‘The Eagles’ vs ‘Blues’. Duel of the needy in the Premier League. As part of matchday 24 of the English league, Crystal Palace will host Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea on Monday, February 12, at Selhurst Park. The east London team arrives with high spirits after defeating Aston Villa in the fourth round of the FA Cup. But as each tournament has its mystique, the reality that Chelsea lives in the Premier League is different. It is located in the eleventh box.
Furthermore, Crystal Palace, like the ‘blue’ squad, is not living a fairy tale either. Those led by Roy Hodgson have just lost 4-1 against Brighton and will seek by all means to get away from the relegation zone, since they are 5 points away from it.
Best bets Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
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Total corner kicks: Over 9.5 – 1.86 in Rushbet.
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Both teams will score: Yes – 1.75 in Rushbet.
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Total yellow cards: Over 4.5 – 1.80 in Rushbet.
All odds courtesy of Rushbet, correct at time of publication and subject to change.
The goals are cited at Selhurst Park in London
The match between Crystal Palace and Chelsea promises goals. Both teams, despite the reality they live within the league, whenever they see each other, no matter what, they take advantage of opportunities and score. Of the last 5 direct duels between the two, they were scored on 3 occasions.
In the previous 5 games, the ‘Blues’ managed to score in 4, of course, regardless of the result obtained in the end. But just as they boast great offensive power, they are also very light on defense. Currently, the team led by Mauricio Pochettino has 38 scores for and 39 against.
On the other hand, Palace are a team that concedes a lot of goals. Currently, he has 40 touchdowns received and only hit the rival nets 26 times. Which suggests that it is difficult for him to keep his goal closed.
Taking this data into account, thinking that both of them will hurt each other is not far from reality. Both will want to add to have a break from the season and will leave space, which is why goals will be called for at Selhurst Park.
Best bets Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
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Many shots from the corner kick
Both Chelsea and Crystal Palace have good corner kick production. Only in the last 5 meetings they played between the two, they made a total of 47 cashes. Which gives an average of 9.4 serves. Likewise, Pochettino’s team, in the same number of games, caused 30 corners, resulting in an average of 6. While Hodgson’s team, in the previous 5 games, made 2 less than the ‘blues’. Which means they take 5.6 shots from the corner kick.
If the averages are added, between the two they can easily exceed 9.5 corner kicks in their duel.
A meeting with several cards
Premier League matches tend to be very frictional. Clearly Crystal Palace – Chelsea will not be the exception. Although both teams in their last 5 meetings generated few cards, 12 for the ‘blues’ and 8 for the ‘eagles’, but when they cross paths, they have no regard. In the history of the previous 5 games between the two, they generated 22 cards, which gives an average of 4.4.
Taking into account this data and the need that both have to win, rest assured that they will pass the 4.5 card line.