Crystal Palace vs Chelsea

4 January 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Tim Robinson

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

Jean-Philippe Mateta 82’

Cole Palmer 14’

Match summary

Crystal Palace and Chelsea shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Chelsea led 1-0 at half-time.

Cole Palmer put Chelsea ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Jadon Sancho and Jean-Philippe Mateta equalised in the 82nd minute, set up by Eberechi Eze.

There was little between the sides on chances: Crystal Palace created 1.28 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Chelsea 1.52 from 15.

Match stats

13 Shots 15

6 Shots on Target 1

6 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.28 xG 1.52

1.28 Non-penalty xG 1.52

6 Deep Completions 16

Key events

Crystal Palace Chelsea

Kick-off

14’

Cole Palmer
Assist: Jadon Sancho

0-1

Half-time0-1

Jean-Philippe Mateta
Assist: Eberechi Eze

1-1

82’

Full-time1-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Chelsea

Levi Colwill
Enzo Fernández

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Crystal Palace 1.28 xGChelsea 1.52 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Chelsea attacking Crystal Palace attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Dean Henderson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxence Lacroix	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Chris Richards	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Muñoz	MID	90			0	0.00	0.55	4
Tyrick Mitchell	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Jefferson Lerma	MID	90			2	0.06	0.00	0
Cheick Oumar Doucoure	MID	70			1	0.02	0.00	0
Ismaila Sarr	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	2
Eberechi Eze	MID	88		1	4	0.52	0.57	3
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	90	1		3	0.61	0.00	0
Daichi Kamada	Sub	20			1	0.01	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robert Sánchez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Malo Gusto	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.12	2
Levi Colwill	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Josh Acheampong	DEF	90			1	0.13	0.00	0
Marc Cucurella	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Enzo Fernández	MID	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
Moisés Caicedo	MID	90			1	0.04	0.09	2
Pedro Neto	MID	90			4	0.36	0.13	2
Cole Palmer	MID	90	1		2	0.50	0.47	5
Jadon Sancho	MID	87		1	1	0.03	0.59	2
Nicolas Jackson	FWD	82			4	0.35	0.00	0
Marc Guiu	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Noni Madueke	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 27% Avg odds 3.58

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.84

Chelsea win 48% Avg odds 1.98

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace D W L D W

Chelsea W W D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Chelsea 1-1 Crystal Palace, 01 Sep 24 Next meeting: Chelsea 0-0 Crystal Palace, 17 Aug 25 All Crystal Palace vs Chelsea meetings

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.