Crystal Palace 1-3 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 25 January 2026
Result
Crystal Palace 1-3 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 25 January 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Crystal Palace 1-3 Chelsea: match report
Crystal Palace were beaten by Chelsea 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 25 January 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Estêvão opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Crystal Palace's goal came from Chris Richards (88'). Chelsea scored through Estêvão (34'), João Pedro (50') and Enzo Fernández (64', penalty).
Discipline: Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 15th on 28 points from 22 and Chelsea 6th on 34 points from 22. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 15th with 45 points, and Chelsea 10th with 52.
Crystal Palace lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to João Pedro of Chelsea (7.5), level with Estêvão (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Crystal Palace wins, 3 draws and 7 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Moisés Caicedo
- 34'Goal · Estêvão
- 50'Goal · João Pedro
- 63'Yellow card · Jaydee Canvot
- 64'Penalty goal · Enzo Fernández
- 67'Yellow card · Adam Wharton
- 72'Second yellow · Adam Wharton
- 88'Goal · Chris Richards
- 90'Yellow card · Jefferson Lerma
- 90'Yellow card · Andrey Santos
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Mykhaylo Mudryk
- Levi Colwill
- Axel Disasi
- Caleb Kporha
- Caleb Wiley
- Daichi Kamada
- Eddie Nketiah
- Roméo Lavia
- Tosin Adarabioyo
- Filip Jørgensen
Crystal Palace line-up (3-4-2-1)
Dean Henderson, Jaydee Canvot, Maxence Lacroix, Chris Richards, Daniel Muñoz, Adam Wharton, Jefferson Lerma, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaïla Sarr, Brennan Johnson, Jean-Philippe Mateta
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robert Sánchez, Reece James, Trevoh Chalobah, Benoît Badiashile, Marc Cucurella, Andrey Santos, M. Caicedo, Estêvão, Enzo Fernández, Pedro Neto, João Pedro