Premier League

Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea finished 0-1 in Premier League. Key event: 10' Marcos Alonso (Yellow card). Head to head: H2H last 8: 3-0-5. Home form: D W W L L; Away form: W L W W L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

CRY 0 - 1 Finished

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Competition Premier League Season 2018/2019 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 30 Dec 2018, 12:00 Venue time 30 Dec 2018, 12:00 GMT

Match context 4 facts

Home form D W W L L 7 pts, goals 7-8, 1.40 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match

Away form W L W W L 9 pts, goals 7-5, 1.40 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Crystal Palace · season record 5 W · 4 D · 10 L 2018/2019: 19 recorded matches, goals 17–25; before 30 Dec 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Chelsea · season record 12 W · 4 D · 3 L 2018/2019: 19 recorded matches, goals 37–16; before 30 Dec 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 16 shots · 1 goal

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Crystal Palace 4 shots · 0.2 xG · 0 goals

Chelsea 12 shots · 0.74 xG · 1 goal

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 23 events

10' Yellow Marcos Alonso CHE Yellow card

13' shot Antonio Rüdiger CHE assist Willian · xG 0.05 · Set Piece · location 90.9%, 59.3%

17' shot N'Golo Kanté CHE assist Olivier Giroud · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.8%, 31.6%

19' shot N'Golo Kanté CHE assist Olivier Giroud · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.3%, 53.6%

22' shot Jeffrey Schlupp CRY assist Andros Townsend · xG 0.03 · Open Play · location 89.2%, 44.1%

29' shot Eden Hazard CHE assist Willian · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 73.5%, 53.7%

32' shot Jorginho CHE assist Eden Hazard · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75%, 63%

34' shot Willian CHE xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 76.1%, 52.8%

35' shot Willian CHE xG 0.01 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 74.8%, 70.5%

36' shot Ross Barkley CHE assist Eden Hazard · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 94.5%, 60.2%

45' shot Ross Barkley CHE xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.8%, 52.8%

50' shot N'Golo Kanté CHE assist David Luiz · xG 0.32 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.5%, 53%

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51' Goal N'Golo Kanté 0–1CHE assist David Luiz

67' shot Willian CHE assist Eden Hazard · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.5%, 70.9%

67' shot Ross Barkley CHE assist N'Golo Kanté · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.8%, 63.1%

69' Sub Connor Wickham CRY on for Jeffrey Schlupp

76' Sub Álvaro Morata CHE on for Olivier Giroud · Injury substitution

78' Sub Max Meyer CRY on for Cheikhou Kouyaté

82' Sub Emerson CHE on for Willian

84' shot Patrick van Aanholt CRY assist Wilfried Zaha · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.1%, 68.2%

85' shot Wilfried Zaha CRY assist James McArthur · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.9%, 71.1%

88' shot Connor Wickham CRY assist James Tomkins · xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 88.5%, 56.7%

88' Sub Mateo Kovačić CHE on for Ross Barkley

Head-to-head H2H last 10: 0-7-3

Chelsea leads the last 10 head-to-head meetings: 7 wins, 0 losses, 3 draws. Latest meeting: 25 Jan 2026 · Crystal Palace vs Chelsea · 1 - 3.

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Showing 8 of 10 head-to-head matches.

25 Jan 2026

Crystal Palace 1 - 3 Chelsea

17 Aug 2025

Chelsea 0 - 0 Crystal Palace

04 Jan 2025

Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Chelsea

01 Sep 2024

Chelsea 1 - 1 Crystal Palace

12 Feb 2024

Crystal Palace 1 - 3 Chelsea

27 Dec 2023

Chelsea 2 - 1 Crystal Palace

15 Jan 2023

Chelsea 1 - 0 Crystal Palace

01 Oct 2022

Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Chelsea

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17 Apr 2022

Chelsea 2 - 0 Crystal Palace

19 Feb 2022

Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Chelsea

Team statistics 17 metrics

34% Ball Possession 66%

34% 66%

0.20 Expected Goals 0.74

21% 78%

4 Total Shots 12

25% 75%

0 Shots on Goal 4

0% 100%

3 Corner Kicks 4

42% 57%

11 Fouls 8

57% 42%

0 Yellow Cards 1

0% 100%

3 Goalkeeper Saves 0

100% 0%

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2 Blocked shots 4

3 Offsides 3

8 Free kicks 10

2 Shots off target 4

20 Throw-ins 18

8 Goal kicks 6

3 Total saves 0

0 Hit woodwork 2

4 Shots inside box 4

Lineups

1 Kepa Arrizabalaga GK 28 César Azpilicueta DEF 2 Antonio Rüdiger DEF 30 David Luiz DEF 3 Marcos Alonso DEF 7 N'Golo Kanté MID 5 Jorginho MID 8 Ross Barkley MID 22 Willian FWD 18 Olivier Giroud FWD 10 Eden Hazard FWD 31 Vicente Guaita GK 29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka DEF 5 James Tomkins DEF 12 Mamadou Sakho DEF 3 Patrick van Aanholt DEF 10 Andros Townsend MID 18 James McArthur MID 4 Luka Milivojević MID 8 Cheikhou Kouyaté MID 15 Jeffrey Schlupp MID 11 Wilfried Zaha FWD

Chelsea

4-3-3 · Manager Maurizio Sarri

1 K Kepa Arrizabalaga GK

28 C César Azpilicueta · Captain DEF

2 A Antonio Rüdiger DEF

30 D David Luiz DEF

3 M Marcos Alonso DEF

7 N N'Golo Kanté MID

5 J Jorginho MID

8 R Ross Barkley MID

22 W Willian FWD

18 O Olivier Giroud FWD

10 E Eden Hazard FWD

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29 Á Álvaro Morata FWD

33 E Emerson DEF

17 M Mateo Kovačić MID

13 W Willy Caballero GK

27 A Andreas Christensen DEF

21 D Davide Zappacosta DEF

44 E Ethan Ampadu MID

Crystal Palace

4-5-1 · Manager Roy Hodgson

31 V Vicente Guaita GK

29 A Aaron Wan-Bissaka DEF

5 J James Tomkins DEF

12 M Mamadou Sakho DEF

3 P Patrick van Aanholt DEF

10 A Andros Townsend MID

18 J James McArthur MID

4 L Luka Milivojević · Captain MID

8 C Cheikhou Kouyaté MID

15 J Jeffrey Schlupp MID

11 W Wilfried Zaha FWD

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21 C Connor Wickham FWD

7 M Max Meyer MID

13 W Wayne Hennessey GK

2 J Joel Ward DEF

6 S Scott Dann DEF

42 J Jason Puncheon MID

14 J Jordan Ayew FWD