In this week 31 match on Apr 10th, Chelsea will travel to London to battle Crystal Palace in a Premier League match in the ever popular London derby. Crystal Palace sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Everton. James Rodríguez scored the first goal for Everton in the 56th minute, then Michy Batshuayi tied it up for Crystal Palace in the 86th minute earning Crystal Palace at least a draw. Crystal Palace is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Chelsea recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Porto. Mason Mount struck first for Chelsea in the 32nd minute, then Ben Chilwell added another in the 85th minute In the end, Porto couldn’t muster any offence and Chelsea ran away with the shutout win. Chelsea should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 3rd of October, Chelsea won by a score of 4 to 0. Ben Chilwell scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 50th minute, then Kurt Zouma added another in the 66th minute on a feed from Ben Chilwell In the end, Crystal Palace couldn’t muster any offence and Chelsea ran away with the shutout win.
Chelsea is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Hakim Ziyech and Mason Mount each having 2 goals in their last 5. Christian Benteke and Luka Milivojević are the top scorers for Crystal Palace in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Roy Hodgson’s squad will be without James McCarthy, Jeffrey Schlupp, Mamadou Sakho, James Tomkins, James McArthur, Nathan Ferguson and Wayne Hennessey, while Tammy Abraham and N’Golo Kanté are unavailable to play for Chelsea.