Crystal Palace 0-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 24 August 2004

Result

Crystal Palace 0-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Tuesday 24 August 2004, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Crystal Palace 0-2 Chelsea: match report

Crystal Palace lost to Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 24 August 2004. The half-time score was 0-1.

Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Crystal Palace did not score. Chelsea scored through Didier Drogba (28') and Tiago (72').

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

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 19th on 1 point from 2 and Chelsea 2nd on 6 points from 2. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 18th with 33 points, and Chelsea 1st with 95.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 0-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Celestine BabayaroChelsea
  • 72'Goal · TiagoChelsea · 0-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Aaron RoweCrystal Palace