On the 1st of October, in this week 9 match, Crystal Palace hosts Chelsea at Selhurst Park in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams in the anticipated London derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Crystal Palace is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Newcastle United. Newcastle United had 22 on net, and Crystal Palace had 20, 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 2 of their last 10, while 7th placed Chelsea is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Salzburg. Raheem Sterling struck first for Chelsea in the 48th minute on a feed from Mason Mount, then Noah Okafor tied it up for Salzburg in the 75th minute on a feed from Junior Chikwubuike Adamu earning them at least the one point. Chelsea is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Chelsea and Crystal Palace last played eachother at the Stamford Bridge on Sun Apr 17th. Chelsea was victorious by a score of 2 to 0 in front of just over 76000 fans. Ruben Loftus-Cheek struck first for Chelsea in the 65th minute on a feed from Kai Havertz, then Mason Mount added another in the 76th minute on a feed from Timo Werner In the end, Crystal Palace couldn’t muster any offence and Chelsea ran away with the shutout win.
Chelsea is glad to have Raheem Sterling in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Wilfried Zaha has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace will be without James Tomkins, James McArthur and Nathan Ferguson, while Chelsea will be without N’Golo Kanté and Edouard Mendy.