Enzo Maresca pre-match press conference | Chelsea v Crystal Palace
Chelsea v Crystal Palace
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1
Chelsea have won each of their last 13 Premier League games against Crystal Palace. Only Manchester City (a current run of 14 against Bournemouth) have ever had a longer winning run against an opponent in English Football League history.
2
Crystal Palace have lost 80% of their 30 Premier League meetings with Chelsea (W4 D2 L24), the highest loss rate of any side to face another at least 30 times in the competition. Each of their four wins against the Blues have come under a different manager (Tony Pulis, Alan Pardew, Sam Allardyce, Roy Hodgson).
3
All three of Crystal Palace’s Premier League games this season have been London derbies (Brentford, West Ham United, Chelsea). This is only the fifth occasion in English top-flight history of a London club facing London opponents in each of their first three matches of a campaign, after West Ham in 1970-71, Wimbledon in 1991-92, Palace themselves in 2021-22, and Brentford in 2023-24.
4
Chelsea lost 2-0 against Manchester City in their opening league game of the season at Stamford Bridge – they’ve not lost their first two at home in a single campaign since 1978-79.
5
Having only lost three of their 13 Premier League games under Oliver Glasner last season (W7 D3), Crystal Palace have lost both such matches in 2024-25. Only in 2017-18 have the Eagles ever lost their first three matches of a top-flight campaign (first 7).
