Chelsea 1-2 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 August 2015
Result
Chelsea 1-2 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Saturday 29 August 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Chelsea 1-2 Crystal Palace: match report
Chelsea lost to Crystal Palace 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 August 2015. The half-time score was 0-0.
Bakary Sako opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Chelsea's goal came from R. Falcao (79'). Crystal Palace scored through Bakary Sako (65') and Joel Ward (81').
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 11th on 4 points from 3 and Crystal Palace 7th on 6 points from 3. Chelsea went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Crystal Palace 15th with 42.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bakary Sako of Crystal Palace (8.4), ahead of Pedro (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 1 for Crystal Palace.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-L-D and Crystal Palace's W-L-W.
Key events
- 65'Goal · Bakary Sako
- 71'Yellow card · Gary Cahill
- 73'Yellow card · Yohan Cabaye
- 79'Goal · R. Falcao
- 81'Goal · Joel Ward
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Branislav Ivanović, Kurt Zouma, Gary Cahill, César Azpilicueta, Cesc Fàbregas, Nemanja Matić, Pedro, Willian, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa
Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Pape Souaré, James McArthur, Yohan Cabaye, Jason Puncheon, Bakary Sako, Wilfried Zaha, Connor Wickham