Crystal Palace welcome the visitors Chelsea in the English Premiere League – Round 20. The match will be held on Sunday, December 30th, at the Selhurst Park (London).
Crystal Palace are the only club in this campaign that managed to win Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. Moreover, the ‘Eagles’ netted yet three goals to the ‘Citizens’, which was last done by Manchester United in April. By all means, the Londoners were lucky at that clash, but they still managed to hold off Guardiola’s men’s attacks. The ‘Eagles’ converted all of their three opportunities. Crystal Palace, are, actually, more comfortable playing second, so, they will be fine in their Sunday meeting with Chelsea.
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Hazard’s outstanding performance enabled the ‘Blues’ to get three points at the Vicarage Road, but the team did not look confident in that outing against Watford. The guests possessed the ball, but there was no much use of it. Though Sarri praised the team in his postmatch analysis, only Hazard deserved a credit. Chelsea looked nice in defense, but they let Pereyra strike from a favorable position, which led to a goal. Thus, the guests are leaking in the fifth outing in a row, allowing nine goals in total throughout their last five away fixtures.
Crystal Palace are not the most comfortable opponent for Chelsea. Since their comeback to the English Premiere League, the ‘Eagles’ won the ‘Blues’ in four of eleven head-to-heads. On their turf, Palace have lost to the ex-champion by a margin of two goals only in one game of five. The hosts are very capable of avoiding a hammering tomorrow as well, and they may even rack up points under the right conditions. Chelsea have made only five goals in the previous four matches, all thanks to Hazard. If the ‘Eagles’ succeed to hold off the midfielder, the ‘Blues’ will struggle in the attack. On top of this, Sarri’s men consistently allow in outings. Crystal Palace have kicked into gear now, featuring seven points attained in the last three fixtures. Moreover, they’ve been keeping a clean sheet in three successive rounds. Overall, when the team happened to concede at home in the last seven encounters, the defeats were by a minimum scoreline. Thus, the hosts may even get one point at least tomorrow.
Prediction for the match: Crystal Palace to win with +1.0 handicap.
