Chelsea v Crystal Palace
Team news
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.
Romeo Lavia and Reece James are expected to return from injury after the international break.
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.
Manager Oliver Glasner has said that Marc Guehi will remain at the club following interest from Newcastle United.
Match facts
Head to head
Chelsea have won their last 13 Premier League games against Crystal Palace. They could tie the Football League record of 14 straight victories against the same opponent, currently held by Manchester City versus Bournemouth.
Chelsea have won 24 of the 30 Premier League meetings.
Palace's four wins in this Premier League fixture have all come under a different manager - Tony Pulis, Alan Pardew, Sam Allardyce and Roy Hodgson.
There has not been a draw in any of the last 27 encounters in all competitions.
Chelsea
Chelsea could lose their opening two home games of a league season for the first time since 1978.
They have won four consecutive Premier League London derbies at Stamford Bridge, keeping a clean sheet in each of the last three.
Chelsea’s 6-2 win at Wolves last time out was the 21st time they’ve scored six or more goals in a Premier League game. Only Manchester City, in 22 games, have done so more often.
However, the Blues have subsequently lost on the last two occasions they scored six times - against Arsenal in 2022 and 2024.
Noni Madueke became the 23rd Chelsea player to score a Premier League hat-trick last weekend - the highest tally of unique hat-trick scorers of any side.
Cole Palmer has been directly involved in 25 Premier League goals in 2024 (15 goals, 10 assists) - at least seven more than any other player.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace have opened their Premier League campaign with two defeats, having lost only three of their 13 league matches under Oliver Glasner last season.
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.
Palace have won only one of their last 21 Premier League away London derbies, a 2-1 victory at West Ham United in November 2022.
At the start of this matchround, Eberechi Eze had been involved in an unrivalled 16 shots but is yet to register a goal or assist.
