The club from Selhurst Park achieved their first trophy last season by winning the FA Cup. After the summer break, they also added the Super Cup to their collection. The team performed well in other tournaments too, including reaching the play-offs in the Europa Conference League.
However, in December, it was revealed that Glasner was planning to leave the project in the summer—and everything started to fall apart. The players were knocked out of the League Cup (losing on penalties to an experimental Arsenal squad) and the FA Cup (to Macclesfield from the sixth division!) and stopped winning in the Premier League—although they managed a 0-0 draw with strong Aston Villa. They later lost to Sunderland, and Gecht also left the club.
The giants from Stamford Bridge placed their bets on Maresca in the summer of 2024. He raised his new squad to fourth place in the Premier League, also winning the Europa Conference League and the FIFA Club World Cup. It was a decent, though unstable, performance from the team in the new season. However, by New Year’s, a combination of a dip in form and conflicts between the manager and management resulted in Enzo being dismissed.
His replacement, Rosenior, began with a loss to Fulham but then thrashed Charlton in the cup. In the League Cup, they lost the first semi-final at home 0-2 to Arsenal. In the previous Premier League round, they finally beat Brentford. This week, they also managed to win against Pafos in the Champions League.
Mateta and his teammates show almost equal stats: 1.05 goals per match scored and 1.14 conceded. Their ambitious neighbors manage to score 1.64 goals on average while conceding 1.09 per game.
Crystal Palace are winless in their last ten matches
45% of Crystal Palace’s games end with goals from both teams, with an average total of 2.18 goals per match
Chelsea have already lost twice under their new manager
59% of Chelsea’s matches end with goals from both teams, and the average total goals per match is 2.73.
Crystal Palace (probable line-up): Henderson – Munoz, Lacroix, Kanwo – Mitchell, Pino, Johnson, Hughes, Wharton, Devenny – Mateta
Chelsea (probable line-up): Sanchez – Cucurella, Adarabioyo, Chalobah, Gusto – Caicedo, Santos, Neto, Fernandez, Palmer – Delap.
Since 2017, Chelsea have not lost, but they have drawn in their last three meetings in a row.
