Crystal Palace and Chelsea will become each other’s first rivals in the New Year of 2025. The Eagles will be hosting the Blues on 4 January, 2025 at their home base Selhurst Park stadium as a part of the match day 20 of the Premier League 2024-25 season. Chelsea is currently in top three favourites for the League trophy, while Crystal Palace is hanging closer to the bottom half of the League table.
Oliver Glasner, who was appointed as the head coach of Crystal Palace on 19 February this year, will continue managing the game through the season. At the time this article was published, the South London based club had no intentions of changing their coach.
Chelsea began the current season with a new head coach. On 3 June 2024 Leicester’s coach Enzo Maresca signed to lead the West London club for the next five years, replacing previous coach Mauricio Pochettino. Looking at Chelsea’s progress in the current season, chances for the Italian coach to be replaced in the near future are rather slim.
Currently, the Premier League 2024-25 season table looks the following:
| Position | Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | Qualification |
| 1 | Liverpool | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 39 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 2 | Chelsea | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 35 | |
| 3 | Arsenal | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 33 | |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | |
| 5 | Bournemouth | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | |
| 7 | Manchester City | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | |
| 9 | Fulham | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 25 | |
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 25 | |
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | |
| 12 | Brentford | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | |
| 13 | Manchester United | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | |
| 14 | West Ham United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |
| 15 | Everton | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | |
| 16 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |
| 17 | Leicester City | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 19 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | |
| 20 | Southampton | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 |
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea: Match Details
When: Saturday, 4 January, 2025
What time: kick-off at 15:00 GMT
Venue: Selhurst Park, London
Home team: Crystal Palace F.C.
Away team: Chelsea F.C.
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea: Current Progress at Premier League 2024-25
Crystal Palace and Chelsea will be entering this game with quite different positions. At the time this article was published, they had both played 17 games each. The Eagles have played 9 home and 8 away games, while the Blues have completed 8 home and 9 away games.
Crystal Palace lost the first game of the season 1 – 2 to Brentford. Currently, they have an equal number of losses and draws and only 3 wins. While they aren’t facing relegation to the EFL Championship, they are dangerously close to the bottom of the League table.
Chelsea opened the season with a 0 – 2 loss to Manchester City, but they managed to pick up their pace and showed a great game throughout the season. Currently, they are in the top three contenders for the League title. Their position in the League table also qualifies them for the Champions League league phase.
Below you will find detailed stats of their current progress in the 2024-25 season.
Crystal Palace in Premier League 2024-25
- Brentford 2 – 1 Crystal Palace (18 August, match day 1)
- Crystal Palace 0 – 2 West Ham (24 August, match day 2)
- Chelsea 1 – 1 Crystal Palace (1 September, match day 3)
- Crystal Palace 2 – 2 Leicester City (14 September, match day 4)
- Crystal Palace 0 – 0 Manchester United (21 September, match day 5)
- Everton 2 – 1 Crystal Palace (28 September, match day 6)
- Crystal Palace 0 – 1 Liverpool (5 October, match day 7)
- Nottingham Forest 1 – 0 Crystal Palace (21 October, match day 8)
- Crystal Palace 1 – 0 Tottenham Hotspurs (27 October, match day 9)
- Wolverhampton Wolves 2 – 2 Crystal Palace (2 November, match day 10)
- Crystal Palace 0 – 2 Fulham (9 November, match day 11)
- Aston Villa 2 -2 Crystal Palace (23 November, match day 12)
- Crystal Palace 1 – 1 Newcastle (30 November, match day 13)
- Ipswich Town 0 – 1 Crystal Palace (3 December, match day 14)
- Crystal Palace 2- 2 Manchester City (7 December, match day 15)
- Brighton 1 – 3 Crystal Palace (15 December, match day 16)
- Crystal Palace 1 – 5 Arsenal (21 December, match day 17)
- Bournemouth – Crystal Palace (not yet played at the time of publishing, 26 December, match day 18)
- Crystal Palace – Southampton (not yet played at the time of publishing, 29 December, match day 19)
Chelsea in Premier League 2024-25
- Chelsea 0 – 2 Manchester City (18 August, match day 1)
