Chelsea 3-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 4 November 2018

Result

Chelsea 3-1 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Sunday 4 November 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 3-1 Crystal Palace: match report

Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 4 November 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Álvaro Morata opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Álvaro Morata (32'), Álvaro Morata (65') and Pedro (70'). Crystal Palace scored through Andros Townsend (53').

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

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 24 points from 10 and Crystal Palace 14th on 8 points from 10. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 49.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pedro of Chelsea (9.0), ahead of Álvaro Morata (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 4 for Crystal Palace.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Álvaro MorataChelsea · 1-0
  • 53'Goal · Andros TownsendCrystal Palace · 1-1
  • 65'Goal · Álvaro MorataChelsea · 2-1
  • 70'Goal · PedroChelsea · 3-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 5, draws 1, Crystal Palace 4.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Antonio Rüdiger, David Luiz, Marcos Alonso, N'Golo Kanté, Jorginho, Ross Barkley, Pedro, Álvaro Morata, Willian

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

Wayne Hennessey, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt, James McArthur, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Luka Milivojevic, Max Meyer, Andros Townsend, Wilfried Zaha