"I can see them dropping more points here" - Chris Sutton makes score prediction for Crystal Palace vs Chelsea

Chris Sutton has predicted a draw between Chelsea and Crystal Palace on Saturday. The pundit believes that the Blues are in a wobble and will not be able to get back to their best this weekend.

In his weekly prediction piece on BBC, Sutton stated that Enzo Maresca's side were 'flat' in their defeat at Ipswich Town last month. He added that they have not done well in their past three matches and Crystal Palace will look to add to their misery. He predicted a 1-1 draw and wrote:

"Chelsea are having a wobble, and the worry for manager Enzo Maresca is when will it end? Their performance in their shock defeat at Ipswich was very flat, and although Maresca had made a few changes for that game I saw nothing to suggest they will bounce back with a win at Selhurst Park. Crystal Palace have only lost two of their past 11 league games, and seem to have turned a corner."

"This game smells of a draw to me, which will keep Palace moving away from the bottom three, but does not help Chelsea much at the top of the table. It looks like Maresca was right when he played down his side's title chances after people like myself said before Christmas they were genuine contenders. I thought he was just taking the pressure off his players, but he is in the building with them every day and knows them better than the rest of us. Their past three results suggest they are not going to go the distance, and I can see them dropping more points here."

However, The Zutons frontman Dave McCabe has backed Chelsea to win. He was making his predictions alongside the BBC pundit and has backed the Blues to win 2-0.

Enzo Maresca on Chelsea ahead of Crystal Palace

Enzo Maresca had bad news for Chelsea fans ahead of their match against Crystal Palace as Wesley Fofana could be ruled out for the rest of the season. There was a piece of good news too, with Reece James back in full training and Romeo Lavia getting close to returning. He said:

"Reece is back. Romeo is very close, he has started to work with us. For the rest, there is not any update. Kiernan is still out. Unfortunately Wes will be out for a very long time. Benoit will be out until at least February. So the only two big updates are on Wes Fofana and Benoit but both are going to be out for a very long time."

The Blues were second in the league table but have now slipped to fourth after picking up just one point from their last three matches.