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Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Preview and Betting Tips
The World Champions kick off their Premier League season with a wave of optimism behind them, the first step sees them take on FA Cup and Community Shield Winners, Crystal Palace. Our experts have put together their Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Bet Builder Tips to help you navigate what should be an entertaining clash.
Chelsea have continued their bold transfer strategy this season with a number of high-profile additions joining a squad that seems to be on the up, Joao Pedro being the one people seem to be most excited about following his Club World Cup performance.
Palace’s on-field momentum is incredible, winning two trophies in the span of a couple of months after an eternal wait. However, Monday saw their CAS appeal rejected and their Conference League Qualification spot confirmed.
Overall, this looks like an interesting season opener from both sides which should tell us a lot about their trajectory for this season.
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Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Bet Builder Tips
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace
17th August
kick off 14:00 Daniel Munoz To Commit 2+ Fouls
Crystal Palace’s marauding right-back Daniel Munoz was one of the club’s star players last season, but he also committed his fair share of fouls.
The Colombian international ended the 2024/25 campaign with 56 fouls in 37 Premier League appearances, making for an average of 1.51 fouls per game. Only midfielder Will Hughes committed more fouls for the Eagles last season.
Munoz caught the eye both defensively and offensively last season, producing the most ball recoveries (171) of any Palace player and had the third highest number of take-ons attempted (56). Palace played Chelsea early on last season and in that 1-1 draw at the Bridge, Munoz committed 3 fouls.
Cole Palmer To Be Fouled 2+ TimesCole Palmer was Chelsea’s most fouled player in the Premier League last season, drawing 60 fouls from his 37 appearances.
On average last season, Palmer won 1.62 fouls per league game and many of the free kicks he won were in dangerous positions in and around the opposition’s penalty area.
Palmer starred for Chelsea at the FIFA Club World Cup, chipping in with 3 goals and 2 assists as the Londoners went all the way to the final and beat a much fancied PSG side. The England international drew 8 fouls from his 6 appearances in the USA-based tournament, and we’re backing Palmer to win 2+ fouls on Sunday against the Eagles.
Jean-Phillipe Mateta To Have 2+ ShotsOnly Eberechi Eze took more shots for Crystal Palace last season (100) compared to their French striker Jean-Philippe Mateta.
The 28-year-old forward took 68 shots in the Premier League, finishing the campaign as the Eagles’ top scorer with 14 goals. The Frenchman ended the season with an average of 2.31 shots per 90 minutes, landing efforts on target an average of 0.99 times per 90 minutes.
Mateta enjoyed a successful preseason in which the striker scored 4 times, including a penalty against Liverpool in the Community Shield which Palace went on to win. The Frenchman had 3 shots in that game, landing 1 on target.
Cole Palmer To Have 1+ Shots On TargetDespite not having the same effect in front of goal last season for Chelsea as he managed in his debut campaign with the club, Cole palmer still finished as the Londoner’s top goalscorer with 15 Premier League goals.
Palmer had more shots than any of his teammates in the league last season, 121 to be exact, an ended with an average of 3.41 shots per 90 minutes. The 23-year-old had a shots on target ratio of 36.4% and averaged 1.24 shots on target per 90 minutes in the league alone.
Both league games against Crystal Palace finished in 1-1 draws last season and Palmer scored 1 of Chelsea’s goals against the Eagles as well as claiming an assist for the other. Palmer also registered 1+ shots on target in each of those encounters.
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Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Key Stats
👉 BTTS has landed in 5 of the last 6 league meetings between these two clubs.
👉 A bet on Chelsea to win has paid out in 8 of the last 10 Premier League encounters against Crystal Palace.
👉 Over 2.5 goals has landed in 5 of Chelsea’s last 6 competitive matches.
👉 Chelsea have picked up 2+ match bookings in 3 of their last 5 league games.
👉 Crystal Palace have picked up 2+ match bookings in 1 of their last 5 league games.
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Team and Player Stats
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Predicted Lineups
Chelsea: Sanchez; James, Adarabioyo, Chalobah, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Neto, Palmer; Gittens, Pedro
Crystal Palace: Henderson; Munoz, Richards, La Croix, Guehi, Mitchell; Wharton, Hughes; Eze, Sarr, Mateta.
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