Chelsea have won four straight league games versus Crystal Palace and aim for a fifth on Tuesday night at Selhurst. The Blues picked up a 3-0-win thrashing Watford at Stamford Bridge at the weekend and aim for another big victory to stay in the top four.
While the Blues have played well, Crystal Palace have lost three straight matches. The Eagles are 13th in the Premier League and in spite of their losing streak, are not in danger of relegation. Crystal Palace are 15 points above the bottom three with five games to go.
The last time these teams met at Stamford Bridge earlier this season, the Blues ran out to a 2-0 win. Tammy Abraham and Christian Pulisic both scored for Chelsea in the win as the goals came in the second half.
Crystal Palace last beat Chelsea in the 2017-18 season, 2-1, at Selhurst Park. The Eagles have kept back to back clean sheets in recent meetings.
Chelsea have four players suffering from injuries at Stamford Bridge heading into the midweek fixture. Fikayo Tomori, Mateo Kovacic, and Marco van Ginkel are all ruled out with injuries.
Tomori and Van Ginkel are both long-term absentees. Defensive midfielder N’Golo Kante is suffering from a thigh strain and could miss out.
Roy Hodgson has three players with injury issues including Martin Kelly, Jeffrey Schlupp, and James Tomkins. Only Kelly is possible of making the team and shaking off his injury problems.
Crystal Palace have won just two of their last six matches in the league at home. Selhurst Park hasn’t been the safe haven for the Eagles in 2019-20 that it has in previous campaigns. They have managed a 6W-4D-6L record at home scoring a mere 12 goals in 16 games.
Chelsea have taken 27 points from 48 possible on the road scoring 33 goals along the way. Frank Lampard’s team’s problem has been conceding goals away from Stamford Bridge. Twenty-eight times they have conceded goals away from home.
Twelve of the last 16 games between Chelsea and Crystal Palace ended in wins for the Blues. No fixture between these teams over the course of the last 16 meetings ended in a draw, so don’t expect these teams to end in a stalemate at Selhurst Park.
Chelsea are looking good and need to win to stay in the top four. A draw or loss would open the door for Manchester United to usurp them in the race for Champions League qualification. Expect Chelsea to win away.
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