Week 26 features a match on Sat Feb 19th, where Crystal Palace hosts Chelsea in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the anticipated London derby. Weather on match day is looking like a windy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Crystal Palace is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Brentford. Brentford had 8 on net, and Crystal Palace had 7, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Crystal Palace looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, 3rd placed Chelsea, recorded a 2-1 win against Plymouth Argyle. Macauley Gillesphey scored the first goal for Plymouth Argyle in the 8th minute, then in the 41st minute, Mason Mount sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by César Azpilicueta But luckily in the 106th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Marcos Alonso. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Chelsea should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on Aug 14th, Chelsea won by a score of 3 to 0 in front of almost 39000 fans. Marcos Alonso struck first for Chelsea in the 27th minute, then Christian Pulišić added another in the 40th minute In the end, Crystal Palace was frustrated by Chelsea’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Chelsea ended the match with the shutout victory.
Chelsea’s most prolific scorer has been Hakim Ziyech. The midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Conor Gallagher and Odsonne Édouard are the top scorers for Crystal Palace in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
James Tomkins, James McArthur and Nathan Ferguson are unavailable to play for Crystal Palace, while Chelsea will be without Reece James and Andreas Christensen.