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Chelsea trio Pedro Neto, Wesley Fofana and Malo Gusto were rested for the Europa Conference League loss in midweek although all three are available to face Crystal Palace.Crystal Palace defender Chadi Riad will miss the trip to Chelsea after injuring his knee in the Carabao Cup win against Norwich City on Tuesday, while Matheus Franca remains out.Chelsea have won their last 13 Premier League games against Crystal Palace.
However, the Blues have subsequently lost on the last two occasions they scored six times - against Arsenal in 2022 and 2024. They could lose their opening three top-flight games for only the second time. In 2017-18, the Eagles opened with seven straight defeats but their first league points of that campaign were a 2-1 home win against Chelsea.
Crystal Palace have lost 80% of their 30 Premier League meetings with Chelsea , the highest loss rate of any side to face another at least 30 times in the competition. Each of their four wins against the Blues have come under a different manager . Having only lost three of their 13 Premier League games under Oliver Glasner last season , Crystal Palace have lost both such matches in 2024-25. Only in 2017-18 have the Eagles ever lost their first three matches of a top-flight campaign .
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