Date :Saturday 10th April,2021
Time: 5:30 pm
Stadium Selhurst Park
Referee Michael Oliver (England)
Goal Scorer:
Team News:
Crystal Palace
Palace's hero of the hour Batshuayi would have been pushing for a starting role this weekend, but he is ineligible to face his parent club, so Wilfried Zaha and Christian Benteke are set to continue up top.
Benteke has amassed six goals and two assists from his last 10 league games against Chelsea, though, and the Belgian forward's spot should not come under any threat from Jean-Philippe Mateta.
However, Hodgson's injury problems are well-documented, as five players in Nathaniel Clyne, Nathan Ferguson, Mamadou Sakho, James Tomkins and James McArthur are nursing injuries and unavailable, but James McCarthy is fit and raring to go.
Crystal Palace possible starting lineup:
Guaita; Ward, Cahill, Kouyate, Van Aanholt; Ayew, Milivojevic, Riedewald, Eze; Zaha, Benteke
Crystal Palace Premier League form: WDDLWD
Chelsea
Experienced centre-back Silva is Chelsea's only absentee for this game following his sending-off against West Brom, and Antonio Rudiger played the full 90 in Seville despite being involved in a training ground bust-up with backup goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
However, with rotation on the cards, Kurt Zouma will hope to be given the chance to redeem himself, while Christian Pulisic and N'Golo Kante are both in contention to start after recovering from injuries in time to appear off the bench against Porto.
Tammy Abraham has also shaken off a niggling ankle problem to bolster Tuchel's options in the final third, and Olivier Giroud is set to battle the Englishman for the chance to spearhead the attack.
Chelsea possible starting lineup:
Mendy; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Rudiger; Hudson-Odoi, Kovacic, Kante, Alonso; Ziyech, Pulisic; Abraham
Chelsea Premier League form: DDWWDL
Chelsea form (all competitions): WDWWLW
Prediction: Crystal Palace 0-2 Chelsea
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