2024-25 English Premier League: Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Prediction
Aug 30, 2024 published
START TIME: Sunday 1st September, 2024 - Kenya – 3:30pm / UK – 1:30pm
CHELSEA VS CRYSTAL PALACE ON TV: Kenya – SuperSport / UK – Not televised
CHELSEA VS CRYSTAL PALACE ONLINE: Kenya – SuperSport streaming platforms / UK – Cannot be streamed
EXPECTED TEAMS
CHELSEA
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella; Fernandez, Moises Caicedo; Madueke, Palmer, Joao Felix; Jackson
UNAVAILABLE: James (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Lavia (Injured)
CRYSTAL PALACE
PREDICTED XI (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Clyne, Guehi, Richards; Daniel Munoz, Doucoure, Wharton, Mitchell; Kamada, Eze; Mateta
UNAVAILABLE: Riad (Injured), Matheus Franca (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
PREDICTION
Enzo Maresca’s reign at Chelsea has started, predictably, quite inconsistently. The Blues were comfortably beaten by Manchester City on the opening weekend before then hammering Wolverhampton Wanderers by six goals to two last weekend. In the meantime, they have defeated Servette by three goals to two on aggregate in the UEFA Europa Conference League. Crystal Palace have started badly with back-to-back defeats in the Premier League but they will believe their style of play is suited to hurting the Blues at Stamford Bridge. It is expected to be a fun game to watch for the neutral, as will likely often be the case with Chelsea, so both teams scoring seems a good bet.