- Wolverhampton Wolves 2 – 6 Chelsea (25 August, match day 2)
- Chelsea 1 – 1 Crystal Palace (1 September, match day 3)
- Bournemouth 0 – 1 Chelsea (14 September, match day 4)
- West Ham 0 – 3 Chelsea (21 September, match day 5)
- Chelsea 4 – 2 Brighton (28 September, match day 6)
- Chelsea 1 – 1 Nottingham Forest (6 October, match day 7)
- Liverpool 2 – 1 Chelsea (20 October, match day 8)
- Chelsea 2 – 1 Newcastle (27 October, match day 9)
- Manchester United 1 – 1 Chelsea (3 November, match day 10)
- Chelsea 1 – 1 Arsenal (10 November, match day 11)
- Leicester City 1 – 2 Chelsea (23 November, match day 12)
- Chelsea 3 – 0 Aston Villa (1 December, match day 13)
- Southampton 1 – 5 Chelsea (4 December, match day 14)
- Tottenham 3 – 4 Chelsea (8 December, match day 15)
- Chelsea 2 – 1 Brentford (15 December, match day 16)
- Everton 0 – 0 Chelsea (22 December, match day 17)
- Chelsea – Fulham (not yet played at the time of publishing, 26 December, match day 18)
- Ipswich Town – Chelsea (not yet played at the time of publishing, 30 December, match day 19)
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea: Previous Games Together
Established on 10 March 1905, Chelsea F.C. is only six months older than Crystal Palace F.C. that was founded on 10 September 1905. Yet, their first league meeting took place on August 30, 1969. Chelsea was hosting the game of the First Division, which ended in a 1 – 1 draw.
In the more recent history, here are some of the essential stats for Crystal Palace and Chelsea in the current season of Premier League:
| Crystal Palace | Chelsea | |
| 16 | Position | 2 |
| 3 | Won | 10 |
| 7 | Drawn | 5 |
| 7 | Lost | 2 |
| 1.06 | Avg Goals Scored Per Match | 2.18 |
| 1.53 | Avg Goals Conceded Per Match | 1.12 |
| 3 | Clean sheets | 4 |
| 2.06 | Chances Created Per Match | 2.65 |
| 1 – 3 v Brighton (A) | Biggest Win | (A) 2 – 6 v Wolves |
| 1 – 5 v Arsenal (H) | Worst Defeat | (H) 0 – 2 v Man City |
When it comes to their common history in the Premier League, Crystal Palace and Chelsea first met on November 7, 1992. Chelsea was hosting Crystal Palace again, but this time round the Blues won the game with 3 – 1. Their full record in the Premier League includes a total of 31 games, out of which Chelsea won 24, Crystal Palace won 4, and 3 games ended in a draw.
The full list of the matches Crystal Palace and Chelsea played against each other within the Premier League is as follows:
| Year | Game | Home Team | Away Team | Result |
| November 7, 1992 | 15 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 3:1 |
| March 15, 1993 | 34 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 1:1 |
| September 24, 1994 | 7 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 0:1 |
| March 5, 1995 | 31 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 0:0 |
| September 13, 1997 | 6 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 0:3 |
| March 11, 1998 | 26 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 6:2 |
| August 24, 2004 | 3 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 0:2 |
| March 19, 2005 | 30 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 4:1 |
| December 14, 2013 | 16 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 2:1 |
| March 29, 2014 | 32 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 1:0 |
| October 18, 2014 | 8 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 1:2 |
| May 3, 2015 | 35 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 1:0 |
| August 29, 2015 | 4 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 1:2 |
| January 3, 2016 | 20 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 0:3 |
| December 17, 2016 | 17 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 0:1 |
| April 1, 2017 | 30 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 1:2 |
| October 14, 2017 | 8 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 2:1 |
| March 10, 2018 | 30 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 2:1 |
| November 4, 2018 | 11 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 3:1 |
| December 30, 2018 | 20 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 0:1 |
| November 9, 2019 | 12 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 2:0 |
| July 7, 2020 | 34 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 2:3 |
| October 3, 2020 | 4 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 4:0 |
| April 10, 2021 | 31 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 1:4 |
| August 14, 2021 | 1 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 3:0 |
| February 19, 2022 | 26 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 0:1 |
| October 1, 2022 | 9 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 1:2 |
| January 15, 2023 | 20 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 1:0 |
| December 27, 2023 | 19 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 2:1 |
| February 12, 2024 | 24 | Crystal Palace | Chelsea | 1:3 |
| September 1, 2024 | 3 | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | 1:1 |
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