One Crystal Palace player will be hoping to end an awful record when his side take on Chelsea at Selhurst Park later.
Since arriving in England, Jordan Ayew has played Chelsea 15 times in the Premier League, representing Palace, Swansea City and Aston Villa.
However, the forward has actually lost all 15 of those games, which is a competition record, as per BBC Sport.
Palace’s last meeting with Chelsea ended 2-1 to the Blues at the Bridge.
Roy Hodgson’s men were close to securing a point, but Noni Madueke scored a penalty at the death to win the home side the game.
Tonight’s rematch is very huge for Hodgson. He is under a lot of pressure right now and last month, Guardian journalist Ed Aarons claimed that this game against Chelsea could decide his fate.
Will Chelsea hand Jordan Ayew his 16th defeat against them?
We think the Blues will, as they are on a bit of a high right now, whereas the mood at Palace is not currently great. They were pretty poor last time out and have a lot of injuries at present.
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Chelsea just played arguably their best game of the season after beating Aston Villa 3-1 in an FA Cup fourth round replay. As for Palace, they lost 4-1 against their rivals Brighton & Hove Albion.
Michael Olise, the team’s most dangerous attacker, was taken off injured and will now miss tonight’s London derby, while Hodgson will also be without Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi. Olise was the man who grabbed Palace’s goal in the reverse fixture.
It is not looking good for Hodgson and Ayew, though. Anything less than three points, and Chelsea should feel extremely disappointed with themselves.
With a tough trip to the Etihad to face Manchester City awaiting them afterwards, it is imperative that Mauricio Pochettino‘s men do not slip up tonight. They need all the points they can get and it is hard to imagine them earning any on Saturday.
