Crystal Palace v Chelsea, 12 February 2024

Score3-1 to Chelsea
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionPremier League
VenueSelhurst Park
Attendance25,110
Kick-off: 8.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 30 Crystal Palace won: 4 Drawn: 2 Chelsea won: 24 Crystal Palace scored: 22 Chelsea scored: 63 . Chelsea had now won 13 consecutive league games against the same team for the first time in their history.

1 Crystal Palace

Manager: Roy Hodgson

3 Chelsea

Manager: Mauricio Pochettino

Goals:

Jefferson Lerma 30 G

Goals:

Conor Gallagher 47 G
Conor Gallagher 90+1 G
Enzo Fernández 90+4 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Dean Henderson
Defender Tyrick Mitchell
Defender Daniel Muñoz
Defender/Midfielder Joachim Andersen
Defender/Midfielder Chris Richards
Midfielder Will Hughes
Midfielder Jefferson Lerma
Midfielder Adam Wharton
Midfielder/Forward Matheus França
Forward Jordan Ayew

Starting lineup:

Djorđe Petrović Goalkeeper
Ben Chilwell Defender
Axel Disasi Defender
Malo Gusto Defender
Thiago Silva Defender
Moisés Caicedo Defender/Midfielder
Enzo Fernández Midfielder
Conor Gallagher Midfielder
Nicolas Jackson Midfielder/Forward
Noni Madueke Midfielder/Forward
Cole Palmer Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Naouirou Ahamada for Will Hughes 79
Odsonne Edouard for Matheus França 84

Substitutions:

Christopher Nkunku for Noni Madueke 46
Levi Colwill for Thiago Silva 61
Raheem Sterling for Nicolas Jackson 79
Alfie Gilchrist for Malo Gusto 84

Cards:

Jefferson Lerma 70 Y
Daniel Muñoz 80 Y

Cards:

Axel Disasi 90+2 Y
Nicolas Jackson 90+5 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone
Defender Nathaniel Clyne
Defender Jaïro Riedewald
Defender James Tomkins
Defender Joel Ward
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder Naouirou Ahamada
Midfielder David Ozoh
Forward Odsonne Edouard

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Lucas Bergström
Defender Trevoh Chalobah
Defender Levi Colwill
Defender Alfie Gilchrist
Midfielder Cesare Casadei
Midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka
Midfielder/Forward Mykhailo Mudryk
Midfielder/Forward Christopher Nkunku
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling

Comments:

League position: 15th . As he stood down from his post seven days later, this was Roy Hodgson's final game as manager of Crystal Palace. He had extended his competition record of being the oldest manager to take charge of a game in the Premier League to 76 years and 194 days. . Palace failed in their attempt to equal their club record of winning three consecutive home games in the Premier League; most recently in October 2022. . With his first goal for the club, Jefferson Lerma scored Palace’s 1,000th goal in the top division (played 934, conceded 1,367). . They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 13 games in the Premier League; their longest such sequence in the top division.

Comments:

League position: 10th . Chelsea avoided losing three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since May 2023. . The Blues avoided conceding more than one goal in seven consecutive away league away games for the first time since December 1990 in League Division One. . They avoided conceding four or more goals in three consecutive league games for the first time since December 1989 in League Division One.

1 Crystal Palace

Manager: Roy Hodgson

Goals:

Jefferson Lerma 30 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Dean Henderson
Defender Tyrick Mitchell
Defender Daniel Muñoz
Defender/Midfielder Joachim Andersen
Defender/Midfielder Chris Richards
Midfielder Will Hughes
Midfielder Jefferson Lerma
Midfielder Adam Wharton
Midfielder/Forward Matheus França
Forward Jordan Ayew

Substitutions:

Naouirou Ahamada for Will Hughes 79
Odsonne Edouard for Matheus França 84

Cards:

Jefferson Lerma 70 Y
Daniel Muñoz 80 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone
Defender Nathaniel Clyne
Defender Jaïro Riedewald
Defender James Tomkins
Defender Joel Ward
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder Naouirou Ahamada
Midfielder David Ozoh
Forward Odsonne Edouard

Comments:

League position: 15th . As he stood down from his post seven days later, this was Roy Hodgson's final game as manager of Crystal Palace. He had extended his competition record of being the oldest manager to take charge of a game in the Premier League to 76 years and 194 days. . Palace failed in their attempt to equal their club record of winning three consecutive home games in the Premier League; most recently in October 2022. . With his first goal for the club, Jefferson Lerma scored Palace’s 1,000th goal in the top division (played 934, conceded 1,367). . They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 13 games in the Premier League; their longest such sequence in the top division.

3 Chelsea

Manager: Mauricio Pochettino

Goals:

Conor Gallagher 47 G
Conor Gallagher 90+1 G
Enzo Fernández 90+4 G

Starting lineup:

Djorđe Petrović Goalkeeper
Ben Chilwell Defender
Axel Disasi Defender
Malo Gusto Defender
Thiago Silva Defender
Moisés Caicedo Defender/Midfielder
Enzo Fernández Midfielder
Conor Gallagher Midfielder
Nicolas Jackson Midfielder/Forward
Noni Madueke Midfielder/Forward
Cole Palmer Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Christopher Nkunku for Noni Madueke 46
Levi Colwill for Thiago Silva 61
Raheem Sterling for Nicolas Jackson 79
Alfie Gilchrist for Malo Gusto 84

Cards:

Axel Disasi 90+2 Y
Nicolas Jackson 90+5 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Lucas Bergström
Defender Trevoh Chalobah
Defender Levi Colwill
Defender Alfie Gilchrist
Midfielder Cesare Casadei
Midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka
Midfielder/Forward Mykhailo Mudryk
Midfielder/Forward Christopher Nkunku
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling

Comments:

League position: 10th . Chelsea avoided losing three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since May 2023. . The Blues avoided conceding more than one goal in seven consecutive away league away games for the first time since December 1990 in League Division One. . They avoided conceding four or more goals in three consecutive league games for the first time since December 1989 in League Division One.