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Crystal Palace v Chelsea – Line-ups, stats and preview

Crystal Palace take on Chelsea this coming Sunday in the Premier League.

Table of Contents

• 1 Crystal Palace v Chelsea match preview
• 2 Crystal Palace v Chelsea team news
• 3 Crystal Palace v Chelsea expected line-ups
• 4 The stats for Crystal Palace v Chelsea
• 5 How to watch Crystal Palace v Chelsea
• 6 Prediction
• 7 What To Do If You Have A Gambling Problem

Crystal Palace v Chelsea match preview

It’s been a turbulent few weeks for Crystal Palace.

Manager Oliver Glasner has announced he will leave in the summer, captain Marc Guehi left to join Manchester City and several teams are circling key striker Jean-Philippe Mateta.

It is perhaps unsurprising that the Eagles have had a dip in form, with nly Burnley (13) are on a longer winless run in the Premier League currently than their seven games without a win.

Palace have kept just three clean sheets in their last 34 league games against Chelsea and are up against it against their London rivals it would seem.

The Blues have a new manager in Liam Rosenior and enter the weekend just two points off a top-four place.

Can they pick uup just a second win in seven league games?

Crystal Palace v Chelsea team news

Palace moved Jefferson Lerma into defence against Sunderland and the former Bournemouth midfielder could again replace Guehi there. Chadi Riad is back from long term injury and

Chelsea could be without Cole Palmer. The England man has had an injury-hit season and missed the midweek Champions League win over Pafos with a thigh strain.

Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez will start as backup Filip Jorgensen was injured in midweek.

Crystal Palace v Chelsea expected line-ups

Palace: Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Lerma; Devenny, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell; Johnson, Pino; Mateta

Chelsea: Sanchez; James, Chalobah, Acheampong, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Neto, Palmer, Garnacho; Pedro

The stats for Crystal Palace v Chelsea

• Since the start of the 2022-23 season, only Arsenal (97) have won more points in Premier League London derbies than Chelsea (73), while only West Ham (38) have picked up fewer than Crystal Palace (45) in that time.
• Since Oliver Glasner’s first Premier League match in charge of Crystal Palace, only three teams have dropped more points from winning positions than they have (39) – they’ve gone ahead twice in four games in 2026, failing to win either game (D1 L1).
• Chelsea have only failed to score in one of their 16 Premier League away games against Crystal Palace (W12 D2 L2), doing so in a 1-0 defeat in March 2014.

How to watch Crystal Palace v Chelsea

The match is broadcast on Sky Sports Premier League and can be streamed on Sky platforms and Now.

Prediction

Crystal Palace

Chelsea

Palace look short of ideas, bodies and belief and Chelsea look good value for a win on the road.

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Palace look short of ideas, bodies and belief and Chelsea look good value for a win on the road.

Tom has been writing about football - and other sports - for almost 20 years. He has covered four summer Olympics and many, many, many football matches from the World Cup final to the bottom of the EFL.

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