Palace build a good attack in the final third, but Wan-Bissaka wastes the opening by sending his cross over the bar. That should be the game.
90' +2
There will be time for one more Palace attack as Chelsea lose possession in the corner.
90'
P. van Aanholt has scored a goal for Crystal Palace! Assist by W. Zaha.
GOALLLLLLLLL!!!!! VAN AANHOLT SCORES!! Palace open up Chelsea with a neat move in the final third. The full-back takes a good first touch before he firing his effort between the legs of Courtois into the net. Game on.
Zaha slides the ball to Van Aanholt in space to find the net.
There will be three minutes of added time.
89'
Zaha lifts a dangerous cross into the box from the left flank, but it just sails above the head of McArthur at the back post.
88'
Pedro enters the game and replaces Cesc Fàbregas.
T. Bakayoko enters the game and replaces E. Hazard.
Hazard is replaced by Bakayoko.
Fabregas makes way for Pedro.
86'
J. Tomkins gets yellow.
Álvaro Morata gets yellow.
Tomkins had a bit of a melee with Alonso and Christensen a minute ago. Now he starts a confrontation with Morata. He goes into the book for his actions.
Morata joins Tomkins in the book for his part in the melee.
85'
DISALLOWED GOAL! It's not Sorloth's day. He latches on to a loose ball box and hammers his strike past Courtois into the net, only for the referee to blow for a foul against Cahill by Riedewald.
83'
Van Aanholt lifts a cross to the back post for Sorloth, but under pressure from Cahill, the forward cannot keep the ball in play.
81'
Lee Chung-Yong enters the game and replaces A. Townsend.
OVER! Hazard creates room for himself on the edge of the box, only to hammer his strike well over the bar.
Lee replaces Townsend for the visitors.
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80'
Willian releases Hazard into the left inside channel before the Belgian passes back to Morata to shoot. The Spaniard sees his effort deflected behind for a corner.
78'
Hazard offloads to Morata on the edge of the box, but the Spaniard wastes a promising attack by scuffing an effort straight at Hennessey.
77'
Azpilicueta sends the ball out wide for Alonso, who almost releases Hazard in behind with a fine first touch. However, the Belgian just cannot take it in stride.
75'
J. Riedewald enters the game and replaces J. Schlupp.
The Eagles fend off another threat from the home side as McArthur is well placed in the box to deny Zappacosta, winning a free-kick in the process.
Riedewald replaces Schlupp for the visitors.
74'
There's still time for Palace to get back into the contest. Chelsea have not killed off the game, despite enjoying numerous opportunities.
72'
Álvaro Morata enters the game and replaces O. Giroud.
It has not been Giroud's day and he makes way for Morata.
69'
Zappacosta sends a threatening cross to the near post from the right flank, but Tomkins is alert to head clear of the forward.
67'
Van Aanholt lifts a dangerous cross to the back post, but it just evades the outstretched leg of McArthur.
OFF THE POST!! Giroud hits the post from close range. Alonso raids down the left and cuts the ball back for the Frenchman. He guides a right-footed effort towards goal, but is denied by the woodwork. Frustration gets the better of him on the rebound as he scuffs his strike.
65'
A concern for Conte as Willian is down on the deck after a collision with Tomkins. They cannot afford to lose him ahead of their clash with Barcelona.
Willian is back on his feet and looks to be ok. A relief for Chelsea and Conte.
64'
Kante loses possession in his own box and Townsend almost pounces, but Cahill is there to put him off his strike.
62'
OVER! Willian has space down the right once again and he lifts a cross into the box, which Giroud attacks with a header. However, the Frenchman cannot direct his effort on target.
61'
BLOCK! Willian opens up the visitors down the right flank and he cuts the ball back across the six-yard box. Zappacosta stabs an effort at goal, only to be denied by Wan-Bissaka.
60'
SAVE! Willian curls his effort around the wall and the ball drifts towards the bottom corner, but Hennessey gets down well to make the save.
59'
P. van Aanholt gets yellow.
Van Aanholt brings down Hazard on the charge and hands Chelsea a free-kick in a threatening position.
Van Aanholt goes into the book for his foul on Hazard.
58'
Palace win a free-kick down the left flank, but Milivojevic's delivery is charged down by the wall. Van Aanholt collects on the edge of the box and volleys at goal, but Courtois is well positioned to make the save.
56'
Zappacosta finds room to squeeze a cross to the near post, which should be comfortable for Hennessey to gather. He fumbles the first attempt, but is able to snag it before Hazard pounces.
55'
SAVE! Hazard breaks into the final third collecting a flick-on from Giroud. However, his low strike is blocked by the feet of Hennessey.
