20:00 Monday

With rumour swirling around his long term future at the club, Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea side eased some of the pressure on him by doing what just three teams have done since last March - beating Aston Villa at Villa Park.

Chelsea will now look to continue on an upwards trajectory by looking to make it a remarkable 14 wins in a row against Crystal Palace. After coming just one leg short from a winner last week, I’ve gone for the following Bet Builder this time around.

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Crystal Palace vs Chelsea Bet Builder Tips

3+ Match Goals

Six of Crystal Palace’s last 11 home league matches have had three or more goals this season, as have eight of Chelsea’s last 11 away.

Both sides score and concede at a decent rate, with Crystal Palace’s matches averaging 2.87 goals this season, and Chelsea’s averaging 3.35.

Goals are the order of the day then, and with both sides being vulnerable in defence, as emphasised by their negative goal differences, they will know they need to show something in attack in order to get anything out of this game. I expect an end-to-end affair with plenty of mistakes too.

Overall, seven of Crystal Palace’s last eight league matches have had three or more goals, as have five of Chelsea’s last six.

Both Teams To Commit 11+ Fouls

With the mistakes both teams are likely to commit will come fouls, and a number of them. Crystal Palace commit an average of 12 fouls per match, which is a decent amount, and yet still lower than the 14 Chelsea commit on average. Both teams are fouled a lot too, with Crystal Palace winning 13.73 fouls per match and Chelsea 12.73.

Expect a lot of stoppages, then, and I’m backing both teams to commit 11 or more fouls. Crystal Palace have committed at least this number in six of their last eight matches, with Chelsea committing 11 or more in 12 of their last 14.

Conor Gallagher To Be Fouled

A player likely to be fouled is Conor Gallagher. He has won 27 fouls this season, at a rate of 1.52 fouls won per 90.

In fact, Gallagher is generally at the heart of all action for Chelsea, being their second most carded player with five, coming fifth in most shots for them with 14, and committing most fouls with 47 in the league so far this season.

If this match follows a similar trend, Gallagher should both foul and be fouled this evening. He has been fouled in nine away league matches in a row now, and in 20 matches overall. Indeed, he has won a foul in all but two matches he has started this season.

Cole Palmer 1+ Shots On Target

My final selection is for Cole Palmer to have a shot on target. He has the second most shots on target in this Chelsea squad, with 17 - now just four behind Nicolas Jackson.

Playing in either the ‘false 9’ position, or just behind, Palmer will be the furthest forward to start a number of attacks this evening.

With at least one shot on target in eight of his 11 starts away from home this season, typically playing in a deeper role, I see value in that tonight.