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It seems like Crystal Palace will need a perfect day to get anything from Chelsea, even at home, but the hosts will surely play their chances and try to produce an upset against Premier League`s best team.
After a horrible off season when they lost manager Tony Pulis and a bad start to the season, Crystal Palace finally got going recently under Neil Warnock – the hosts were on a 4 match undefeated run before losing 2-0 last round to Hull City and in that timespan they also got a big 3-2 win at Everton (extremely lucky however). Palace`s form must be respected, but the fact is that they did not play great football and could have easily lost at least 3 of the last 5 matches.
What can you say about Chelsea, 6 wins and 1 draw in 7 Premier League rounds, beating Arsenal 2-0 last round. Mourinho`s side is the best in the country both regarding quality and form and is working like a very well oiled machine, at least in the Premier League – it`s pretty obvious to me that we are talking about a team built to have success in English football. Chelsea was not such a good team on the road in the last seasons, but under Mourinho they have not lost a Premier League road game since March.
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Team news & lineups:
Crystal Palace will miss key center back Dunn, while Chelsea has a number of serious injury doubts: Costa, Drogba, Mikel, Ramires and Shurrle are more or less questionable ahead of this clash.
Crystal Palace: Speroni – Kelly, Hangeland, Delaney, Ward – McArthur, Jedinak – Puncheon, Ledley, Bolasie – Campbell.
Chelsea: Courtois – Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta – Fabregas, Matic – Schürrle, Oscar, Hazard – Rémy.
Crystal Palace defeated Chelsea 1-0 in March but it seems really unlikely for something like that to happen again and Mourinho will be keen to avenge that key defeat that put a dent in his title chances. Chelsea is simply too strong right now and even with Champions League football coming up next week they should get a comfortable win against a below-average side. Costa missing will be a blow, but Palace`s missing of Dunn balances things out. A Chelsea win seems like a safe bet, hopefully they should be able to get a handicap win as well – if they have a single goal advantage towards the end of the game they should be able to expose Palace on the breaks, especially with the old and slow Hangeland starting as center back. My tip is Chelsea to win with a -1 goal asian handicap, a bet with low risk as far as I`m concerned. Correct score prediction: Crystal Palace – Chelsea 0-2.
Pick: Chelsea (-1 Asian Handicap)
Odds: 1.75 @ Sbobet
Stake: 9
Possible profit: 6.75
Event date: 18 October
