Matchday

Premier League 25/26 · 17 Aug 2025

Chelsea 0–0 Crystal Palace

Picked for matchday: Two strong sides · Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 21% · Standout: Estêvão scored 85.4

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.0 – 1.1
Actual xG
1.6 – 0.7
Goals
0 – 0

Footybot made Chelsea favourites at 59%.

Chelsea deserved more from the draw, creating 1.6 xG to 0.7.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Reece James, 82.0 in 79′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Chelsea

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Crystal Palace

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Chelsea

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Estêvão Midfielder36000.3485.4–
Reece James Defender7900–82.0–
Josh Acheampong Defender90000.0981.6–
Pedro Neto Midfielder90000.0371.0–
Robert Sánchez Goalkeeper9000–62.7–
Trevoh Chalobah Defender90000.0962.6–
Jamie Gittens Midfielder54000.0761.6–
Marc Cucurella Defender90000.1156.6–
Moisés Caicedo Midfielder90000.0455.8–
Andrey Santos Midfielder11000.3152.3–
Malo Gusto Defender11000.0250.1–
Cole Palmer Midfielder90000.1745.2–
João Pedro Forward73000.2845.0–
Liam Delap Forward17000.0543.5–
Enzo Fernández Midfielder7900–43.0–

Crystal Palace

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Maxence Lacroix Defender9000–59.8–
Adam Wharton Midfielder9000–55.8–
Dean Henderson Goalkeeper9000–55.8–
Chris Richards Defender90000.0852.3–
Eberechi Eze Midfielder84000.2452.0–
Jean-Philippe Mateta Forward90000.2949.8–
Daniel Muñoz Midfielder90000.0548.9–
Jefferson Lerma Midfielder2000–47.4–
Marc Guéhi Defender9000–46.9–
Justin Devenny Midfielder1300–46.5–
Tyrick Mitchell Midfielder9000–46.2–
Ismaïla Sarr Forward9000–43.1–
Will Hughes Midfielder7000–42.8–