Chelsea face Patrick Vieira's Crystal Palace in today's afternoon kick-off at Selhurst Park, with the Blues attempting to bridge the mammoth sixteen point gap that currently stands between themselves and Pep Guardiola's Manchester City.
Despite triumph in the FIFA Club World Cup last week in Abu Dhabi against Palmeiras, the west Londoners' Premier League form has been far from ideal since the turn of the new year.
In their last five league encounters, Chelsea have only managed one victory, which was against Antonio Conte's Tottenham at Stamford Bridge, so manager Thomas Tuchel will be hoping that his club can develop domestic consistency going into the business end of the season.
