The Statistics: Chelsea win hard-fought game against Palace

Chelsea were in control from the first to final whistle in the Premier League game against Crystal Palace on Saturday. They increased their lead in the second half and in the end won 3-0 (2-0).

The match was goalless until Chelsea took the lead in the 27th minute through Marcos Alonso, who scored.

The team increased the lead to 2-0 just before the half-time whistle as Christian Pulisic scored.

Chelsea found the net once more, this time through Trevoh Chalobah, who scored, with an assist by Mateo Kovacic, in the 58th minute, what brought the final score to 3-0.

Chelsea play Arsenal away on Sunday. Palace will face Brentford at home on Saturday.