Crystal Palace v Chelsea Betting Preview – Premier League 17th December
What a tremendous run of form it has been from Chelsea with ten straight wins in the bag. They took a win at Sunderland in midweek to keep that charge going and with Arsenal slipping up in the title race on Tuesday, it has confirmed that Chelsea will be top of the league at Christmas. Next up for them is a trip to Selhurst Park to take on a Crystal Palace side which doesn’t boast the most assured defence in the Premier League and they have already suffered five home defeats, including one in midweek against Manchester United. Will Chelsea be the next to pick them off?
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Crystal Palace v Chelsea Betting Tips
Crystal Palace suffered a 1-2 setback at home against Manchester United in midweek. They thought that they had done enough for a point, but couldn’t hang in there in the end. So that has left Alan Pardew’s men with four defeats in their last five home games now and across the entire league season, they have taken just the one clean sheet at Selhurst Park. That came in a recent 3-0 home win over Southampton. That remains their only win in their last ten Premier League games. The Eagles have major issues at the back and have conceded at least two goals now in seven of their last eight league games. Over 2.5 goals at Coral for this one will return a price of 4/6. Palace have had struggles scoring at home against Chelsea, having scored just three in their seven previous Premier League home games against the Blues. One of those was an own goal by John Terry too.
Crystal Palace have picked up just the one win (W1 D2 L7) and have totalled only five points in their last ten Premier League London derby matches, which is fewer than any other side in the capital during the same period. Palace’s last win in a derby match actually came against Chelsea back in 2015 but in their eight London derby matches since then have taken just two points. Christian Benteke has scored four goals in his last six appearances against Chelsea, including in each of his last two. Benteke is a price of 9/4 in the anytime goalscorer market for this one. Palace’s overall home form this season is just W2 D1 L5 in eight games and this is another tough test for them. Will they have the defensive strengths to shut down a powerful Chelsea attack? To their credit, Palace have been scoring lately and both teams to score at Coral is a 3/4 option.
However, Chelsea have conceded just two goals in their last ten Premier League games now and they can be backed at a price of 7/4 to win to nil with Coral. Chelsea are on a ten match league winning streak and four of their last five victories have been by a one-goal margin only. Chelsea 1-0 correct score or a 2-1 option in this one is a price of 15/2. Chelsea have suffered only the one defeat in their last eight Premier League London derbies, which was against Arsenal earlier in the season. Should they beat Palace on Saturday they will equal their own club record of 11 straight league wins set in September 2009. Diego Costa struck again last weekend and he is a 4/5 favourite in the anytime goalscorer market. Chelsea have won their last five away games on the bounce and if Chelsea do win this match they will have defeated Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on more occasions than any other team in the Premier League (currently five wins).
Crystal Palace v Chelsea Betting Odds
Crystal Palace 9/2, Draw 16/5, Chelsea 11/20
Crystal Palace v Chelsea Predictions
A win for Chelsea looks on the cards. Crystal Palace have been dropping a lot of points at home lately and they have a defence which is not likely to stand up to the pressure that Chelsea will put on them. Chelsea have been getting a lot of wins recently by a one goal margin but that doesn’t matter, but it means it is worth having a flutter on a Chelsea to win by a one goal margin punt. The three points should be going back to Stamford Bridge.
