It is very much a case of getting back to it after a brief time to take stock and spend some time on the training ground for the Eagles who welcome the Hammers at Selhurst Park.
DATE
26th January 2021
KICK OFF
6pm
VENUE
Selhurst Park Stadium, Holmesdale Road, Selhurst, London SE25 6PU
LAST TIME
The last time this fixture took place was Boxing Day 2019 which ended in such a manner that has gone down in Palace folklore. Robert Snodgrass have the visitors the lead shortly after half time but former Hammer Cheikhou Kouyate levelled things up. The hosts left it late to take all three points but it was well worth it as Jordan Ayew picked up the ball and produced something truly magical to seal the win for the Eagles.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Jordan Ayew (9.6)
OFFICIALS
Referee – Stuart Attwell
Assistants – Dan Cook, Peter Kirkup, Simon Hooper (fourth official)
VAR – Graham Scott, Derek Eaton (assistant)
INJURY CONCERNS
PALACE – Wilfried Zaha, Cheikhou Kouyate, Connor Wickham, Jeffrey Schlupp, Mamadou Sakho, Martin Kelly, Wayne Hennessey, Nathan Ferguson, James Tomkins
HAMMERS – Arthur Masuaku, Darren Randolph
SUSPENSIONS
None
DISCIPLINARY
RED CARDS – Luka Milivojevic (1), Christian Benteke (1)
YELLOW CARDS (3+) – Luka Milivojevic (4), Wilfried Zaha (3), James McArthur (3), Angelo Ogbonna (3), Joel Ward (3)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 16/12/2020 West Ham United 1-1 Crystal Palace
- 26/12/2019 Crystal Palace 2-1 West Ham United
- 05/10/2019 West Ham United 1-2 Crystal Palace
- 09/02/2019 Crystal Palace 1-1 West Ham United
- 08/12/2018 West Ham United 3-2 Crystal Palace
Last FIVE results for Palace;
- 17/01/2021 Manchester City 4-0 Crystal Palace
- 14/01/2021 Arsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace
- 08/01/2021Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Crystal Palace
- 02/01/2021Crystal Palace 2-0 Sheffield United
- 28/12/2020 Crystal Palace 1-1 Leicester City
Last FIVE results for West Ham;
- 23/01/2021 West Ham United 4-0 Doncaster Rovers
- 19/01/2021 West Ham United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
- 16/01/2021 West Ham United 1-0 Burnley
- 11/01/2021 Stockport County 0-1 West Ham United
- 01/01/2021Everton 0-1 West Ham United
RECORD AGAINST WEST HAM
- Played 43
- Won 9
- Drawn 16
- Lost 18
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Tomas Soucek 7.34
- Michail Antonio 7.14
- Andros Townsend 7.02
- Wilfried Zaha 6.98
ONE TO WATCH
MOHAMED SAID BENRAHMA
FORMER CLUBS – NRD Bethioua, Balma SC, Colomiers, Nice, Angers (loan), Gazelec Ajaccio (loan), Chateauroux (loan), Brentford
The 25-year-old winger joined the Hammers in October 2020 in a year-long loan deal from Brentford having scored 27 goals in 83 appearances for the Championship side with an agreement to make the deal permanent. Interestingly, the Algerian international played for the same French side as new Palace signing Jean-Philippe Mateta, Chateauroux.
KEY CLASH
CHEIKHOU KOUYATE v MICHAIL ANTONIO
The former West Ham team mates go head to head in the game at Selhurst and it will be a tightly fought contest between the two. The Senegalese captain will do well to keep the in form Hammers striker quiet, but if he does it will help Palace get a result.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
- The very first match between the two sides was in the FA Cup in January 1914 which West Ham won 2-0
- It took Palace 19 attempts to beat West Ham for the first time, a 2-0 away win in April 1992
- West Ham have won their last 3 league matches
- Palace are unbeaten against West Ham in 4 league matches
- West Ham last beat Palace in a 3-2 victory in December 2018
- In the last 8 games between the two teams, both teams have scored in each match
- West Ham have won with a 1 goal margin in their last 3 league matches
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Wilfried Zaha (8 – 8th )
- ASSISTS – Andros Townsend (3 – 18th )
- PASSES – James McArthur (706 – 70th )
- TACKLES – James McArthur (53 – 2nd )
- TOUCHES – James McArthur (946 – 74th )
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (37 – 17th )
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (55 – 10th )
PREDICTION
Week in, week out, you just never know what Palace side we are going to get. One week it is the side that beat United at Old Trafford, the next it is the side that get hammered by the likes of Liverpool and City. Hopefully a few days rest will bode well for Palace and they can take advantage against the Hammers but are expecting this midweek match up to end all square.
FINAL SCORE: 1-1
BETTING ODDS
- Home – 21/10
- Draw – 23/10
- Away – 13/10
- Both teams to score – 4/5
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