CHELSEA host Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge in Sunday’s Premier League encounter between two London rivals.
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One step forward, two steps back?
It looks as though it’s going to take a while to get some consistency from Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea.
The Blues followed their opening defeat to Manchester City with victory over Servette and a comprehensive 6-2 thrashing of Wolves at Molineux.
But just as the momentum started, they suffered a surprise 2-1 loss in their Europa Conference League play-off in Switzerland.
Chelsea still progressed, but supporters and punters alike are still unclear as to what they’re going to get from the west London outfit.
Many considered Crystal Palace to be “dark horses” heading into the 2024-25 campaign after their stellar end to last season.
But they haven’t picked up where they left off, in fact they’ve suffered back-to-back defeats to Brentford and West Ham, netting just once in 180 minutes.
But it’s not all doom and gloom for Oliver Glasner’s side, who have perhaps been a touch unfortunate.
They should also be buoyed by their 4-0 Carabao Cup win over Norwich with Daichi Kamada, Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta all getting on the scoresheet.
Chelsea’s Reece James will miss the contest through injury, while we’re unlikely to see Romeo Lavia in the middle of the park as he nurses a minor hamstring injury.
Christopher Nkunku and Noni Madueke both started on Thursday night, but aside from that Enzo Maresca is not likely to make too many changes to the team which thumped Wolves.
Defender Chadi Riad went off in the Carabao Cup win over Norwich, leaving Crystal Palace with only Chris Richards, Marc Guehi and Rob Holding as centre-back options.
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Only three sides have underperformed their xG more than Crystal Palace (-1.52) while only four have created more chances than their 28 in the opening two fixtures.
Meanwhile Chelsea are on the opposite end of the scale having over performed their xG by 3.31 – almost double that of any other top-flight side.
Both sides rank in the top for for missed tackles this season, while Chelsea have been punished for those with three errors leading to goals – again, the most in the division.
However, Chelsea have won each of their last 13 Premier League games against Crystal Palace, so a home win with both teams to score looks a good selection.
It’s not the most electrifying selection, but it’s extremely difficult to back against Cole Palmer getting on the scoresheet this weekend.
The England international, 22, has scored once and provided three assists in four outings and netted 27 in all competitions last season. He’s the designated penalty taker and the Blues have received two of those in their last four matches.
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