chelsea 2-0 Servette |
| 18/08/2024 | Chelsea 0-2 Manchester City |
| 11/08/2024 | Chelsea 1-1 Inter |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture Palace sit 17th in the Premier League with no points from two games played while Chelsea are 8th with 3 points.
RECORD AGAINST CHELSEA
| Played | 64 |
| Won | 11 |
| Drawn | 15 |
| Lost | 38 |
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
This is the section of our match preview where we list two players from each side that are top of the ratings by our friends over at Who Scored. Obviously, there are no ratings to share at the moment but that will soon change!
| Noni Madueke | 9.83 |
| Cole Palmer | 8.01 |
| Ebere Eze | 7.00 |
| Adam Wharton | 6.75 |
ONE TO WATCH
| NONI MADUEKE |
| FORMER CLUBS – Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur, PSV |
| The 22-year-old attacker is in great form after scoring a hat-trick at Wolves last weekend and will hope to be a regular in the starting line up for the Blues this season. After spells in the youth academies at Palace and Spurs it was in the Netherlands where he made the breakthrough making his first team debut in 2019 for PSV. |
KEY CLASH
| MARC GUEHI v COLE PALMER |
| The England colleagues go toe to toe in this match having both had a call up for the international weekend which follows immediately after this round of Premier League games. It is a match up worth keeping an eye on. |
PRE-MATCH STATS
This is the section of our match preview where we keep a tally on the statistics for Palace players as the campaign continues and how they compare to other Premier League players.
| Goals | 0 |
| Assists | 0 |
| Passes | Marc GUEHI 129 (20th) |
| Tackles | Daniel MUNOZ 7 (13th) |
| Touches | Marc GUEHI 157 (22nd) |
| Shots | Ebere EZE 12 (1st) |
| Fouls | Daichi KAMADA 4 (19th) |
| Dispossessed | Ebere EZE 3 (32nd) |
| Saves | Dean HENDERSON 4 (12th) |
| Clearances | Marc GUEHI 12 (7th) |
| Big Chances Missed | Ebere EZE, Jean-Philippe MATETA 1 (10th) |
THE NUMBERS
Chelsea have won their last 13 Premier League games against Palace. They could tie the Football League record of 14 straight victories against the same opponent, currently held by Manchester City versus Bournemouth.
Chelsea have won 24 of the 30 Premier League meetings.
Palace’s 4 wins in this Premier League fixture have all come under a different manager – Tony Pulis, Alan Pardew, Sam Allardyce and Roy Hodgson.
There has not been a draw in any of the last 27 encounters in all competitions.
Palace have opened their Premier League campaign with 2 defeats, having lost only 3 of their 13 league matches under Oliver Glasner last season.
They could lose their opening 3 top-flight games for only the second time. In 2017-18, the Eagles opened with 7 straight defeats but their first league points of that campaign were a 2-1 home win against Chelsea.
Palace have won only 1 of their last 21 Premier League away London derbies, a 2-1 victory at West Ham United in November 2022.
Eberechi Eze had been involved in an unrivalled 16 shots so far this season but is yet to register a goal or assist.
TEB PREDICTION
Heading into the fixture, history is not on the Eagles side as Chelsea have won 14 straight games against Palace. While the streak has to end at some point, you have to think that a point from this game would be a good result and this group of players are good enough to achieve that against a team that are very unpredictable.
| PREDICTED SCORE: 1-1 |
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