Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 17 December 2016
Result
Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 17 December 2016, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea: match report
Crystal Palace lost to Chelsea 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 December 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Diego Costa of Chelsea in the 43rd minute.
Discipline: Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 16th on 15 points from 16 and Chelsea 1st on 40 points from 16. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Chelsea 1st with 93.
Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Eden Hazard of Chelsea (8.1), ahead of Victor Moses (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Crystal Palace wins, 1 draw and 5 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Crystal Palace's last five read L-D-W-L-L and Chelsea's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Joel Ward
- 22'Yellow card · Diego Costa
- 43'Goal · Diego Costa
- 60'Yellow card · N'Golo Kanté
- 82'Yellow card · Damien Delaney
- 90+2'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
Head-to-head
Team news
Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wayne Hennessey, Martin Kelly, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Joel Ward, Yohan Cabaye, Joe Ledley, Wilfried Zaha, James McArthur, Jason Puncheon, Christian Benteke
Chelsea line-up (3-4-3)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N'Golo Kanté, Nemanja Matić, Marcos Alonso, Willian, Diego Costa, Eden Hazard