Chelsea vs Crystal Palace, 2020-21 English Premier League
· English Premier League
FT
4 - 0
4 - 0
Chilwell shines with goal, assist as Chelsea hit four past Crystal Palace
Ben Chilwell scored one and assisted another on his Premier League debut with Chelsea as they secured a 4-0 win against Crystal Palace.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Tyrick Mitchell.
- 5': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
- 5': Foul by Jorginho (Chelsea).
- 5': Mamadou Sakho (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Hand ball by Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace).
- 8': Attempt missed. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jorginho with a cross.
- 10': Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Foul by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
- 11': Foul by Jorginho (Chelsea).
- 11': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Attempt missed. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
- 15': Hand ball by Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace).
- 19': Attempt saved. Timo Werner (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
- 19': Foul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
- 19': Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 20': Attempt missed. Jorginho (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Thiago Silva with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
- 23': Foul by Kai Havertz (Chelsea).
- 23': Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 23': Foul by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
- 25': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Joel Ward.
- 25': Attempt missed. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ben Chilwell with a cross following a corner.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James McArthur.
- 27': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by N'Golo Kanté.
- 28': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Kai Havertz.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 36': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Tyrick Mitchell.
- 37': Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 37': Foul by Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace).
- 37': Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Foul by Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea).
- 39': Attempt saved. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jorginho.
- 41': Hand ball by Ben Chilwell (Chelsea).
- 42': Attempt missed. Mamadou Sakho (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andros Townsend with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 44': Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 44': Foul by Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace).
- 44': Foul by Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace).
- 44': Jorginho (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+1': Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Foul by Ben Chilwell (Chelsea).
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Chelsea 0, Crystal Palace 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Chelsea 0, Crystal Palace 0.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Kai Havertz (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.
- 47': Foul by Thiago Silva (Chelsea).
- 47': Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Attempt blocked. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
- 50': Goal! Chelsea 1, Crystal Palace 0. Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 53': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Ben Chilwell.
- 54': Attempt missed. James McArthur (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
- 58': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Tyrick Mitchell.
- 59': Attempt missed. Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Chilwell with a cross following a corner.
- 61': Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Kai Havertz (Chelsea).
- 62': Attempt blocked. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by James McArthur.
- 62': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Thiago Silva.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
- 64': Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Foul by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
- 64': César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tammy Abraham.
- 65': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
- 66': Goal! Chelsea 2, Crystal Palace 0. Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ben Chilwell with a cross following a corner.
- 67': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Luka Milivojevic replaces James McCarthy.
- 69': Foul by Jorginho (Chelsea).
- 69': Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Foul by N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea).
- 70': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 70': N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 70': Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 70': Foul by Tammy Abraham (Chelsea).
- 71': Edouard Mendy (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace).
- 72': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jairo Riedewald replaces James McArthur.
- 73': Foul by Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace).
- 73': Timo Werner (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 73': Foul by Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
- 73': Jorginho (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 75': Attempt missed. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi with a cross.
- 76': Penalty Chelsea. Tammy Abraham draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 76': Penalty conceded by Tyrick Mitchell (Crystal Palace) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 77': VAR Decision: Penalty Chelsea.
- 78': Goal! Chelsea 3, Crystal Palace 0. Jorginho (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 80': Foul by Joel Ward (Crystal Palace).
- 80': Kai Havertz (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Luka Milivojevic.
- 81': Penalty Chelsea. Kai Havertz draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 81': Penalty conceded by Mamadou Sakho (Crystal Palace) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 82': Goal! Chelsea 4, Crystal Palace 0. Jorginho (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
- 83': Substitution, Chelsea. Mateo Kovacic replaces N'Golo Kanté because of an injury.
- 83': Substitution, Chelsea. Christian Pulisic replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
- 85': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
- 85': Offside, Chelsea. Timo Werner tries a through ball, but Kai Havertz is caught offside.
- 86': Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 86': Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea).
- 87': Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 87': Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea).
- 87': Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace).
- 87': Kai Havertz (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
- 90'+1': Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Christian Pulisic (Chelsea).
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Chelsea 4, Crystal Palace 0.
- 0': Match ends, Chelsea 4, Crystal Palace 0.
Statistics
 CRY |
CHE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 17 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 2 | Saves | 0 |
| 29.1 | Possession | 70.9 |
| 4 | SHOTS | 17 |
| 0 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.0 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 2 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 2 |
| 208 | Accurate Passes | 636 |
| 280 | Passes | 707 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 18 | Crosses | 23 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 41 | Long Balls | 50 |
| 9 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
| 0.2 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 5 |
| 10 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 13 |
| 15 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 15 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Location: London, England
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Location: London, England
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 34 | +38 | 73 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 33 | +37 | 70 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 33 | +13 | 58 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 34 | +13 | 58 |
Line-Ups
Chelsea (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Édouard Mendy (GK) |
| 15 | Kurt Zouma |
| 6 | Thiago Silva |
| 21 | Ben Chilwell |
| 28 | César Azpilicueta  |
| 29 | Kai Havertz |
| 5 | Jorginho |
| 7 | N'Golo Kanté |
| 9 | Tammy Abraham |
| 11 | Timo Werner |
| 20 | Callum Hudson-Odoi |
Crystal Palace (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 31 | Vicente Guaita (GK) |
| 12 | Mamadou Sakho |
| 8 | Cheikhou Kouyaté |
| 27 | Tyrick Mitchell |
| 2 | Joel Ward |
| 22 | James McCarthy |
| 18 | James McArthur |
| 25 | Eberechi Eze |
| 10 | Andros Townsend |
| 9 | Jordan Ayew |
| 11 | Wilfried Zaha |
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