Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 30 December 2018
Result
Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 30 December 2018, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea: match report
Crystal Palace were beaten by Chelsea 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 30 December 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from N'Golo Kanté of Chelsea in the 51st minute.
Discipline: Crystal Palace received no yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 14th on 19 points from 19 and Chelsea 4th on 40 points from 19. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 72.
Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-5-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to David Luiz of Chelsea (8.1), level with Jorginho (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Crystal Palace wins, 1 draw and 5 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Crystal Palace's last five read D-W-W-L-L and Chelsea's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Marcos Alonso
- 51'Goal · N'Golo Kanté
Head-to-head
Team news
Crystal Palace line-up (4-5-1)
Vicente Guaita, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt, Andros Townsend, James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Jeffrey Schlupp, Wilfried Zaha
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Antonio Rüdiger, David Luiz, Marcos Alonso, N'Golo Kanté, Jorginho, Ross Barkley, Willian, Olivier Giroud, Eden Hazard