Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Preview

August 27, 2015
By: Deke Hardman

Jose Mourinho

Saturday’s game at Selhurst Park sees Crystal Palace face Premier League champions Chelsea.

Jose Mourinho’s men registered their first victory of the season last weekend, surviving a scare at West Bromwich Albion to eventually win 3-2.

They currently sit tenth in the table on four points, and are looking to extend their unbeaten home run in the league, which currently stands at twenty-one games.

Oscar is a doubt with a muscle injury, while former Palace man Victor Moses is definitely out with a knock and captain John Terry is suspended following his dismissal last weekend.

Diego Costa, who opened his account for the season last time out if favourite to score first here at 4.5 (7/2) with Paddy Power, while Eden Hazard is a 6.0 (5/1) chance with the same firm.

The home win is 1.4 (2/5) with a number of bookmakers, with the visitors as highly priced as the 11.0 (10/1) on offer from Betfred. The draw can be backed at 5.2 (21/5) with Bet Victor.

Palace have won two from three games so far, leaving them in fifth place and victory here would see them, if only temporarily move into the top four.

They go in to this fixture fresh from their come-from-behind extra time League Cup victory over Shrewsbury Town and manager Alan Pardew is set to recall a number of his first team regulars including James McArthur, Jason Puncheon and Scott Dann.

Miles Jedinak, Frazier Campbell, Julian Speroni and Marouane Chamakh are all out injured though Conor Wickham should recover from a rib injury in time to be considered for selection.

Glenn Murray is 15.0 (14/1) to get the first goal of the game with Paddy Power while Bakary Sako, who got his first Palace goal with last weekend’s winner against Aston Villa, is a 19.0 (18/1) chance with Bet 365.

Chelsea won both meetings between the sides last season, and have taken maximum points eight times out of the last nine times they have faced the Eagles.

Ladbrokes offer 2.25 (5/4) to win without conceding as they did against Alan Pardew’s side at Stamford Bridge less than four months ago.

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