Direct Chelsea vs Crystal Palace, 20:00 on August 17

The Chelsea vs Crystal Palace match took place at 20:00 on August 17 in the first round of the Premier League 2025/26, BongdaPlus reported live.

Analysis of Chelsea vs Crystal Palace

Having just won the glory at the Conference League and FIFA Club World Cup, Chelsea returned to the domestic league with the goal of improving the fourth place last season. This is a very short period of season for Chelsea due to having to attend the Club World Cup. The students of coach Enzo Maresca only promptly kicked two friendly matches just before the season, beat both Bayer Leverkusen and AC Milan at home, but the work only actually started now, when Chelsea will face 4 clubs with London in the first 4 matches: Crystal Palace, West Ham, Fulham and Brentford.

Crystal Palace is a favorable opponent for the home team, because the Undefeated Blues in 15 confrontations in the Premier League, including 8 matches at Stamford Bridge Stadium, of which 7. The two clubs also met on the opening day in 2021, with Chelsea 3-0 here, meaning the Blues won all four previous matches with London clubs in the opening day.

This is a difficult start for Palace, the team will have a very busy August, because after losing the lawsuit in the appeal to play at the Conference League, they will have to confront Fredrikstad in the play-off match that starts in the middle of the following week.

The students of Oliver Glasner had a perfect start for the new season, confronting the Liverpool champion in the English Super Cup match, bringing Arne Slot's team to penalty shootout and winning.

The latest Chelsea vs Crystal Palace forces

Chelsea will not have Levi Colwill in most of the upcoming season after he has torn the previous ligament in the pre -season period, and with Wesley Fofana and Benoit Badiashile also encounter obstacles, Tosin Adarabioyo is expected to pair with Trevoh Chalobah in the defense.

Nicolas Jackson was banned from playing after a red card in Newcastle last season, so it is likely that Joao Pedro will kick. Romeo Lavia is also sitting outside, so the squad that coach Maresca has used to confront Milan may continue.

On the other side of the battle line, Adam Wharton returned to the Palace squad in the English Super Cup match, after he missed the late season last season because of injury, as well as captain Guehi. Daichi Kamada was forced to leave the field because of injury last weekend, so Will Hughes and Jefferson Lerma will compete to play in the midfield next to Wharton.

Expected squad Chelsea vs Crystal Palace

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; James, Tosin, Chalobah, Cucurella; Enzo, CaiCedo; Neto, Palmer, Gittens; Joao Pedro.

Crystal Palace (3-4-3): Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell; Sarr, Mateta, Eze.

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace

Fainting goal 1: 6/8 of the last confrontation between the two teams only had a maximum of 1 goal. 11/13 of the last official match of Chelsea also shared the same script.

Total even goals: The last 5/8 matches between the two teams at Chelsea have an even goal. The last 8/12 away matches of Palace also shared.

Both teams scored: The last 5/6 matches between Chelsea and Palace witnessed both teams scoring. In particular, Palace has shown a different bravery in the last 2 seasons when they scored on Chelsea, though before experiencing a series of 5 matches in Stamford Bridge. In addition, Palace is showing a great performance on the away field when shooting in the last 18/20 matches in all competitions.

Football expert predicts Chelsea vs Crystal Palace

According to Former player Michael OwenChelsea will completely overwhelm Crystal Palace at home but it is difficult to win the final.

Gold Statistics Chelsea vs Crystal Palace

90 – Chelsea was defeated by Man City in the opening round last season, but had to go back to the late 1990s to find the last time they lost their first match in two consecutive seasons.