54'
Palace work the ball across the pitch for Van Aanholt and he lifts a cross into the box, but it flies over the head of Sorloth on the penalty spot.
51'
BLOCK! Tomkins makes a vital block at the back to stop Chelsea scoring a third. Willian led a rapid counter up the pitch before offloading to Giroud. The Frenchman cut the ball back across the six-yard box for the Brazilian to strike, only to be denied by the Palace defender.
50'
Zaha collects in the final third and tries to create space for a strike, but he loses possession allowing Chelsea to counter.
47'
OFF THE POST! Christensen is robbed on the edge of his own box and Sorloth breaks unopposed towards goal. The striker hammers a low effort towards the bottom corner, only to be denied by the post. A huge opportunity is spurned by the visitors.
46'
W. Zaha enters the game and replaces C. Benteke.
Zaha replaces Benteke for the visitors.
We're back underway at Stamford Bridge.
45' +2
Townsend bends a free-kick to the back post for Benteke to attack, but it just sails over his head and out for a goal-kick.
45' +1
DISALLOWED GOAL! Hazard hammers the ball into the net for the Blues, but the whistle was blown for offside before he converted.
45'
OFF THE LINE! Giroud is denied by Tomkins. Chelsea open up Palace at the back and Hazard slides a pass to his team-mate for the final touch. However, the Frenchman's effort is cleared off the line by a desperate lunge from Tomkins. He saves a certain goal.
There will be two minutes of added time.
44'
Chelsea take it quicky, but Fabregas' cross is cleared with ease by the Eagles. Disappointing from the home side - that was a decent opportunity to put men into the box.
Kelly brings down Hazard in the left corner and the Blues have a good opportunity from the free-kick before the half.
43'
Hazard gets the better of Townsend down the left and fires the ball low towards the near post, but Kelly is there to make the intervention to stop Alonso.
40'
Giroud feeds to Willian on the charge in the right inside channel. The Brazilian looks to fire the ball across the face of goal, only to be denied by an inch-perfect challenge from Tomkins.
39'
Palace are being outmanoeuvred by Chelsea on the pitch. There's acres of space for the Blues down both flanks to exploit.
38'
Zappacosta has the freedom of the right flank and continues to surge forward. He shoots on his left foot from distance, only to fire wide of the post.
37'
WIDE! Giroud wins another header from Zappacosta's cross from the right. Alonso almost pounces on the rebound, but Wan-Bissaka is there to divert his effort wide of the post.
35'
McArthur does well at the back to clear Giroud's header away from the six-yard box as Hazard lurked waiting to pounce.
34'
The Blues are in complete control of the game now and are encamped in the Palace half. The visitors need to hold firm here.
32'
M. Kelly is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
GOALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!! CHELSEA DOUBLE THEIR LEAD!!!! It's unfortunate for the Eagles as Kelly clears Zappacosta's low drive off the line. However, it rebounds off the body of Hennessey and back onto the defender before rolling into the bottom corner. Chelsea opened up the Palace backline with a flowing move as Giroud, Willian and Hazard combine down the left. Hazard rolled a pass for Zappacosta, who's goalbound effort was deflected home.
30'
Zappacosta raids down the right and looks for a target in the middle. Giroud is late in arriving and can only loop a header straight at Hennessey from the Italian's delivery.
27'
Milivojevic sends the ball into the path of Benteke, who offloads immediately to Sorloth. The striker goes for the first-time shot on his left foot, only to fire well wide of the target.
25'
Willian has scored a goal for Chelsea! Assist by N. Kanté.
Kante picks out Willian on the left and the Brazilian doe the rest.
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! WILLIAN FINDS THE NET!!!! Chelsea break the deadlock as Willian cuts inside from the left and his shot is deflected past Hennessey into the net with the aid of the post. The Eagles have paid the price for allowing the Brazilian room to shoot. He had two efforts to find his range before breaking the deadlock with the aid of fortune.
23'
Willian lines up a strike from distance as he is afforded space and time 25 yards from goal. However, he can only blast his effort over the bar.
21'
Van Aanholt slides to stop Zappacosta's run down the right flank, preventing the Italian from whipping a cross into the box.
19'
Chelsea probe at the Palace line and Hazard tries to lift the ball over the defence for Fabregas' run, but it skips off the surface for Hennessey to gather ahead of the Spaniard.
17'
Hazard tries to weave his way through the Palace line, but Kelly comes out to make a strong tackle.
16'
Willian goes for a drive from the edge of the box, but once again it's a comfortable save for Hennessey to make down to his left.
15'
Kante tries to thread a pass through to Giroud in the box, but his offload is cut out by Tomkins on the stretch.
14'
Chelsea put the pressure on down the right, but Hazard cannot find a way through to goal after collecting Zappacosta's cutback.
12'
OVER! Townsend latches on to a flick-on from Benteke on the edge of the box and he volleys towards goal, sending his effort narrowly over the bar.
10'
Willian raids into space on the edge of the box and shoots on his left foot towards the bottom corner, but Hennessey gets down to make the stop.
9'
BLOCK! Zappacosta is played into space on the right flank and he cuts back inside to shoot on his left foot. However, a wall of white shirts stop the ball from reaching the target.
8'
SAVE! Kante latches on to a loose ball on the edge of the box. He sends an effort towards Giroud and goal, but the Frenchman cannot get a touch on it and Hennessey makes the block.
6'
McArthur wins a corner for the visitors with a bustling run down the left. Benteke wheels off his man from the resulting cross, but the ball is just too high for him to make clean contact.
5'
Zappacosta collects on the right and he floats a cross into the box for Giroud to head at goal, but he guides his effort harmlessly wide of the post.
3'
Kante tries to steal possession in the Palace half, but fouls McArthur in his attempt to make the challenge.
1'
We're underway at Stamford Bridge.
Good evening and welcome to the live commentary of the Premier League clash between Chelsea and Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues have faced a week of criticism for the manner of their performance against Manchester City last week. The Blues barely laid a glove on Pep Guardiola's men and have fallen out of the top four as a result of their loss as well as their previous defeat to Manchester United. Antonio Conte's men need to find their form ahead of their crucial contest against Barcelona at the Camp Nou in the Champions League next week.
The team news has been announced and we'll start with the home side.
Palace had their hearts broken by Manchester United on Monday. Goals from Andros Townsend and Patrick van Aanholt had put the Eagles ahead, but United responded through Chris Smalling and Romelu Lukaku before Nemanja Matic won the game at the death with a screamer. The tight nature of the bottom half means that Roy Hodgson's men can still move into 16th place with a victory this evening.
CHELSEA (3-4-3): Thibaut Courtois; Cesar Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Gary Cahill; Davide Zappacosta, Cesc Fabregas, N'Golo Kante, Marcos Alonso; Willian, Eden Hazard, Olivier Giroud.
Chelsea subs: Willy Caballero, Alvaro Morata, Pedro, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Victor Moses, Emerson, Ethan Ampadu.
CRYSTAL PALACE (4-4-2): Wayne Hennessey; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Martin Kelly, James Tomkins, Patrick van Aanholt; Andros Townsend, Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur, Jeffrey Schlupp; Alexander Sorloth, Christian Benteke.
Palace subs: Wilfried Zaha, Mamadou Sakho, Lee Chung-yong, Diego Cavalieri, Pape Souare, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Jairo Riedewald.
Chelsea have made four changes from their defeat at the hands of City last week. Kante returns in the middle of the park, while Zappacosta, Cahill and Giroud also get the nod to start. Pedro, Moses, Antonio Rudiger and Danny Drinkwater make way.
STAT! Chelsea have lost their last two Premier League games against Crystal Palace – the last side to beat them in three consecutively was Liverpool, with a run of four in May 2012.
Palace are unchanged from their defeat at the hands of United on Monday. However, Zaha and Sakho return to the bench after injury lay-offs, providing a huge boost for Hodgson ahead of the stretch run.
STAT! The Eagles have won back-to-back Premier League games at Stamford Bridge, after failing to win any of their first 13 at the ground in top-flight competition (D5 L8).
FLASHBACK! Palace recorded their first Premier League win of the campaign against Chelsea thanks to an own goal from Azpilicueta and a strike from Zaha.
HALF-TIME: CHELSEA 2-0 CRYSTAL PALACE
Chelsea are in control of their Premier League clash against Crystal Palace at the break thanks to a strike from Willian and an own goal from Martin Kelly. The Brazilian was afforded room on the edge of the box and his shot was deflected past Wayne Hennessey, finding the net with the aid of the post. Davide Zappacosta's strike was then deflected onto Hennessey by Kelly before it struck the defender and rolled into the net. The Blues have deserved their luck and could have had a third goal if not for good defending from James Tomkins. Roy Hodgson needs a response from his team in the second half.
FULL-TIME: CHELSEA 2-1 CRYSTAL PALACE
Chelsea get back to winning ways, despite being wasteful in front of goal this evening. A strike from Willian along with an own goal from Martin Kelly were enough to secure the three points. Crystal Palace improved in the second half and were denied a goal back when Alexander Sorloth turned the ball home, only for the referee to award a free-kick to Chelsea. However, Patrick van Aanholt made it a tight finish with a composed effort, but the Blues held out for the three points.
Thanks for joining our commentary this evening. Until next time, goodbye.
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