Pick: Chelsea win
Odds: 1.30
Stake: 10/10
Chelsea and Crystal Palace play at Stamford Bridge in a 11th-round Barclays Premier League duel. The history of direct bouts played at this stadium favors the home team, who in the last 5 matches have won 3 and lost 2. Indeed, in the last showdown at this stadium for the Barclays Premier League on 10-03-2018, Chelsea won by (2-1). The goals of the match were scored by Willian (25 ') and M. Kelly (32' Autogolo) for Chelsea and P. van Aanholt (90 ') for Crystal Palace. The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between 3rd and 14th of the overall standings, this is in fact a confrontation between the 5th placed in home games and the 10th as a visitor.
Chelsea Analysis
The home team is currently in 3rd place with 24 points earned after 7 wins and 3 draws. In the penultimate match, tied at home for Manchester United by (2-2). In the last match, he won out for Burnley by (0-4). This is a team that normally achieves more positive results as a visitor than at home, having won 13 points away, scoring 12 goals and conceding 1 and 11 points in their stadium with 12 goals scored and 6 conceded. The team arrives at this meeting after a home win with Derby County by (3-2). For the championship, Chelsea won 11 points in 15 chances, after 3 wins and 2 draws in their last 5 games at their stadium.
In this competition, he has not lost any of his last 10 games. His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 9 of the last 10 games in this competition. The team did not usually find it difficult to open the scoring chart: they managed to score the first goal in 8 of the last 10 matches for the Barclays Premier League, 8 of which reached the lead in 5 and managed to maintain the lead until the 90th minute in 6.
Chelsea went up a lot of production after the arrival of coach Sarri, has been playing in a much more organized way, is one of the 3 teams that have not yet been defeated and is looking for another positive result to try to get the national leadership. The team is characterized by an excellent balance between the offensive and defensive sectors, since it scored 24 goals, being the second best attack of the competition, and suffered only 7 tries, having the third defense less leaked, being a team with great offensive volume, but still maintains the defensive solidity and leaves few spaces. Playing at home, as the match on Sunday, Chelsea have accumulated 3 wins and 2 draws and these 2 equalities have occurred against Liverpool and Manchester United, ie is a very strong team in his stadium, especially against teams from the bottom of the table in case of his next opponent. For the game against Crystal Palace, coach Maurizio Sarri must maintain the lineup of the last round where he thrashed away from home in great acting both offensively and defensively.
Crystal Palace Review
The visiting team is currently in 14th place with 8 points, after 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Everton by (2-0). In the last match, tied at home to Arsenal by (2-2). Curiously, this is a team that has achieved better results outside of the home, having won 6 points as a visitor and only 2 in their stadium. In the last game they played, for the League Cup, lost with Middlesbrough away by (1-0). In the last 5 away games for the championship Crystal Palace has recorded 2 wins and 3 losses, having won 6 points out of 15.
For this competition, do not win 5 games. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 10 games in this competition, he never managed to get back on the scoring in the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal. There are 2 periods in the last 9 games played as a visitor for all competitions: he scored 4 of his 9 goals between the minutes (76'-90 '); suffered 3 of his 7 goals in the minutes (76'-90 ').
Crystal Palace have bad campaigning in the Premier League, they are in a bad 3-game losing streak and 2 draws and are looking for a recovery as they are falling in the standings and are only 3 points behind the relegation zone. The team has a midfielder who has conceded 13 goals, the eighth being the least leaked of the national team, and the big problem has been the attack that scored only 7 goals, being the fourth worst in the competition, so much that he failed to score goals in 4 of the last 7 rounds. Playing away from home, like the match on Sunday, Crystal Palace managed to win 2 games against the last 2 placed of the national, but in general when it catches more qualified teams, is usually easy prey, since it can not attack and still ends up leaving many spaces behind. For the difficult confrontation with Chelsea, coach Roy Hodgson has no problems in the team considered holder and goes to the field with maximum strength.