Crystal Palace 0-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 3 January 2016
Result
Crystal Palace 0-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 3 January 2016, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Crystal Palace 0-2 Chelsea: match report
Crystal Palace were beaten by Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 January 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Oscar opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Crystal Palace did not score. Chelsea scored through Oscar (29'), Willian (60') and Diego Costa (66').
Discipline: Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 8th on 29 points from 19 and Chelsea 14th on 24 points from 19. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Chelsea 9th with 54.
Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Oscar of Chelsea (8.9), ahead of César Azpilicueta (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Crystal Palace wins, 1 draw and 4 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Crystal Palace's last five read D-D-D-W-D and Chelsea's D-D-W-D-L.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Damien Delaney
- 29'Goal · Oscar
- 57'Yellow card · Mile Jedinak
- 60'Goal · Willian
- 66'Goal · Diego Costa
- 80'Yellow card · S. Dann
Head-to-head
Team news
Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wayne Hennessey, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Pape Souaré, James McArthur, Mile Jedinak, Jason Puncheon, Wilfried Zaha, Chung-yong Lee, Fraizer Campbell
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Branislav Ivanović, Kurt Zouma, John Terry, César Azpilicueta, Cesc Fàbregas, John Mikel Obi, Willian, Oscar, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa