MATCH FACTS

■■Chelsea have won back-to-back Premier League games for the first time since October, when they won four in a row. ■■Crystal Palace have lost each of their last nine matches against Chelsea in the Premier League. Chelsea have now won 20 of the 26 meetings between the two sides in the competition – of fixtures to have been played at least 20 times, their 77% win rate in this fixture is the highest in Premier League history. ■■Chelsea have kept 37 clean sheets in 70 matches in all competitions under Thomas Tuchel, more than any other Premier League side since the German’s first match in charge last January.

■■Crystal Palace have lost three consecutive home matches in the Premier League for the first time since July 2020, with the second match in that run coming against Chelsea.

■■This was the 22nd successive Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Chelsea not to be drawn – Chelsea have won 18 of those matches. ■■Chelsea’s Hakim Ziyech has scored in three consecutive league matches for the first time since September 2019 in the Eredivisie with Ajax.

■■Chelsea’s Romelu Lukaku had just seven touches against Crystal Palace, the fewest in a single Premier League game for a player with 90+ minutes played since this data is available in full for the competition (2003-04). One of those touches was from kick-off in the first half.