Chelsea make a short trip across the capital to face Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in the Premier League London derby contest on Sunday afternoon.
Palace fell to a 2-1 defeat at Sunderland in their last Premier League outing, extending the club’s winless run to 10 games.
Liam Rosenior guided [Chelsea to a 1-0 victory over Pafos FC](https://thesportstoday.com/2026/01/21/caicedos-late-goal-spares-chelseas-blushes-against-pafos/) in his first UEFA Champions League game as a manager on Wednesday.
The Englishman also [secured a 2-0 victory for Chelsea over Brentford](https://thesportstoday.com/2026/01/17/chelsea-beat-brentford-2-0-in-manager-liam-roseniors-premier-league-debut/) in his Premier League debut last time out.
**Match preview**
Crystal Palace are winless in their last 16 Premier League games against Chelsea, drawing the last three after losing 13 in a row.
Chelsea have only failed to score in one of their 16 Premier League away games against Crystal Palace (W12 D2 L2), doing so in a 1-0 defeat in March 2014.
The Eagles have kept just three clean sheets in their last 34 league games against Chelsea. One of those was in this season’s reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge, with the Eagles last recording consecutive league shutouts against the Blues in March 1983.
Only Burnley (13) are on a longer winless run in the Premier League currently than Palace (7), with the Eagles drawing two and losing five of their last seven games. They last had a longer winless run between August and October 2024 (eight matches).
The Blues are looking to win back-to-back Premier League matches for the first time since November – a three-game run – following their 2-0 win over Brentford.
Since Oliver Glasner’s first Premier League match in charge of Crystal Palace, only three teams have dropped more points from winning positions than they have (39) – they’ve gone ahead twice in four games in 2026, failing to win either game (D1 L1).
Chelsea won their first Premier League match under Liam Rosenior, with Graham Potter the last Blues boss to win his first two back in October 2022. The last Englishman to win his first two games in the competition overall was Steven Gerrard in November 2021 with Aston Villa.
Since the start of the 2022/23 season, only Arsenal (97) have won more points in Premier League London derbies than Chelsea (73), while only West Ham (38) have picked up fewer than Crystal Palace (45) in that time.
Both João Pedro and Cole Palmer netted in Liam Rosenior’s first Premier League game in charge last weekend. There have been four occasions Chelsea players have scored in a manager’s first two games in charge – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink under Claudio Ranieri, Deco under Felipe Scolari, Diego Costa under Antonio Conte and Pedro under Maurizio Sarri.
**Team news**
**Crystal Palace**
Oliver Glasner could welcome back both Daniel Munoz and Nathaniel Clyne to the matchday squad after their respective injuries.
While Eddie Nketiah, Cheick Doucoure, Daichi Kamada and Rio Cardines are sidelined with injuries.
**Chelsea**
Reece James and Filip Jorgensen were both substituted at the break in Wednesday’s Champions League victory, and the latter could be out for some weeks, while James could make his way back into the starting XI.
Jorgensen joins Levi Colwill, Dario Essugo, Romeo Lavia and Tosin Adarabioyo in the visitors’ infirmary.
**Predicted line-ups**
**Crystal Palace**: Dean Henderson, Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix, Jefferson Lerma, Justin Devenny, Tyrick Mitchell, Will Hughes, Adam Wharton, Brennan Johnson, Yéremy Pino, Jean-Philippe Mateta.
**Chelsea:** Robert Sánchez, Reece James, Trevoh Chalobah, Benoit Badiashile, Marc Cucurella, Moisés Caicedo, Enzo Fernández, Cole Palmer, Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho, João Pedro.