Crystal Palace vs Chelsea betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premier League match on January 04th, 2025

Crystal Palace and Chelsea will play on Saturday, January 04th, 2025, at 15:00h (UTC), in a Premier League game to be held in England, check the Crystal Palace vs Chelsea betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Crystal Palace vs Chelsea will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Selhurst Park stadium, in the city of London, with a capacity for 25073 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Crystal Palace vs Chelsea betting tip 2024/2025

The Premier League has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.28 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.96 goals per match played.

Crystal Palace last match

Crystal Palace is coming off a win. In its last outing they faced Southampton in a match valid for Premier League, and the match ended 2-1. The eleven coached by O. Glasner played in a 3-4-2-1 formation.

Prior to the match the odds were 1.50, making clear the team's favoritism, which was later confirmed with the positive result.

Even amid a lackluster performance by the entire team, Ismaïla Sarr managed to stand out individually. Present in crucial moments of the contest, he was the main driver of Crystal Palace for the victory.

Chelsea last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Premier League, Chelsea, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Ipswich Town team with a final score of 2-0.

With odds of 7.50, it is clear that defeat was not in anyone's plans for this match. The team was the clear favorite for the win, but they could do nothing to avoid defeat.

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea h2h

When these teams last met at Premier League, Chelsea was 12th place while Crystal Palace was in 18th place. Chelsea deployed in a 4-2-3-1 formation while Crystal Palace set up a 3-4-2-1 alignment.

During the football season of 2024/2025, these Premier League teams played against each other on 01-09-2024 in a duly contested game that ended in a 1-1 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Teams with different capacities and aspirations.

Crystal Palace

Premier League leaderboard now

Crystal Palace comes into this game ranking in 15th place in the Premier League. The team has scored 20 points, 4 wins, 7 losses and 8 draws. However, this is a negative balance.

The team has a slight disadvantage of 2 points over Manchester United team who holds the 14th place in the 20th round.

Crystal Palace analysis

After round number 19 in Premier League, Crystal Palace has 20 goals scored and 27 conceded.

Crystal Palace is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 43.84%. In the next match against Chelsea a change of attitude on the field will be needed, Crystal Palace will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

Best goalscorer from Crystal Palace

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Ismaila Sarr so far in the competition. With 4 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Crystal Palace to achieve victorious results this season.

Chelsea

Premier League leaderboard now

The Chelsea team with 35 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Champions League, with a campaign of 10 wins, 5 draws, and 4 losses.

Arsenal ranks just above, occupying 3rd place in the 20th round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 1 point.

Chelsea analysis

Chelsea shows a very satisfactory ratio of goals scored to goals conceded. The team after 19 games has only conceded goals on 23 occasions, and has scored in 38.

As we approach the Regular Season, Chelsea is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 6.21 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

This is a top 5 team in the Premier League that wants to keep up with the good performances!

Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they achieve ball possession above 50%. This is the reason why the Chelsea team usually guns for an average ball possession of 58.21% to control the game.

Usually, opposing teams have little chances of beating Chelsea when playing away, who sports a balance of 6 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws in the Premier League.

Chelsea is hopeful in getting good results in this game coming in with 2 losses in the Premier League. This is despite the fact that Chelsea is playing as visiting team and have had losses twice in 10 games they were the visiting team.

Chelsea is a more offensive team than Crystal Palace, having 1869 attacks vs. 1699 from Crystal Palace, having scored 38 times, in comparison, Crystal Palace converted into goal 20 times.

Best goalscorer from Chelsea

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Cole Palmer. The Midfielder has scored 12 times in the current season and has helped Chelsea come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Crystal Palace is Ismaila Sarr, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Chelsea is Cole Palmer, he has scored in 12 opportunities.

For those following the live game, it has been known that between 75-90 minutes is a period where most goals are scored making this a good time to bet.

Taking into consideration that Chelsea scores an average of 2.3 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.3.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 5.56 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Chelsea is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.11 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Chelsea in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 5.42 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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