Chelsea have won nine of their last 11 competitive home games stretching back to February (D1, L1).
Palace have failed to score on five of their last six trips to Stamford Bridge.
Defeats to Brentford and West Ham in August mean that Palace are now winless in their last three London derby games.
Prediction
Enzo Maresca was not necessarily a popular choice when Chelsea snared the manager from Leicester over the summer but the Italian seems to be settling in fairly well at Stamford Bridge.
Counterpart Oliver Glasner enjoyed a fantastic start to life at Palace after joining the club in February but it has been a tough summer for the Austrian and his team are perhaps still recovering after a few high-profile exits.
Chelsea’s stunning 6-2 win over Wolves last week suggests they may have a bit too much for Palace at present and the fact they have dominated the Eagles for some time, winning each of the last 14 meetings, also points towards a home win.
The Blues are the clear favourites here so the best bet could be backing Chelsea to win by two or more goals. Their attack clicked into gear at Molineux last week and they should come into this game fresh, as Maresca rotated his team for the midweek trip to Switzerland.
Chelsea have won six of their last seven home games and four of those wins have come by at least two goals, while Palace have conceded exactly twice in both of their Premier League games this season, so the Blues may be able to follow up last week’s 6-2 destruction of Wolves with another convincing win on Sunday.