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There was plenty of discussion and debate ahead of today’s match over whether Enzo Maresca would name Joao Pedro or Liam Delap in his Chelsea XI.

The Blues signed both strikers in the summer transfer window, with Pedro a £60m signing from Brighton and Delap recruited from Ipswich in a £30m deal.

It’s Pedro who starts as the main striker this afternoon – with Delap on the bench.

Chelsea XI to face Crystal Palace: Sanchez, James, acheampong, chalobah, cucurella, caicedo, fernandez, network, palmer, gittens, pedro

Subs: JORGESEN, GUSTO, FOFANA, HATO, ESSUGO, ANDREY SANTOS, ESTEVAO, GEORGE, DELAP

Crystal Palace XI to face Chelsea: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell, Sarr, Mateta, Eze

Subs: Blessed, Clyne, Sosa, Cardines, Sakyi, Lerma, Esse, Edward

Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner, speaking ahead of today’s clash, said: ‘Our opener was Liverpool. We want to compete with the best. We want to see if we are competitive or not. Then you get the answer. In the Community Shield, we got the answer: yes, we are.

‘Now, one week later, we are facing the club world champions. They played a fantastic tournament, especially the final. I watched it live. It was a really fantastic performance of them.

‘They added a few players. They were a great team. They are a great team. They have a fantastic manager with Enzo Maresca. A clear style of playing. This is what we want. It’s exactly these games. I think it’s one of the best season openers we could have.’

Enzo Maresca, who led Chelsea to glory in the Club World Cup this summer, has shared his thoughts on today’s match.

‘We didn’t have time to do pre-season tests or this kind of thing,’ the Chelsea head coach said. ‘I have never seen this. Probably it’s much better for the players!

‘But we are working well. We are okay, we are good. The mood of the players is very good, especially with the way we finished last season.

‘It will be very important to start in the same way as last season, or continue in the same way we finished last season.

‘We had a good run in the end of the season in the Premier League, but no doubt during the season it’s normal to have some moments where you do well for many games in a row, and some games where you struggle.’

Some early team news for you… Eberechi Eze is set to start for Crystal Palace – despite strong links over a move to Tottenham.

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Yes, Chelsea vs Crystal Palace is indeed on TV today in the UK.

You can watch the match live on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event.

Live streaming is also available through the Sky Go app and NOW TV for subscribers.

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace kicks off at 2pm UK time.

It’s one of three Premier League games today with Nottingham Forest taking on Brentford (2pm) and Man Utd hosting Arsenal (4.30pm).

We’ll be blogging Arsenal vs Man Utd a little later – but for now – the focus is firmly on the match in west London.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Chelsea’s clash with Crystal Palace today!

We’re buzzing the Premier League season is back up and running and looking forward to seeing how this one plays out between two really good sides who both landed trophies last term.

We’ll bring you the official team news as soon as it lands – which should be around 12.45pm.

Don’t go anywhere!