Crystal Palace v Chelsea Betting Preview – Premier League 14th October 3.00pm
Chelsea fell short at Stamford Bridge against Manchester City just before the international break, suffering a 1-0 loss against a title rival. They head to Selhurst Park on Saturday looking to pick themselves up from that defeat, but they also lost their main striker Alvaro Morata to injury in the game, a double blow for the Blues. Will Crystal Palace be able to take advantage and get their first goal and perhaps first points of the new season on the board?
Crystal Palace v Chelsea Betting Tips
Will this be the weekend that things come together for Crystal Palace? They are still in search of their first league goal and first points of the season. Their last two Premier League fixtures were rough ones with them suffering heavy defeats out at Manchester City and Manchester United. This isn’t exactly the easiest of fixtures for them either. Palace conceded nine goals in those two trips to Manchester so new boss Roy Hodgson has some kind of task on his hands here. That is seventeen goals conceded for them in seven league games which is the worst defensive record in the top flight this season. Christian Benteke is still out injured, which isn’t helping and there are doubts over Wilfried Zaha too. Under 2.5 goals at bet365 fetches a price of even money and that’s not a bad option.
Last Six Premier League Head to Head
Chelsea 1 – 2 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace 0 – 1 Chelsea
Crystal Palace 0 – 3 Chelsea
Chelsea 1 – 2 Crystal Palace
Chelsea 1 – 0 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace 1 – 2 Chelsea
So Palace are not scoring goals this season and Chelsea are not as prolific in front of goal as either of the Manchester Clubs at the top of the table. So this fixture may struggle to get beyond the 2.5 goal line. Palace can’t rely on anyone at the moment and their shortest priced option in the anytime goalscorer market is Bakary Sako at 4/1. Things are even over the last four Premier League games between the two sides with them having recorded two wins each, but all of the wins in that sequence were away victories. Palace are on a three match losing streak at home against Chelsea since a 1-0 victory over them back in 2014. Will Roy Hodgson have figured things out on the training pitch over the international break?
Current League Form (most recent last)
Crystal Palace LLLLLL
Chelsea WWWDWL
Chelsea lost their last league game, which was that 1-0 home loss against Manchester City in which they never really looked like threatening. But from that match, they lost main striker Alvaro Morata to injury which was a bigger long-term blow for them. That leaves Michy Batshuayi as the 20/21 anytime goalscorer favourite for this game and he scored five times in September and got a goal on international duty with Belgium recently as well. The Blues have been perfect out on the road with three wins from three and they netted at least two goals in each of those three victories as well, hammering Stoke 4-0 in their last road game. A Chelsea 2-0 correct score at bet365 fetches a price of 6/1, the same quote as there is on a Chelsea 1-0 which is a repeat of last season’s game between them at Selhurst Park.
Top Tip:
Under 2.5 goals at Even Money
Even without Morata, Chelsea have plenty of pace and quality going forward through the likes of Eden Hazard (11/10 anytime goalscorer), Pedro and Willian and will be expected to collect the three points. In recent meetings though Crystal Palace have frustrated Chelsea for long periods of the games and so the Blues may have to turn up and show a little patience. A Draw/Chelsea half time/full time wager at bet365 brings a price of 11/4. Chelsea have gone W10 D2 in their last 12 games on the road against sides in the bottom half of the table. Considering this is coming off the intentional break and with Champions League action in midweek, this may not be a high scoring fixture and Chelsea to win to nil at bet365 offers a price of 6/5.
Crystal Palace v Chelsea Betting Odds
Chelsea 4/11, Draw 7/2, Crystal Palace 8/1
Crystal Palace v Chelsea Predictions
Chelsea to win: Palace are still floundering along without too many signs of changing things. Even without the threat of Alvaro Morata, Chelsea should have enough depth to find the solutions to be able to pick up three points in this London derby. Chelsea to win to nil extends value on them landing a victory.
