Crystal Palace vs Chelsea prediction | 6 Jan 2027 | xGtoday


Crystal Palace
Ranking: #26 overall, #12 in England

84.9 → 81.7 (-3.2 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-3 05 Sep Fulham (A) 83.9 -0.8
2-3 12 Sep Ipswich (H) 82.6 -1.3
4-0 17 Sep Lech Poznań (H) 82.5 -0.1
0-0 20 Sep Leeds Utd (A) 82.5 0.0
3-1 11 Oct Nottm Forest (H) 81.7 -0.8
Chelsea
Ranking: #15 overall, #6 in England

87.9 → 84.6 (-3.3 over last 10 games)

Rating
4-3 30 Aug Brighton (H) 87.3 +0.7
2-1 06 Sep Arsenal (A) 86.9 -0.4
2-2 12 Sep Hull City (H) 85.9 -1.0
3-0 18 Sep Brentford (A) 85.0 -0.9
5-1 10 Oct Bournemouth (H) 84.6 -0.4

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea: by the numbers

Crystal Palace trail Chelsea by 11 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 6 in England.

The recent trend shows Crystal Palace on the rise, -3.2 rating points over their last 10 matches, while Chelsea has gone the other way at -3.3.

Chelsea gained 0.4 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 25 January 2026.

The highest Crystal Palace have ever stood in our European rankings is #9, first reached on 18 October 2025.

The best xGtoday rating Chelsea have ever held is 94.6, first set on 22 August 2021.