Crystal Palace vs Chelsea Prediction – Premier League Prediction & Betting Tips 04/01/2025
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea Premier League Prediction Match Details
Matchday 20 in the English Premier League will continue with another blockbuster London Derby as Chelsea travels to South London to face Crystal Palace on the first Saturday of the New Year at Selhurst Park. Can the Blues start their new year with a victory, or will the Eagles capitalize on the Blues’ winless run?
Crystal Palace Preview & Form
Crystal Palace has shown good signs of improvement in their recent games, with the Eagles having suffered just one defeat in their last eight matches in the Premier League. The Eagles, in their last game of December, came from a goal behind to secure a 2-1 victory at Selhurst Park against rock-bottom Southampton thanks to strikes from Trevoh Chalobah and Eberechi Eze. Palace are now sitting in 15th place in the English Premier League table on 20 points after recording four wins, eight draws, and seven defeats across 19 matches this season, leaving them five points clear of the relegation zone.
Oliver Glasner’s side has also struggled with form on their home turf this season, having only recorded just two victories on their home turf across all competitions. Palace will now be hoping to start the new year with a victory, having already held Chelsea in the first round of the campaign to a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge in early September. However, Palace has a poor historical record against the Blues, having suffered 13 consecutive defeats against Chelsea in the Premier League and having gone winless in the last 15 matches across all competitions.
Chelsea Preview & Form
Chelsea ended their festive period with miserable results after a brilliant run of 12 matches unbeaten across all competitions dating back to early November. Enzo Maresca’s men began to fall off the Premier League title-chasing challenge by going winless in their last three Premier League games. They started the poor string of results with a goalless draw against Everton at Goodison Park and then followed it up with two successive defeats against Fulham at Stamford Bridge and then a 2-0 loss to Ipswich Town in the last game of December. Enzo Maresca’s side, who were a few points behind Liverpool, now find themselves sitting in fourth place in the league standings with 35 points, 10 points adrift of league leaders Liverpool, and four points behind second-place Arsenal.
Enzo Maresca will now hope his side can improve on their recent road games. They have remained winless in their last two away games. One major improvement Enzo Maresca will look into will be his side’s failure to score goals in the last two away games.
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea Predicted Lineups
Crystal Palace Predicted Lineup (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Chalobah, Lacroix, Richards; Munoz, Hughes, Lerma, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; Mateta
Chelsea Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1): Jorgensen; Disasi, Adarabioyo, Colwill, Cucurella; Fernandez, Caicedo; Madueke, Palmer, Felix; Nkunku
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea H2H Record (Last Five Games)
- Chelsea 1-1 Crystal Palace
- Crystal Palace 1-3 Chelsea
- Chelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace
- Chelsea 1-0 Crystal Palace
- Crystal Palace 1-2 Chelsea
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea Prediction Betting Tips
Although Chelsea endured a difficult end to 2024, we expect them to spark back to form against Crystal Palace, especially since they have won each of their last six visits at the Selhurst Park. So we predict a win for Chelsea and both teams finding the back of the net.
