Crystal Palace 2-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 14 October 2017

Result

Crystal Palace 2-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 14 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Crystal Palace 2-1 Chelsea: match report

Crystal Palace beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 October 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.

Crystal Palace's goals came from an own goal by César Azpilicueta (11') and Wilfried Zaha (45'). Chelsea scored through Tiemoué Bakayoko (18').

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

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 20th on 0 points from 7 and Chelsea 4th on 13 points from 7. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 11th with 44 points, and Chelsea 5th with 70.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Cesc Fàbregas of Chelsea (9.3), ahead of Tiemoué Bakayoko (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Crystal Palace wins, 1 draw and 6 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Own goal · César AzpilicuetaCrystal Palace · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Tiemoué BakayokoChelsea · 1-1
  • 45'Goal · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace · 2-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace
  • 83'Yellow card · S. DannCrystal Palace
  • 87'Yellow card · Tiemoué BakayokoChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crystal Palace 3, draws 1, Chelsea 6.

Team news

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

Julián Speroni, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt, James McArthur, Yohan Cabaye, Luka Milivojevic, Jeffrey Schlupp, Andros Townsend, Wilfried Zaha

Chelsea line-up (3-4-3)

Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, Cesc Fàbregas, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Marcos Alonso, Willian, Michy Batshuayi, Eden Hazard