Crystal Palace vs Chelsea – Possible prediction

Chelsea will return to action on Monday when they play against Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

The Blues will hope to return to winning ways in the Premier League following their victory over Aston Villa in the FA Cup.

Ahead of the match, former Arsenal star Paul Merson has dropped his prediction via Sportskeeda.

Merson tipped Arsenal to win with a 3-0 scoreline.

He said:

“Chelsea are a really young side – the average age of the starting XI that beat Aston Villa in the cup was 23! This is what you’re going to get from a bunch of young guns – inconsistency is guaranteed. They got absolutely slaughtered by Liverpool and Wolves but a week later, they played arguably their best football under Mauricio Pochettino in the FA Cup win against Villa.

In the league, you need to be consistent over 38 games, which is why Chelsea have struggled this season. However, in the domestic cups, you just need to be a better team on the day, so I think Chelsea will go far in the FA Cup. They are already in the Carabao Cup final, indicating that they are very much a cup team, like Arsenal was in 1993 when I was part of the squad.

Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise are set to miss out for Palace, so I see nothing but a Chelsea win.”