Diego Costa heads Chelsea in front against Crystal Palace (Getty)

Chelsea lead the Premier League table by nine points after beating Crystal Palace 1-0 at Selhurst Park on Saturday thanks to a first-half Diego Costa header, with Arsenal and Liverpool not playing until Sunday and Monday respectively, and recorded their 11th consecutive victory. Re-live the action here.

Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 1-0 at Selhurst Park

Diego Costa header seals three points for the Blues

Costa picks up fifth booking of the season and will miss Boxing Day clash with Bournemouth

N'Golo Kante will also be suspended against Cherries

Chelsea lead Arsenal and Liverpool by nine points

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It’s a big game for…

Cesc Fabregas: Speculation abounds about Fabregas’ future, despite him recently breaking into Antonio Conte’s starting line-up.

After scoring the decisive goal at Sunderland, he’ll hope he can further stake his claim for a regular place.

Best stat…

8: Crystal Palace have not won any of their last eight games against fellow London clubs. In fact, their last derby victory came at Stamford Bridge in August 2015.

Remember when…

John Terry scored an own goal to gift Tony Pulis’ Palace three points and effectively end Chelsea’s 2013/14 title challenge.

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Player to watch…

Wilfried Zaha: The winger’s switch of international allegiances from England to Cote d’Ivoire at the end of last month has coincided with a upturn in form.

Alan Pardew has voiced his frustrations at the national team set-up for forgetting about Zaha, but that may have more to do with the possibility of him now travelling to the Africa Cup of Nations in January and missing a month of the domestic season.

Past three-meetings…

Chelsea 1 (Hazard) Crystal Palace 0

Premier League, May 2015

Chelsea 1 (Falcao) Crystal Palace 2 (Sako, Ward)

Premier League, August 2015

Crystal Palace 0 Chelsea 3 (Oscar, Willian, Costa)

Premier League, January 2016

Form guide…

Crystal Palace: LLWDL

Chelsea: WWWWW

Vital information…

Kick-off time: 12.30pm