Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 27th December 2023

Chelsea will be hosting a Stamford Bridge encounter on Wednesday when Crystal Palace arrive for a test of their credentials.

Chelsea approach the next Premier League round as number 10 in the table, having claimed 22 points this season so far. With 18 games behind them, Crystal Palace amassed 18 points, placing them as number 15 before their next fixture.

Chelsea took down Crystal Palace in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Wednesday.

When it comes to goal-scoring Chelsea could be more prolific, scoring 18 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.8 goals per game in which, they conceded 21 times. This is an average of 2.1 a game, achieving a clean sheet in one games.

The Eagles managed a bearable 11 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.1 goals per game. They conceded 19 goals in total, and while claiming one clean sheets, they conceded 1.9 goals an average per game.

Chelsea beat Crystal Palace in their last two meetings, as they followed up a 2-1 win with a 1-0 victory.

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Prediction

Chelsea Form

Chelsea have been inconsistent in their last three matches, which added four points to their tally. They claimed a 2-0 win against Sheffield United, before drawing 1-1 with Newcastle. This little streak came to an end, when Wolverhampton proved too strong in a 2-1 defeat for Chelsea. Chelsea managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored 11 and conceded 11 goals.

Crystal Palace Form

Crystal Palace, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn two and lost two in their last six away in the Premier League.

Going forward, Chelsea and Crystal Palace are both in decent form, while at the same time being generous in defence. We are confident, both teams will find the back of the net this coming Wednesday.

Chelsea took 13 points from their last nine encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to four wins after scoring 12 times and conceding eight. Crystal Palace claimed one wins and six points from their last nine encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League, while scoring eight goals to 16 against. Chelsea claimed six wins, four draws as well as eight defeats in the Premier League this season. Crystal Palace enjoy a record of four wins, six draws and eight defeats in the Premier League.

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Squads

Chelsea Squad

Pochettino will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Crystal Palace from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Djordje Petrovic (0/3), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/16), Axel Disasi (1/16), Ben Chilwell (0/6), Benoit Badiashile (0/5), Ian Maatsen (0/11), Levi Colwill (1/17), Malang Sarr (0/0), Malo Gusto (0/11), Marc Cucurella (0/9), Reece James (0/8), Thiago Silva (1/17), Trevoh Chalobah (0/0), Wesley Fofana (0/0), Carney Chukwuemeka (1/2), Christopher Nkunku (1/1), Cole Palmer (6/16), Conor Gallagher (0/17), Deivid de Souza (0/1), Enzo Fernandez (2/16), Lesley Ugochukwu (0/10), Moises Caicedo (0/15), Mykhaylo Mudryk (2/16), Noni Madueke (0/7), Romeo Lavia (0/0), Armando Broja (1/10), Nicolas Jackson (7/17), Raheem Sterling (5/18).

Crystal Palace Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Crystal Palace head coach Hodgson will select from for his starting XI:

Dean Henderson (0/2), Remi Matthews (0/1), Sam Johnstone (0/16), Chris Richards (0/9), James Tomkins (0/0), Joachim Andersen (2/18), Joel Ward (0/16), Marc Guehi (0/17), Nathan Ferguson (0/0), Nathaniel Clyne (0/7), Rob Holding (0/0), Tyrick Mitchell (1/17), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/11), Eberechi Eze (2/12), Jairo Riedewald (0/4), Jefferson Lerma (0/13), Jeffrey Schlupp (1/15), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (0/6), Malcolm Ebiowei (0/0), Matheus Franca (0/3), Michael Olise (2/7), Naouirou Ahamada (0/10), Will Hughes (0/14), Jean-Philippe Mateta (2/15), Jordan Ayew (2/17), Odsonne Edouard (6/15).

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Team News

Chelsea are sweating on the fitness of no less than eight players before their match on Wednesday.

Enzo Fernandez, Marc Cucurella, Robert Sanchez, Reece James, Ben Chilwell, Carney Chukwuemeka, Trevoh Chalobah and Wesley Fofana are all absent from the Chelsea squad that faces Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for Crystal Palace, who are looking at seven players nursing various problems.

Crystal Palace need to do without Joel Ward, Odsonne Edouard, Sam Johnstone, Rob Holding, Cheick Oumar Doucoure, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi and Nathan Ferguson, who are not fit enough to travel to Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Lineups

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace H2H

Chelsea no doubt look forward to their next match, as they ran out 2-1 and 1-0 winners when last playing Crystal Palace. The Blues are rubbing their hands at the prospect of welcoming Crystal Palace back to Stamford Bridge. The home side boasts an outstanding 10-0-0 record against their upcoming visitors. The best betting odds with the bookies for another win is 2/3.

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Results

Both teams to score paid out four times in the previous ten matches between home side Chelsea and Crystal Palace. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 10/11.

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Cole Palmer, who is performing well for Chelsea. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Crystal Palace.The visitors will be looking to Jean-Philippe Mateta to find the net once again, after managing two Premier League goals for Crystal Palace in recent matches.

In their last 10 matches at Stamford Bridge across all tournaments Chelsea won four times, drew three and lost three times. Crystal Palace claimed three wins, three draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. Chelsea managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches at Stamford Bridge.

Both teams scored four times in the last ten encounters between Chelsea and Crystal Palace, while over 2.5 goals came out six times. Chelsea scored 2.4 goals on average, while Crystal Palace pulled 0.5 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Chelsea, who scored an average of 1.9 goals along the way. Betting on over 2.5 goals in the last ten Crystal Palace-matches would have returned some winnings in six of them. Crystal Palace managed to score an average of 1.1 times goals per game.