Opta Stats: Chelsea v Crystal Palace

The weekend Premier League action concludes with a London derby as Chelsea host Crystal Palace. Opta provides the tale of the tape.

Chelsea have lost two of their last three Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace (W1), as many as they had in their first 15 against them in the competition (W11 D2 L2). Crystal Palace are 13.00 to win.

Crystal Palace have won two of their last three away league games against Chelsea (L1), more than they had in their previous 18 combined at Stamford Bridge (W1 D8 L9). They are 11.00 in the Draw No Bet market.

None of the last 14 Premier League meetings between Chelsea and Crystal Palace have finished as a draw, with Chelsea winning 10 to the Eagles' four. Chelsea are 1.28 to win.

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri is unbeaten in his first 10 Premier League games as a manager (W7 D3 L0) - only one manager has had a longer unbeaten start, with Frank Clark managing 11 without defeat with Nottingham Forest in 1994. The draw is 6.80.

Four of Chelsea's last eight Premier League goals have been scored by English players (three Barkley, one Loftus-Cheek) - excluding own-goals, prior to this run just four of their previous 100 goals were scored by Englishmen. Barkley is 3.25 to find the net.

Crystal Palace - 2-0 winners at Fulham in August - haven't won two away Premier League London derbies in a single campaign since the 1997-98 season, when they won at Wimbledon and Spurs. They are 4.40 in the Double Chance market.

Ross Barkley has scored in each of his last three Premier League games for Chelsea - only two Englishmen have scored in four in a row for the Blues, with Frank Lampard doing so on three separate occasions (2005, 2010 and 2013) and Mark Stein scoring in seven in a row in 1994. Barkley is 9.00 to open the scoring.

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has lost his last four Premier League matches at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea - his only win there was in his first visit in April 1998 with Blackburn Rovers. Chelsea are 2.10 to win to nil.

Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has won his four Premier League matches against British managers (Howe, Warnock, Hughes and Dyche) by an aggregate score of 13-1. They are 1.85 to win half-time/full-time.

Since the start of last season, Luka Milivojevic has scored nine Premier League penalties for Crystal Palace - more than any of the other 22 clubs competing in the top-flight in that time have scored. Milivojevic is 10.00 to score.

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