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Chelsea v Crystal Palace
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Kick Off: Wednesday 27th December at 19:30
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Competition: Premier League
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Chelsea return to Premier League action shortly after their Boxing Day clash to face Crystal Palace who have had nearly a week’s break, unlike most teams over this festive period.
This London derby has seen only one side claim victory since 2018, with Chelsea claiming 12 consecutive victories in that time. This includes 11 Premier League matches and 7 wins at Stamford Bridge – The Eagles have a serious bogey team haunting them.
The Blues’ home form of late has been very encouraging, winning four of their last five matches at Stamford Bridge, with the only blip on that record being a draw against defending league champions Man City who were top of the league at the time.
Making the trip to the Bridge on Wednesday is a Crystal Palace side who have found wins hard to come by in recent months, having only picked up one of them in their 12 matches since September. Despite this, Palace find themselves only four points off their hosts after picking up crucial draws against Man City and Brighton. Could they break the curse at Stamford Bridge and secure their first victory there since 2017?
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🏆 Match stats: A serious victory streak for the Blues
It is very tough to look past the extensive history of Chelsea’s success in this fixture for the last decade – 10 years, 21 meetings, 17 victories for Chelsea. It’s one of the most dominating head-to-head records in the league. Even with their dire performances last season, Chelsea managed to complete the double over The Eagles, albeit a narrow 1-0 victory in this fixture last year.
Although history and trends of success must always come to an end at some point, 12 consecutive victories is a very convincing argument for another Chelsea win here, especially considering Crystal Palace’s current struggles. Four defeats in five matches before drawing their last two games and without a win in eight, it’s not feeling particularly Christmassy in South London.
Chelsea are beginning to string together some promising performances, with dominating performances against Newcastle in their Carabao Cup victory and their 2-0 win over Sheffield Utd, they should be able to take advantage of an out-of-form Crystal Palace to narrow their gap with the top eight.
Predictions:
⚽ Chelsea to win @ 1.53
⚽ Goals stats: Both sides in scoring form
Chelsea fixtures have been wheeling in the goals recently, with eight goals scored across their last five games. Chelsea have found some goalscoring form, much to fans’ relief after they’ve squandered so many opportunities this season.
Chelsea boast the fifth best xG numbers in the league, but have scored eight less goals than predicted, the third biggest gap between the two categories. Scoring 15 goals across their last seven league matches, and scoring at least two goals in three of their last four Premier League home matches, the Blues are seemingly finding their feet.
But there are still looming questions about the Chelsea defence, with their clean sheet against Sheffield Utd two weeks ago being their first since the start of October which also ended a five game consecutive run of conceding 2+ goals (conceding four on two of those occasions).
Both teams to score has landed in seven of the last 10 league games for Chelsea and the Bridge has certainly loved seeing goals, 15 over the last five matches there – we could be in for another haul here.
Crystal Palace have also had some decent form in front of goal recently, scoring in eight of their last nine Premier League fixtures, and much like their hosts, have started to find some more consistency up front. They have certainly struggled for goals but their hosts defence is looking vulnerable each week and there’s certainly room for error.
Roy Hodgson’s boys have struggled at the back as of late and are without a clean sheet since the start of November away at Burnley, not to mention that they haven’t kept a clean sheet against Chelsea in nearly 10 years – a pretty staggering figure. We expect both sides to get on the scoresheet in this festive clash.
Predictions:
⚽ Both teams to score @ 1.80
⚽ Over 2.5 goals @ 1.80
Predictions:
⚽ Both teams to score @ 1.80
⚽ Over 2.5 goals @ 1.80
🎯 Shooting stats: Chelsea to bombard Palace goal
A key factor in Chelsea’s xG being so high certainly stems from their love for taking shots at goal. The Blues are averaging 13.30 shots on goal per 90 with a respectable 4.41 of those hitting the target. They have recorded 59 shots on goal across their last four games in all competitions – a real eye for goal at the moment.
Crystal Palace are conceding 12.70 shots per 90 this campaign, with 3.83 hitting the target, which lines up perfectly to target the Chelsea shots markets.
Predictions:
🚀 Chelsea to have 14+ shots @ 1.25
🚀 Chelsea to have 15+ shots @ 1.36
Predictions:
⚽ Chelsea to have 14+ shots @ 1.25
⚽ Chelsea to have 15+ goals @ 1.36
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* All odds displayed correct at the time of publishing.
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