Chelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 14 December 2013

Result

Chelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 14 December 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Chelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace: match report

Chelsea won against Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 December 2013. The half-time score was 2-1.

Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Fernando Torres (16') and Ramires (35'). Crystal Palace scored through Marouane Chamakh (29').

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 6th on 25 points from 15 and Crystal Palace 18th on 13 points from 15. Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 77 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 44.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 0 for Crystal Palace.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Fernando TorresChelsea · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · Marouane ChamakhCrystal Palace · 1-1
  • 35'Goal · RamiresChelsea · 2-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Marouane ChamakhCrystal Palace
  • 58'Yellow card · Michael EssienChelsea
  • 69'Yellow card · Branislav IvanovićChelsea

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Chelsea 2, draws 0, Crystal Palace 0.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Branislav Ivanović, John Terry, César Azpilicueta, F. Lampard, Willian, John Mikel Obi, Eden Hazard, Oscar

Crystal Palace expected line-up (4-4-2)

Julián Speroni, Damien Delaney, Mile Jedinak, Danny Gabbidon, Joel Ward, Dean Moxey, Barry Bannan, Kagisho Evidence Dikgacoi, Jerome Thomas, Marouane Chamakh, Yannick Bolasie