Crystal Palace vs Chelsea prediction and betting tips on January 4, 2025
Game Prediction
A match will between Crystal Palace and Chelsea take place in the 20th round of the English Premier League on January 4, 2025. The hosts are in the danger zone and are obliged to fight for points, but the guests have joined the championship race and will also be focused only on winning.
Our prediction for the match Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
“The Glaziers” replaced “Old Roy” with Glasner under the pretext of Hodgson’s health problems during the previous cycle. And the specialist started very optimistically, raising his new wards to 10th place. Speaking about Pochettino, he managed to raise “the Blues” to 6th position, and lost the League Cup final. As a result, the mentor was fired after his first year in office.
The Argentinian coach was replaced by Maresca. Enzo is doing better. His footballers won all 6 matches of the main round of the Conference League. As for the Premier League, gradually, by winter, the club consolidated the position in 2nd place. On the other hand, it didn’t score in the game against Everton – 0-0. Then the team weakly lost to Fulham in the end of the meeting and failed in the confrontation with Ipswich – a 0-2 misfire with the newcomer. “The Glaziers” were disappointing. They were good only in the League Cup, but even there they were eliminated in the quarter-finals. Still, there were few victories in the Premier League, and the club from London hung around at the bottom of the table, at least breaking away from the relegation zone only in December. And they were able to take a draw with Bournemouth and beat Southampton at the turn of 2024 and 2025.
“The Eagles” score their goal per round, but they concede in response almost one and a half times more – 1.42. “The Blues” score more than 2 goals, but also concede a relatively large number – 1.21.
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea: key statistics and trends
- Crystal Palace has not lost twice in a row.
- 58% of Crystal Palace matches have ended with “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per game is 2.47.
- Chelsea has lost to 2 previous opponents.
- 68% of Chelsea confrontations have brought “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per meeting is 3.21.
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea: possible starting line-ups
Crystal Palace (possible line-up): Henderson – Guehi, Lacroix, Chalobah – Mitchell, Eze, Sarr, Lerma, Hughes, Munoz – Mateta.
Chelsea (possible line-up): Sanchez – Gusto, Colwill, Adarabioyo, Disasi – Fernandez, Caicedo, Sancho, Palmer, Neto – Jackson.
Previous head-to-head matches: Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
After losing to the neighbour in 2017, “the Blues” beat the opponent 14 times in a row. Still, they limited themselves to a 1-1 home draw in the autumn.
Free prediction for the match Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
The odds indicate a victory for the guests, but the team is unlikely to quickly fix all the problems. Taking into account the higher mentioned fact, the hosts will be able to avoid losing (odd: 1.94).