Chelsea have not much time to celebrate after their successful Club World Cup campaign as they have to travel to Crystal Palace. German coach Thomas Tuchel may opt to rest some of the players before the Champions League leg with Lille on Tuesday followed by the Carabao Cup final versus Liverpool next weekend but still it will be a strong side today as Blues are hunting the win here. Tuchel will definitely be without Mason Mount, who earned an ankle injury against Palmeiras, but good news are the return of Reece James who could be back from a 10-game missing. Palace are winless in 5 games and their hopes of ending that sequence are hindered by Conor Gallagher being ineligible to play against his parent club. Hosts Palace will be without top scorer Conor Gallagher who is on the loan from Chelsea and is ineligible to play against his parent club. Nathan Ferguson is expected to be out with an injury until April, but Cheikhou Kouyate should be available again after time spent in the Africa Cup of Nations . Chelsea have a great h2h against Crystal Palace. A win percentage against Palace of 76% is the greatest by one team over another in Premier League history, and additionally, their win in Club World Cup Championship should boost them even further and help to establish a good form in the league, especially now before the Champions League comes next week. Defender Ben Chilwell remains sidelined with a long-term knee injury, Ruben Loftus-Cheek missed the recent matches because of injury but is now back in contention and could be in selection to feature.

Palace showed some decent football this season but is not in a good moment right now in terms of performances and results, while visitors Chelsea travel to continue their winning march from Club World Cup competition. Chelsea wins this one 2-1.

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预测比分2:1。