Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 9 November 2019
Result
Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Saturday 9 November 2019, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace: match report
Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 November 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Tammy Abraham opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Tammy Abraham (52') and Christian Pulisic (79'). Crystal Palace did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 4th on 23 points from 11 and Crystal Palace 9th on 15 points from 11. Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 43.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian of Chelsea (8.2), ahead of Christian Pulisic (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 3 for Crystal Palace.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Crystal Palace's L-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Willian
- 21'Yellow card · Wilfried Zaha
- 31'Yellow card · Emerson
- 33'Yellow card · Mateo Kovacic
- 52'Goal · Tammy Abraham
- 79'Goal · Christian Pulisic
- 90+3'Yellow card · James McCarthy
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, Reece James, Kurt Zouma, Fikayo Tomori, Emerson, N'Golo Kanté, Mateo Kovacic, Willian, Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic, Tammy Abraham
Crystal Palace line-up (4-5-1)
Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, James Tomkins, Gary Cahill, Patrick van Aanholt, Andros Townsend, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur, Wilfried Zaha, Jordan Ayew