Chelsea 3-0 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 14 August 2021

Result

Chelsea 3-0 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 14 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Chelsea 3-0 Crystal Palace: match report

Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 August 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

Marcos Alonso opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Marcos Alonso (27'), Christian Pulisic (40') and Trevoh Chalobah (58'). Crystal Palace did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 48.

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 Marcos Alonso of Chelsea (8.5), ahead of Trevoh Chalobah (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 2 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Marcos AlonsoChelsea · 1-0
  • 40'Goal · Christian PulisicChelsea · 2-0
  • 58'Goal · Trevoh ChalobahChelsea · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 8, draws 0, Crystal Palace 2.

Team news

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

Edouard Mendy, Trevoh Chalobah, Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rüdiger, César Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Marcos Alonso, Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic, Timo Werner

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

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Marc Guéhi, Tyrick Mitchell, Jordan Ayew, Jaïro Riedewald, James McArthur, Jeffrey Schlupp, Wilfried Zaha, Jean-Philippe Mateta