FTMatchday 1

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace: Prediction

📍 Stamford Bridge

Chelsea0

Crystal Palace0

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Match events

0 goals

ChelseaCrystal Palace

Reece Jamesyellow card24'
28'Daniel Muñozyellow card
33'Jean-Philippe Matetayellow card
49'Will Hughesyellow card
Jamie Bynoe-Gittenson54'
70'Will Hugheson
João Pedroon73'
Estêvãoyellow card74'
Enzo Fernándezon79'
Reece Jameson79'
84'Eberechi Ezeon

Events from TheSportsDB. They can lag the live score by a few minutes.

Match stats

ChelseaCrystal Palace

71%Possession29%
2Expected goals (xG)1
19Shots12
3Shots on target4
11Corners2
10Fouls12
2Yellow cards3
0Red cards0
0Offsides0
4Saves2
549Passes220

Line-ups

Chelsea

1Robert Sanchez
20João Pedro
24Reece James
7Pedro Neto
3Marc Cucurella
23Trevoh Chalobah
25Moisés Caicedo
10Cole Palmer
11Jamie Bynoe-Gittens
8Enzo Fernández
34Josh Acheampong

Crystal Palace

19Will Hughes
1Dean Henderson
7Ismaïla Sarr
14Jean-Philippe Mateta
10Eberechi Eze
3Tyrick Mitchell
5Maxence Lacroix
26Chris Richards
6Marc Guéhi
2Daniel Muñoz
20Adam Wharton

Tipster consensus

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Most likely score–

Expected goals (model)–

Team rating (Elo)1524 – 1521

Recent form

Chelsea–

Crystal Palace–

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea	38	+6	52
2	Crystal Palace	38	-10	45

Head to head

Crystal Palace 1–3 Chelsea2026-01-25

Match preview

Chelsea host Crystal Palace in the Premier League on 17 August 2025. Chelsea sit 10th on 52 points and Crystal Palace are 15th on 45. In their last 1 meetings, Chelsea won 1, Crystal Palace won 0 and 0 ended level. These are probabilities from past results, not guarantees: football upsets happen every week.

How this is worked out

Each club has an Elo rating that moves after every result (bigger wins move it more, home sides get a small boost). We turn the rating gap into expected goals and use a Poisson model to get win, draw and loss chances. The prediction is locked at kick-off and never edited.

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