Marc Guehi will remain at Crystal Palace, with Oliver Glasner always confident of this outcome. Despite multiple offers from Newcastle United, Guehi, who shone for England at Euro 2024, will stay at Selhurst Park. On Friday, just before the transfer window closed, Glasner confirmed the defender's commitment to the club.

Palace have lost both of their Premier League games this season. In contrast, Chelsea enters Sunday's match at Stamford Bridge after a 6-2 victory over Wolves last week. However, they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Servette in the Europa Conference League qualifiers on Thursday but still progressed on aggregate.

Enzo Maresca is not worried about Chelsea's European commitments affecting their performance. He stated: "It is a competition where we are going to try and do our best in. I think tonight, once again, the team shows in the way we started that the team was there. Then the game, we concede; they had some chances and we lost a little bit of confidence."

Despite losing three of their 13 Premier League games under Glasner last season (W7 D3), Palace has lost both matches in the 2024-25 season. The Eagles have only ever lost their first three matches of a top-flight campaign once before, in 2017-18.

Chelsea - Cole Palmer: Since last season began, Palmer has scored and assisted in more different Premier League games than any other player (six).

Crystal Palace - Eberechi Eze: Eze has been involved in more shots than any other player in the Premier League this season (16 - 12 shots, four chances created) but is yet to score or assist.

Historical Context

Chelsea's recent history against Palace is dominant. They have won each of their last 13 Premier League games against them. Only Manchester City has a longer winning streak against an opponent in English Football League history (14 against Bournemouth). The Blues lost 2-0 against Man City in their opening league game at Stamford Bridge but haven't lost their first two home games in a single campaign since 1978-79.

The Blues' 6-2 win at Wolves marked the 21st time they scored six or more goals in a Premier League game. Only Manchester City has done so more often (22 times). However, Chelsea lost their next league match after scoring six or more goals on two previous occasions.

Match Prediction

The OPTA win probability gives Chelsea a 56.4% chance of victory against Crystal Palace's 21.8%, with a draw at 21.7%. Given Chelsea's recent form and historical dominance over Palace, they are favourites for Sunday's clash.

"I can confirm [he will stay]," Glasner said ahead of Sunday's clash with Guehi's former club Chelsea. "But I was never in doubt. Congratulations to our owners because they didn't give in."

"Thank you to Marc; he was always open with me," Glasner continued. "All the rumours didn't influence his performances. He always told me that he's not pushing to leave Crystal Palace and that is always the most important thing for me."

Palace has faced Chelsea 30 times in the Premier League and lost 80% of those encounters (W4 D2 L24), which is the highest loss rate for any side facing another at least 30 times in the competition.

Each of Palace's four wins against Chelsea came under different managers: Tony Pulis, Alan Pardew, Sam Allardyce, and Roy Hodgson.

Chelsea aims to excel across all competitions this season: Conference League, Premier League, FA Cup, and EFL Cup.The upcoming match between Chelsea and Crystal Palace promises excitement as both teams strive for crucial points early in the season.