English Premier League Odds, Prediction: Crystal Palace vs. Chelsea

Payton Matthews
July 6, 2020

Chelsea is a -231 favourite on the soccer odds with Crystal Palace at +601 and a draw +335. The over-under is 2.5 goals, with the over a -120 slight favourite.

Chelsea FC -257
Draw +357
Crystal Palace +660

Crystal Palace Odds and News

Crystal Palace sits 14^th in the table with 42 points and has a goal differential of minus-12. The Eagles are safe from relegation, though. They are off a 3-0 loss at Leicester City on Saturday. All three goals were allowed after halftime. Tyrick Mitchell made his EPL debut for Crystal Palace, which has been outscored 8-0 in a three-game skid.

Jordan Ayew leads the side with nine league goals; no one else has more than three. He is Palace’s +270 favourite to be an anytime scorer Tuesday with Christian Benteke at +400. He returned from injury Saturday and had two shots on goal.

Crystal Palace is +225 to score first and +580 to score in both halves.

Chelsea Odds and News

Chelsea is fourth in the Premier League with 57 points, one back of third-place Leicester City and two up on fifth-place Manchester United. The Blues have a goals differential of plus-16.

They were 3-0 home winners Saturday over Watford (we predicted a 2-0 score). Olivier Giroud (28^th minute), Willian (43^rd minute on penalty shot) and Ross Barkley (stoppage time) all scored. Willian became the first Chelsea player ever to score on a penalty shot in three consecutive Premier League matches and just sixth player overall to ever do it in the league.

Off a bad loss to West Ham, manager Frank Lampard made a few lineup changes for Chelsea, including Giroud starting in place of leading scorer Tammy Abraham (13 goals in EPL action), as well as Kurt Zouma and Reece James starting on defence.

N’Golo Kante was substituted out in the 78th minute after injuring a hamstring. He’s not going to play Tuesday and neither is fellow midfielder Mateo Kovacic due to injury.

Abraham is the +119 favourite for the Blues to be an anytime scorer in this match. They are -256 to score first and +130 to score in both halves.

On Nov. 9, Chelsea won its fourth straight EPL match in the series vs Crystal Palace, 2-0. found the net in the 52^nd minute and 21-year-old American sensation Christian Pulisic beat Vicente Guatia in the 79^th minute. Kepa Arrizabalaga kept the clean sheet for Chelsea. At the time, Lampard named the youngest-ever starting 11 in Chelsea’s Premier League history with an average age of 24 years and 88 days. The Blues outshot the Eagles 23-3 in dominating possession.