Chelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 10 March 2018

Result

Chelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 10 March 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Chelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace: match report

Chelsea won against Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 March 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Willian opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Willian (25') and an own goal by M. Kelly (32'). Crystal Palace scored through Patrick van Aanholt (90').

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 5th on 53 points from 29 and Crystal Palace 18th on 27 points from 29. Chelsea went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Crystal Palace 11th with 44.

Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian of Chelsea (9.2), ahead of Eden Hazard (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 4 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · WillianChelsea · 1-0
  • 32'Own goal · M. KellyChelsea · 2-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Patrick van AanholtCrystal Palace
  • 86'Yellow card · Álvaro MorataChelsea
  • 86'Yellow card · James TomkinsCrystal Palace
  • 90'Goal · Patrick van AanholtCrystal Palace · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 5, draws 1, Crystal Palace 4.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)

Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Gary Cahill, Davide Zappacosta, Cesc Fàbregas, N'Golo Kanté, Marcos Alonso, Willian, Eden Hazard, Olivier Giroud

Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-2)

Wayne Hennessey, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Martin Kelly, James Tomkins, Patrick van Aanholt, Andros Townsend, Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur, Jeffrey Schlupp, Alexander Sørloth, Christian Benteke