Crystal Palace vs Chelsea Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 25th January 2026

Crystal Palace enjoy home advantage, when visitors Chelsea swing by on Sunday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Crystal Palace are placed 13th with 28 points after 22 matches. Chelsea occupy a position as sixth in the league on 34 points.

It seems Crystal Palace and Chelsea have such a good reading on each other that there's little or nothing to set them apart right now. Their last three matches all ended without a winner, which naturally makes the draw a tasty prospect at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly seven goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.7 goals per game, in which they conceded 16 goals, or 1.6 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

The Blues are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 13 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.3 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 13 goals, and while Chelsea claimed three clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.3 goals per match.

Crystal Palace and Chelsea had to settle for a draw each in their most recent match, which finished with a 0-0 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 14/5.

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea Prediction

Crystal Palace Form

Only a single draw prevents Crystal Palace from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They came up short in a 2-0 defeat against Newcastle, before drawing 0-0 with Aston Villa. They came up empty-handed once again when Sunderland ran out as 2-1 winners. Crystal Palace didn't manage a single win in any of their previous six Premier League games at the Selhurst Park. They have a record of three draws and three defeats, in which they conceded seven and scored two goals.

Chelsea Form

Chelsea won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 2-3 against Arsenal, before beating Brentford 2-0. Another win followed, this time by 1-0 against Pafos FC. Chelsea only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Premier League. In these six matches they drew three and lost two as well as being outscored by eight goals to seven.

Curiously enough, Crystal Palace and Chelsea played out a draw in their three latest matches against each other. Clearly, the draw is the value bet, when they face each other again.

Crystal Palace have found goals very hard to come by on home soil this season in the Premier League. No side scored fewer times, than the ten goals they have so far pulled off. Along the way they have allowed 12 goals against. Chelsea have been prolific goalscorers in the Premier League, not least away from home. Until now, they have been on target 19 times, making them the most scoring away side, while also letting in 13 goals.

Crystal Palace fought their way to two wins and eight points from their last seven games against teams inside the top six. They were on target six times in these matches, but also let in seven goals. Crystal Palace claimed seven wins, seven draws as well as eight defeats in the Premier League this season. Chelsea are looking at nine wins, seven draws and six defeats in the Premier League.

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea Squads

Crystal Palace Squad

Oliver Glasner will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Chelsea from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Dean Henderson (0/22), Remi Matthews (0/0), Walter Benitez (0/0), Borna Sosa (0/4), Chadi Riad (0/0), Chris Richards (0/18), Daniel Imray (0/0), Daniel Munoz (3/14), George King (0/0), Jaydee Canvot (0/8), Joel Drakes-Thomas (0/2), Kaden Rodney (0/1), Maxence Lacroix (0/22), Nathaniel Clyne (0/7), Tyrick Mitchell (1/22), Adam Wharton (0/20), Brennan Johnson (2/19), Caleb Kporha (0/0), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/0), Christantus Uche (0/10), Daichi Kamada (0/14), Dean Benamar (0/0), Jefferson Lerma (0/19), Justin Devenny (1/18), Rio Cardines (0/0), Will Hughes (0/19), Edward Nketiah (2/12), Ismaila Sarr (3/12), Jean-Philippe Mateta (8/22), Yeremy Pino (2/20).

Chelsea Squad

Below is the full team squad of Chelsea. The manager Rosenior will pick his starting XI against Crystal Palace from these players:

Filip Joergensen (0/2), Gabriel Slonina (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/21), Axel Disasi (0/0), Benoit Badiashile (0/6), Caleb Wiley (0/0), Jorrel Hato (0/7), Josh Acheampong (1/9), Levi Colwill (0/0), Malo Gusto (2/19), Marc Cucurella (0/20), Reece James (2/21), Tosin Adarabioyo (0/11), Trevoh Chalobah (3/21), Wesley Fofana (0/11), Andrey Santos (0/16), Cole Palmer (4/12), Dario Essugo (0/0), Enzo Fernandez (6/21), Jamie Gittens (0/14), Moises Caicedo (3/17), Romeo Lavia (0/4), Tyrique George (0/4), Alejandro Garnacho (1/14), Estevao (1/17), Joao Pedro (7/22), Liam Delap (1/13), Marc Guiu (0/9), Mykhaylo Mudryk (0/0), Pedro Neto (5/22), Raheem Sterling (0/0), Shumaira Mheuka (0/0).

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea Team News

Crystal Palace might be looking at four missing players for their upcoming assignment against Chelsea. Will Hughes, Ismaila Sarr and Christantus Uche can't be called up by the Crystal Palace-manager, with both serving a ban.

Cheick Oumar Doucoure sit this one out for Crystal Palace due to an injury.

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea Lineups

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea H2H

Crystal Palace and Chelsea had to settle for a draw each in their most recent match, which finished with a 0-0 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 14/5. Chelsea go into the match against Crystal Palace with a 7-3-0 advantage. The bookies have Chelsea to win this match at best price odds of 19/20.

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea Results

In the last ten matches between Crystal Palace and Chelsea over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 8/11 with bookies.

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Jean-Philippe Mateta will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. The Blues hope Joao Pedro can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

In their last 10 matches at Selhurst Park across all tournaments Crystal Palace won two times, drew four and lost four times. Chelsea claimed three wins, four draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Crystal Palace have not exactly been great at shutting out their visitors at Selhurst Park. In their previous 10 lmatches at home, they claimed just one wins, while also holding on to a clean sheet.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past ten encounters between Crystal Palace and Chelsea, with the latter scoring 1.8 goals on average in these. Crystal Palace managed an average of 0.6 goals as both teams scored six times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Crystal Palace’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.7 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Chelsea, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of two times goals per game.