What Chelsea Will Do to Defeat Crystal Palace

February 19, 2022February 19, 2022 Tonnison 219 Views What Chelsea Will Do to Defeat Crystal Palace

Chelsea FC will be travelling to Selhurst Park on Saturday 19th February to lock horns with Crystal Palace in their next Premier League fixture.

The Blues who defeated Palmeiras 2-1 at Abu Dhabi in the Club World Cup finals to lift the trophy for the first time in the football club history, will be looking to continue their winning streak when they take on the Eagles.

Recall that Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspur in their last outing in the Premier League and therefore will be hoping to continue where they left off with the Eagles in other to close the gap between them and first-placed Manchester City.

Although the Blues defeated Tottenham and Plymouth Argyle before flying out to Abu Dhabi for the Club World Cup, their overall performance was not overly impressive.

Therefore the Blues will be looking to avoid a repeat of such poor showing and put up an improved performance against Crystal Palace when both sides meet.

Crystal Palace who themselves are not in the fine form will be going into this contest on the back of a 0-0 draw with Brentford and will come into this match with the sole aim of winning it: in other to move up the table and avoid being overtaken by Bradford who is just two points behind them.

Therefore, the purpose of this article is to look at some reasons Chelsea will defeat Crystal Palace.

1) Head to head -The two teams have met 39 times with Chelsea having 24 wins to Crystal Palace but 6, while both sides have drawn 9 times. In their last 10 meetings, Chelsea has won 8 games, losing 2 times to Crystal Palace. Chelsea has won more games and this can be a morale booster when both sides.

2) Also, Chelsea has a very good record against the Eagles at Selhurst Park. Both teams have met 20 times at the park, with Chelsea winning 13 of those meetings, while Crystal Palace won 2, with 5 ending in a

3) Chelsea has also won three of their last three meetings at Selhurst Park. Crystal Palace win against Chelsea came on the 14th of October 2017 and since then Chelsea has defeated them 8 times.

4) Another reason Chelsea will emerge victorious from Selhurst Park is the return of key players like N’golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic. These two players will make the contest a very difficult one for the Eagles. The midfield pairing of N’golo Kante and Kovacic will be too hot for Crystal Palace to handle.

So with these reasons, it can be concluded that Chelsea will defeat Crystal Palace when both sides meet.

This is imperative as it will deploy a possession-based football that attacks and defends with the numerical advantage,

Chelsea had an entire week of rest and training, having not taken part the in UEFA Champions League round of matches that were played mid-week.

Chelsea is now with most of their first-team players after Edouard Mendy joined the team at Abu Dhabi after a successful AFCON tournament with Senegal.

However, Benjamin Chilwell and Recce James will not be featuring for the Blues as they are still yet to recover fully from injury while Mason Mount is a doubt, after picking up an ankle injury against Palmeiras.