Chelsea v Crystal Palace Betting Tips & Predictions
Can Chelsea win the 2019/20 Premier League title? Nobody could have made a case for the Blues after losing 4-0 at Old Trafford in their opening game of the season, although Frank Lampard has quickly started to get things right at Stamford Bridge.
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The London side have 23 points from eleven games played and a win in this Saturday lunchtime fixture would actually see them leapfrog second-placed Manchester City before the latter head to Anfield on Sunday.
It has been five consecutive wins for Chelsea since losing at home to Liverpool and, despite a transfer embargo, Lampard has a glut of attacking options within the squad which means that players such as Callum Hudson-Odoi, Michy Batshuayi and Olivier Giroud are struggling for game time.
Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic were both outstanding at Watford last weekend and Christian Pulisic is now starting to justify his hefty price tag, with the American likely to cause untold problems for a Crystal Palace team who would love to have the firepower within the home team’s ranks.
Roy Hodgson bemoaned the lack of cutting edge when his team lost 2-0 at home to Leicester City on Sunday, with Palace in danger of sliding down the table despite a bright start to the campaign.
Palace do have two away wins and a draw on the board, with the Eagles having triumphed at Old Trafford and the London Stadium, while they came back from two goals down at the Emirates to record a draw.
However, they were spanked 4-0 at Tottenham and lost 1-0 at Sheffield United, while it should be noted that Chelsea are now looking defensively solid despite some silly mistakes that gives the opposition a chance.
Kurt Zouma and Fikayo Tomori are operating well in tandem and we’ll back Chelsea at the bigger price to win and keep a clean sheet in front of their own supporters.
BETTING TIP
Chelsea Win to Nil @ 2.30 with bet365
Team News
Confirmed Lineup
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01Kepa Arrizabalaga
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33Emerson
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15Kurt Zouma
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29Fikayo Tomori
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24Reece James
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17Mateo Kovacic
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07Ngolo Kante
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22Christian Pulisic
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19Mason Mount
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10Willian
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09Tammy Abraham
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31Vicente Guaita
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02Joel Ward
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05James Tomkins
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24Gary Cahill
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03Patrick Van Aanholt
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08Cheikhou Kouyate
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04Luka Milivojevic
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18James McArthur
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10Andros Townsend
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11Wilfried Zaha
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09Jordan Ayew
Chelsea Formation4-2-3-1
- Chelsea Substitutes
- 18: Olivier Giroud
- 23: Michy Batshuayi
- 20: Callum Hudson-Odoi
- 47: Billy Gilmour
- 04: Andreas Christensen
- 28: Cesar Azpilicueta
- 13: Willy Caballero
Crystal Palace Formation4-3-2-1
- Crystal Palace Substitutes
- 17: Christian Benteke
- 15: Jeffrey Schlupp
- 44: Jairo Riedewald
- 22: James McCarthy
- 34: Martin Kelly
- 06: Scott Dann
- 13: Wayne Hennessey
Chelsea v Crystal Palace - Injuries, Bans & Suspensions
Crystal Palace - Injuries, Bans & Suspensions
| Type | Player | Info | Expected return |
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Wilfried Zaha | Foot injury | Unknown |
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Joel Ward | Unknown | Unknown |
| ? | Mamadou Sakho | Strain injury | Day to day |
| ? | Connor Wickham | Unknown | Day to day |
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Luke Dreher | Knee injury | Unknown |
Chelsea v Crystal Palace - Last Matches
Premier League - Standings & League Table
Premier League - League Table
| # | Team | G | W | D | L | +/- | P |
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| 1 | Liverpool | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 28:10 | 34 |
| 2 | Leicester | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29:8 | 26 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27:17 | 26 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 35:13 | 25 |
| 5 | Sheffield Utd | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13:9 | 17 |
| 6 | Arsenal | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16:17 | 17 |
| 7 | Manchester Utd | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16:12 | 16 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16:15 | 16 |
| 9 | Bournemouth | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15:15 | 16 |
| 10 | Burnley | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17:18 | 15 |
| 11 | Brighton | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15:17 | 15 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10:16 | 15 |
| 13 | Newcastle | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11:18 | 15 |
| 14 | Tottenham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18:17 | 14 |
| 15 | Everton | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13:18 | 14 |
| 16 | West Ham | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14:20 | 13 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17:20 | 11 |
| 18 | Watford | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8:23 | 8 |
| 19 | Southampton | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11:29 | 8 |
| 20 | Norwich | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11:28 | 7 |
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