• Both Premier League meetings last season ended in 1-1 draws

• Palace kicked off the season by lifting the Community Shield

• Recommended bet: Draw or Crystal Palace Double Chance

Club World Cup winners Chelsea meet FA Cup and Community Shield winners Crystal Palace in a silverware-laden London derby at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

It has been another heavy summer rebuild for the Blues, with over £250million spent on a glut of new players while the best piece of business Palace boss Oliver Glasner has done has been persuading Marc Guehi and Ebe Eze to stay put, for the time being.

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Team news

Centre-backs Levi Colwill and Benoit Badiashile are missing for the home side, which gives newcomer Jorrel Hato the chance of a debut.

Romeo Lavia is a doubt, so Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez are likely to occupy the midfield pivot, while coach Enzo Maresca has a decision over whether to field Liam Delap or Joao Pedro up front, with Nicolas Jackson heading out of the club.

Palace will be without Cheick Doucoure and Eddie Nketiah for a while.

Unless he is sold quickly, Marc Guehi will captain the side as he did against Liverpool at Wembley on Sunday.

The stats

Both of last season's league clashes between these two teams finished in 1-1 draws.

Palace are unbeaten in their last nine competitive matches.

Cole Palmer had 3.4 shots per game in last year's Premier League, second only to Manchester city's Erling Haaland (3.5).

Chelsea picked up more league cards (101) than any other top-flight side in 2024/25.

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Prediction

There is a swagger about Chelsea right now, but if there is one team in the top-flight with the pragmatic approach to stifle them it is Palace.

The Eagles do not do reputations as illustrated in the last few games of last term when they drew at Arsenal and Liverpool in the Premier League and beat first Aston Villa to reach the FA Cup final and then Man City to lift the trophy.

This season they have already started to type by fending off Liverpool at Wembley in the Community Shield, this time courtesy of a penalty shootout.

Palace improved immeasurably under Oliver Glasner last season and are now a team you have to respect.

Playing Chelsea, yet another new-look Chelsea, on the opening day is probably a good time to be doing so, especially as Maresca's players came back to work late after their Club World Cup exertions in the early summer.

Both games between the sides ended 1-1 last season and this could well be close again and at 4/7 with LiveScore Bet the Blues look short enough on day one.

Look at their Double Chance market instead and swim the other way, backing the Draw or Crystal Palace option.

Back Draw or Crystal Palace Double Chance at 6/5 with LiveScore Bet