Crystal Palace 2-3 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 7 July 2020
Result
Crystal Palace 2-3 Chelsea
Premier League · Tuesday 7 July 2020, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Crystal Palace 2-3 Chelsea: match report
Crystal Palace lost to Chelsea 2-3 in the Premier League on Tuesday 7 July 2020. The half-time score was 1-2.
Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from Wilfried Zaha (34') and Christian Benteke (72'). Chelsea scored through Olivier Giroud (6'), Christian Pulisic (27') and Tammy Abraham (71').
Discipline: Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 14th on 42 points from 33 and Chelsea 4th on 57 points from 33. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and Chelsea 4th with 66.
Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-5-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian of Chelsea (8.9), ahead of Christian Benteke (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Crystal Palace wins, 0 draws and 7 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 27'Goal · Christian Pulisic
- 34'Goal · Wilfried Zaha
- 35'Yellow card · Luka Milivojevic
- 71'Goal · Tammy Abraham
- 72'Goal · Christian Benteke
Head-to-head
Team news
Crystal Palace line-up (4-5-1)
Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Gary Cahill, Patrick van Aanholt, Wilfried Zaha, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur, Jordan Ayew, Christian Benteke
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, Reece James, Andreas Christensen, Kurt Zouma, César Azpilicueta, Ross Barkley, Billy Gilmour, Mason Mount, Willian, Olivier Giroud, Christian Pulisic