Chelsea v Crystal Palace, 14 August 2021

Score3-0 to Chelsea
RefereeJonathan Moss
CompetitionPremier League
VenueStamford Bridge
Attendance38,965

View Chelsea v Crystal Palace head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Premier League Head to Head Played: 25 Chelsea won: 19 Drawn: 2 Crystal Palace won: 4 Chelsea scored: 54 Crystal Palace scored: 19 Chelsea had now won all of the last eight meetings since October 2017 (all Premier League).

3 Chelsea

Manager: Thomas Tuchel

0 Crystal Palace

Manager: Patrick Vieira

Goals:

Marcos Alonso 27 G
Christian Pulišić 40 G
Trevoh Chalobah 58 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy
Defender Trevoh Chalobah
Defender Andreas Christensen
Defender Antonio Rüdiger
Defender/Midfielder César Azpilicueta
Defender/Midfielder Marcos Alonso
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder Mateo Kovačić
Midfielder Mason Mount
Midfielder Christian Pulišić
Forward Timo Werner

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Vicente Guaita
Defender Marc Guehi
Defender Tyrick Mitchell
Defender Jaïro Riedewald
Defender Joel Ward
Defender/Midfielder Cheikhou Kouyaté
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder James McArthur
Midfielder/Forward Wilfried Zaha
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Jean-Philippe Mateta

Substitutions:

Reece James for César Azpilicueta 67
Kai Havertz for Christian Pulišić 82
Emerson for Marcos Alonso 86

Substitutions:

Joachim Andersen for Jeffrey Schlupp 57
Christian Benteke for Jean-Philippe Mateta 57
Jesuran Rak-Sakyi for Jaïro Riedewald 77

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Ben Chilwell
Defender Emerson
Defender Thiago Silva
Defender Kurt Zouma
Defender/Midfielder Reece James
Midfielder Callum Hudson-Odoi
Midfielder/Forward Kai Havertz
Forward Tammy Abraham

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jack Butland
Defender Nathaniel Clyne
Defender Martin Kelly
Defender/Midfielder Joachim Andersen
Defender/Midfielder Reece Hannam
Midfielder Scott Banks
Midfielder/Forward Jesuran Rak-Sakyi
Forward Christian Benteke
Forward Rob Street

Comments:

Chelsea had now won 12 of their last 19 games in the Premier League (lost three). They had now kept clean sheets in 20 of their 32 games in all competitions under manager Thomas Tuchel. Aged 22 years and 40 days, Trevoh Chalobah became the second youngest player to score on his debut in the Premier League for the Blues after Paul Hughes against Derby County on 18 January 1997 (20 years and 274 days).

Comments:

This was manager Patrick Vieira's first game in charge of Crystal Palace. As a player, he did not lose a game in the Premier League against Chelsea (won six, drew four). Palace's last manager to win their first game in the Premier League remained as Alan Pardew against Tottenham Hotspur on 10 January 2015. The Eagles had now lost seven of their last nine games in the Premier League.