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The game kicks off at 1500 GMT at Stamford Bridge.
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Chelsea v Crystal Palace: Manager quotes
Antonio Conte (Chelsea)
On rumours surrounding Eden Hazard's possible transfer away from the club: "The only thing I can say is Eden is a Chelsea player, our player. We are happy with him. He is happy with us. I don't see a problem.
"It's normal, it's logical in this part of the season, to start rumours about our player... to try to create difficulty in the mind of the players.
"We have great experience to face this situation. Also my players have this experience.
"If Chelsea players are requested by the other teams, it means they're doing very well. I'm very happy. It means I'm doing a great job."
On winning the title: "I think we deserve to win, but there are 10 games to go. For sure our opponents don't want to accept that Chelsea is champions.
"Football is full of surprises. In my experience as a footballer, I won a lot, but I think I lost more.
"For this reason, I want to keep our feet on the ground. It's very important, this."
Sam Allardyce (Crystal Palace)
On Yohan Cabaye's future he said: "He would like to keep the club up.
"Reading between the lines, he would like to go to Marseille if they made a big enough bid for him.
"In today's world and today's society, if he does the job for us and keeps us up and Marseille offer us millions of pounds, then Steve (Parish, Palace's chairman) will say 'Should we or shouldn't we?'.
"But I would prefer to keep him. What happens in the summer? Who knows? There will be some comings, there will be some goings and that happens at every football club now. Too much these days."
On Wilfried Zaha: "Wilfried Zaha's in a very, very good place, and that's all I'm concerned about.
"Not 'Should it be England?'. It's the Ivory Coast, it's not going to change, he's at Crystal Palace, playing particularly well for us, playing particularly well for the Ivory Coast, scoring goals as well as making them.
"And I hope that continues from now until the end of the season. So the international side has no relevance for me whatsoever.
"Zaha is improving his game, maturing in his game, because of his experience over the years, but also the experience he'll gain at playing international football as well as playing for Palace in the Premier League.
"(England) is Dan (Ashworth's) and Gareth's (Southgate) baby now, not mine."
Chelsea v Crystal Palace: Team news
Eden Hazard is expected to recover from a calf injury but Chelsea could opt to leave him out of Saturday's clash with Crystal Palace ahead of Manchester City visiting on Wednesday.
Head coach Antonio Conte says he has a number of fitness issues to assess ahead of kick-off and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (hip) returned to training on Thursday.
Striker Diego Costa shrugged off a foot and ankle problem when on international duty with Spain, while Victor Moses (calf) is a doubt, but John Terry is back in contention.
Crystal Palace will remain without Patrick van Aanholt when on Saturday they visit Chelsea in the Premier League.
The Dutchman is recovering from an ankle injury and could be joined as an absentee by Fraizer Campbell, who has a knock, and James McArthur, who is suffering from back spasms.
Mathieu Flamini could again be available having returned to training. Connor Wickham and Pape Souare, meanwhile, remain long-term absentees.
Chelsea (from): Courtois, Begovic, Fabregas, Zouma, Alonso, Kante, Hazard, Loftus-Cheek, Moses, Pedro, Costa, Matic, Willian, Batshuayi, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Luiz, Eduardo, Aina, Ake.
Crystal Palace (from): Hennessey, Mandanda, Speroni, Ward, Tomkins, Sakho, Dann, Delaney, Schlupp, Kelly, Flamini, McArthur, Ledley, Cabaye, Milivojevic, Puncheon, Townsend, Zaha, Benteke, Sako, Lee, Remy.
Chelsea v Crystal Palace: Our prediction
Our David John writes... It is no shock to see Premier League pacesetters Chelsea as the shortest-priced side on Saturday’s coupon as they continue to tick off the games on the way to glory.
Ten points clear and 10 games to go, Antonio Conte needs seven more victories to claim the title in his debut season and there look to be few flaws in the champions elect at the moment.
They were given a very physical workout last time at Stoke but still had the reserves to secure all three points in the closing stages despite it being one of their less convincing overall performances.
Conte will be without Eden Hazard once again which means another opportunity for the in-form Willian as they play host to an Eagles outfit that has rediscovered its mojo lately under Sam Allardyce.
The burly strategist seems to be working his magic once again with Palace enjoying a three-game winning streak with no goals conceded and has them four points clear of the bottom three.
Allardyce’s contribution and nous in this situation, Mamadou Sakho’s influence in the back four and greater confidence shown from flair players Wilfrid Zaha and Andros Townsend have produced a heady concoction currently that could ultimately lead them to safety.
However, before everyone at Selhurst Park starts high-fiving one another, Palace must still play every team currently in the top six so they are going to have to pull a rabbit or two out of the hat before we are done and dusted.
It starts with them priced up as 12/1 chances for all three points at Stamford Bridge and what worries me is they could not manage a shot on target in their latest 1-0 victory over Watford, relying on an own goal from Troy Deeney to create separation.
That sort of production will not cut any ice against a side that has conceded just eight times at home all season in the top flight and a blip – perhaps only temporary – is all I can predict for Allardyce.
Prediction: Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace
Chelsea v Crystal Palace: Opta facts
Chelsea have won four of their last five Premier League games against the Eagles, losing the other at Stamford Bridge last season.
Crystal Palace’s away win at Chelsea in August 2015 is their only top-flight away win at Stamford Bridge (D5 L8).
Chelsea have won the most points in London derbies this season in the Premier League (15), while Palace have lost all five they’ve been involved in.
Chelsea have used the fewest players (21) and made the fewest changes to their starting XI overall (26) in the Premier League this season. In 2015-16, the champions Leicester City also topped these categories (33 changes to starting XI and 23 players used).
Diego Costa's next Premier League goal will be his 50th in the competition and would be the seventh Chelsea player to reach that milestone for the club.
If Costa does score in this game, he will have reached 50 goals in 81 Premier League appearances. The only players to do this in fewer games were Andrew Cole (65), Alan Shearer (66), Ruud van Nistelrooy (68) and Fernando Torres (72) and he would equal Sergio Aguero’s record (81 games).
This game could see the top three most fouled players in the 2016-17 Premier League season on the pitch – Wilfried Zaha (78 fouls won), Eden Hazard (75) and Diego Costa (68).
Chelsea have scored the first goal of a Premier League game on a league-high 22 occasions this season, while only Sunderland (20) have conceded the first goal more often than Palace (19).
Christian Benteke has scored in four different Premier League games against Chelsea; against no side has he scored in more games in the competition (also four games v Sunderland and Swansea).
In Premier League history, Crystal Palace have won 48.3% of their points away from home (167/323). The only team to have won a higher proportion of their total points away in the competition are Blackpool (48.7%).
Chelsea v Crystal Palace: Sky Bet odds
Leaders Chelsea are hot favourites with Sky Bet at 30/100 to make it six wins on the trot in all competitions and stretch an unbeaten run that goes all the way back to January 4. Their resurgent London rivals have won their last three games in the Premier League as they look to climb clear of relegation danger and are 10/1 for another three points at Stamford Bridge. Those three successes for Palace have come to nil and they are 18/1 for another here while the draw can be backed at 4/1.
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