Chelsea vs Crystal Palace, Premier League 2025-25: Preview, H2H stats, when and the place to look at in India

Match particulars

• Match: Chelsea vs Crystal Palace, matchday 1
• Date: Sunday, August 17, 2025
• Kick-off Time: 2 pm BST / 6:30 pm IST
• Venue: Stamford Bridge, London

The place to look at the match in India?

Soccer followers from India can watch the Chelsea vs Crystal Palace, Premier League 2025-26 match on JioHotstar, through OTTplay Premium. Furthermore, they will benefit from the match on the Star Sports activities Choose HD2 TV channel as nicely.

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace: H2H stats

Each Chelsea and Crystal Palace have confronted one another 26 occasions previously. Chelsea have received 20 occasions out of these matches, whereas Crystal Palace have received 4 matches. 2 matches have been drawn.

Chelsea are unbeaten of their final 15 Premier League matches towards Crystal Palace (13 wins, two attracts), which speaks volumes for his or her dominance over the Eagles.

Staff information and preview

Chelsea, underneath supervisor Enzo Maresca, will enter the brand new season on a excessive observe, having received the Membership World Cup in the summertime and ending strongly within the earlier league marketing campaign. The Blues have made important additions, together with Joao Pedro, Estevao Willian, one of many highest-paid youngsters in Chelsea historical past, and Josh Acheampong.

After a dominant pre-season (scoring six targets and conceding only one), Chelsea will look to begin their Premier League journey with momentum. Levi Colwill is injured and can miss the match, whereas Nicolas Jackson is suspended as a result of a purple card final season.

Crystal Palace, recent from their historic first FA Cup triumph in 2024/25 and maiden Neighborhood Protect title in 2025, will present stern resistance. Dean Henderson’s heroics within the aim through the penalties will certainly give them confidence to cease anybody on their day. Supervisor Oliver Glasner goals to maintain the momentum going after a season the place Palace confirmed flashes of brilliance alongside inconsistency.

Palace will miss their star participant, Edward Nketia, who remains to be affected by harm. Daichi Kamada, who needed to be substituted through the Neighborhood Protect match towards Liverpool FC, is uncertain for this fixture as nicely.

Attainable lineups

Chelsea: Sánchez, R. James, T. Adarabioyo, T. Chalobah, M. Cucurella, E. Fernández, M. Caicedo, P. Neto, C. Palmer, J. Gittens, J. Pedro

Crystal Palace: D. Henderson, C. Richards, M. Lacroix, M. Guéhi, D. Muñoz, A. Wharton, W. Hughes, T. Mitchell, I. Sarr, E. Eze, J. Mateta