Crystal Palace and Chelsea are going to face off on Saturday the 19th of February at 3:00 pm in the 26th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in London at the Selhurst Park. The appointed referee is David Coote.
Crystal Palace is in the 13th position in the table with 26 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Norwich City in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 5 times, draw 10 times, and lost 8 times.
Chelsea occupies the 3rd place in the league with 47 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 13 times, draw 8 times, and lost 3 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (19 times or 82.61%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (19 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Patrick Vieira is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: V. Guaita Panadero, T. Mitchell, M. Guehi, J. Andersen, J. Ward, J. Schlupp, J. McArthur, C. Gallagher, W. Zaha, J. Ayew and O. Édouard.
In case that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Crystal Palace would be 28.27.
Patrick Vieira will probably not be able to employ W. Hughes and C. Kouyaté because of injury.
N. Ferguson will definitely miss the match.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (18 times or 75.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (18 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-3-3 (once), 4-2-2-2 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Tuchel is expected to play against Crystal Palace with the following players: E. Mendy, T. da Silva, A. Rüdiger, A. Christensen, M. Alonso Mendoza, C. Azpilicueta Tanco, N. Kanté, J. Frello Filho, K. Havertz, H. Ziyech and R. Lukaku Menama.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Chelsea would be 30.09.
Thomas Tuchel will probably not be able to employ R. James and R. Loftus-Cheek because of injury.
B. Chilwell and M. Mount will definitely miss the match.