Match summary
Chelsea saw off Crystal Palace 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.
Tammy Abraham put Chelsea ahead in the 52nd minute, set up by Willian and Christian Pulisic made it 2-0 with a header in the 79th minute.
The chances backed that up: Chelsea created 3.36 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.48 from 3.
Before kick-off
Chelsea win
67%
Avg odds 1.43
Draw
20%
Avg odds 4.78
Crystal Palace win
13%
Avg odds 7.61
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.