Chelsea vs Crystal Palace Live Stream Premier League 2021-22 - Crystal Palace vs Chelsea Live HD

Following Crystal Palace’s lacklustre 0-0 Premier League (PL) draw with Brentford at the weekend, their fifth consecutive winless league outing (D3, L2), manager Patrick Vieira admitted that they need “a plan” if the mid-table side are to make further progression. That doesn’t bode well given they now take on newly crowned FIFA Club World Cup (CWC) champions Chelsea, having lost each of the last eight H2Hs by an aggregate scoreline of 22-5! Simply put, Vieira needs his ‘Eagles’ to stop leaking goals, after conceding exactly three times in each of their last two home league games and at least three times in the previous two H2Hs they hosted. More early action at Selhurst Park wouldn’t surprise as a result, with four of their last six home PL fixtures seeing the deadlock broken within the first 15 minutes. After beating Palmeiras 1-0 to become CWC winners for the first time, Chelsea resume their domestic obligations although their shirts won’t carry the FIFA gold badge they earned in Abu Dhabi due to PL rules. With fixtures piling up due to their continued involvement in four competitions, extending their current five-match unbeaten run (W4, D1) might become increasingly difficult. Third in the table ahead of kick-off, Chelsea are neither snapping at the heels of the top two nor immediately threatened by those behind, but Thomas Tuchel’s side have won just one of their last five PL away matches (D2, L2). That’s one weakness to work on now he can lead from the touchline again after a spell away due to Covid. Players to watch: Palace’s Wilfried Zaha, who’s now made 250 PL appearances for the club, has opened the scoring in five of his six goalscoring league appearances this term whilst Chelsea’s Christian Pulisic has struck five times in this H2H, three times before half-time. Hot stat: All four English teams that competed in the CWC since it adopted its current format in 2005 ended up winning their first PL match after returning.