Chelsea vs Crystal Palace head to head

Biggest league win for each team

Chelsea 6-2 Crystal Palace - 1997/98Crystal Palace 2-0 Chelsea - 1972/73Chelsea’s biggest win at Palace – 5-1 in 1969/70

Last season’s corresponding fixture

CRYSTAL PALACE 2 CHELSEA 3Premier League, Selhurst Park, 07.07.20, 6pm

Crystal Palace (4-5-1): Guaita; Ward, Dann, Cahill (Sakho 8), Van Aanholt; Zaha, Kouyate, Milivojevic (c) (Meyer 89), McArthur (McCarthy 80), J Ayew (Townsend 80); BentekeUnused subs: Hennessey, Woods, Mitchell, Riedewald, PierrickBooked: Milivojevic 35Scorers: Zaha 34, Benteke 72Manager: Roy Hodgson

Chelsea (4-3-3): Arrizabalaga; James, Christensen, Zouma, Azpilicueta (c); Barkley (Loftus-Cheek 64), Gilmour (Jorginho 80), Mount; Willian, Giroud (Abraham 64), PulisicUnused subs: Caballero, Rudiger, Alonso, Pedro, Hudson-Odoi, BatshuayiScorers: Giroud 6, Pulisic 27, Abraham 71Head coach: Frank Lampard

Referee: David Coote

Chelsea stats

Chelsea’s next penalty in the Premier League will be our 150th awarded to us in the competition.

Premier League scorers

Abraham 6, Jorginho 6 (6 pens), Mount 6 (1 pen), Werner 5, Giroud 4, Zouma 4, Chilwell 2, Hudson-Odoi 2, Pulisic 2, Thiago Silva 2, Alonso 1, Azpilicueta 1, Havertz 1, James 1, Ziyech 1, own-goals 2.

Milestones

Crystal Palace stats

Crystal Palace have won 20 points from their 15 home league games this season with five wins, five draws and five defeats.

Premier League scorers

Zaha 9 (2 pens), Benteke 5, Eze 3, Batshuayi 2, Riedewald 2, Schlupp 2, J Ayew 1, Cahill 1, Dann 1, Kouyate 1, Mateta 1, Milivojevic 1 (1 pen), Townsend 1, own goals 2

Roy Hodgson’s managerial record against Chelsea

Palace’s last Premier League game

Monday 5 AprilEverton 1 Crystal Palace 1Team 4-4-2: Guaita; Ward, Kouyate, Cahill, Van Aanholt; J Ayew (Batshuayi 84), Milivojevic (c), Riedewald (Schlupp 68), Eze; Benteke (Mateta 77), ZahaScorer: Batshuayi 86

Discipline

Thiago Silva is suspended for one match following his red card against West Brom.

No Chelsea players can now reach 10 yellow cards in the Premier League before the completion of our 32nd fixture so will avoid a two-match suspension in the competition.

Premier League bookings list

Chelsea: Kante 6, Azpilicueta 4, Chilwell 3, James 3, Kovacic 3, Thiago Silva 3, Ziyech 3, Alonso 2, Havertz 2, Mount 2, Pulisic 2, Christensen 1, Giroud 1, Zouma 1

Crystal Palace: Milivojevic 7, Zaha 4, Cahill 3, Eze 3, McArthur 3, Ward 3, J Ayew 2, Clyne 2, Guaita 2, Riedewald 2, Schlupp 2, Van Aanholt 2, Dann 1, McCarthy 1, Mitchell 1, Tomkins 1

Referee and VAR

Referee: Michael OliverVAR: Mike Dean

Michael Oliver was the official in the reverse fixture against Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge in October. His only other Blues game this term was our 3-1 defeat to Arsenal on Boxing Day.