Chelsea 4-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 19 March 2005

Result

Chelsea 4-1 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 19 March 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Chelsea 4-1 Crystal Palace: match report

Chelsea defeated Crystal Palace 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 March 2005. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Frank Lampard opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Frank Lampard (29'), Joe Cole (54'), Mateja Kezman (78') and Mateja Kezman (90'). Crystal Palace scored through Aki Riihilahti (42').

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 74 points from 29 and Crystal Palace 17th on 26 points from 29. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Crystal Palace 18th with 33.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Chelsea win, 0 draws and 0 for Crystal Palace.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Crystal Palace's D-W-L-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · Aki RiihilahtiCrystal Palace · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · Joe ColeChelsea · 2-1
  • 78'Goal · Mateja KezmanChelsea · 3-1
  • 80'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 90'Goal · Mateja KezmanChelsea · 4-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Chelsea 1, draws 0, Crystal Palace 0.