Chelsea 3-1 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 4 November 2018
Result
Chelsea 3-1 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Sunday 4 November 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 3-1 Crystal Palace: match report
Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 4 November 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Álvaro Morata opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Álvaro Morata (32'), Álvaro Morata (65') and Pedro (70'). Crystal Palace scored through Andros Townsend (53').
Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 24 points from 10 and Crystal Palace 14th on 8 points from 10. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 49.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pedro of Chelsea (9.0), ahead of Álvaro Morata (8.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 4 for Crystal Palace.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-D-W-D-D and Crystal Palace's D-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 32'Goal · Álvaro Morata
- 53'Goal · Andros Townsend
- 65'Goal · Álvaro Morata
- 70'Goal · Pedro
- 86'Yellow card · Luka Milivojevic
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Antonio Rüdiger, David Luiz, Marcos Alonso, N'Golo Kanté, Jorginho, Ross Barkley, Pedro, Álvaro Morata, Willian
Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-2)
Wayne Hennessey, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt, James McArthur, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Luka Milivojevic, Max Meyer, Andros Townsend, Wilfried Zaha