Following a disappointing loss in midweek and Hodgson playing the squad game, the Eagles return to South London to take on the Conference League semi-finalists.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
- 12.30pm
- 29th April 2023
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
A 90th minute goal from Michael Olise was not enough to secure any points the last time this fixture was played out at Selhurst on New Years Day 2022. Goals from Nichil Antonio and a brace from Manuel Lanzini put the visitors into an unassailable 3-0 half time lead. Odsonne Edouard started the fight back with seven minutes left to play which Olise added to but it was too little too late.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Manual Lanzini (8.3)
OFFICIALS
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Referee: Craig Pawson
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Assistants: Scott Ledger, Derek Eaton
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Fourth official: Andy Madley
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VAR: Jarred Gillett
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Assistant VAR: Adrian Holmes
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Wilfried Zaha and Nathaniel Clyne are close to a return. Nathan Ferguson is out while Joachim Andersen is a potential doubt.
WEST HAM – Gianluca Scamacca will miss the game due to injury.
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – Tyrick Mitchell (1), James Tomkins (1), Cheick Doucoure (1)
YELLOW CARDS (6+) – Cheick Doucoure (9), Marc Guehi (8), Joachim Andersen (7), Jeffrey Schlupp (6)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 06/11/22 West Ham 1-2 Palace
- 01/01/22 Palace 2-3 West Ham
- 28/08/21 West Ham 2-2 Palace
- 26/01/21 Palace 2-3 West Ham
- 16/12/20 West Ham 1-1 Palace
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 25/04/23 Wolves 2-0 Palace
- 22/04/23 Palace 0-0 Everton
- 15/04/23 Southampton 0-2 Palace
- 09/04/23 Leeds 1-5 Palace
- 01/04/23 Palace 2-1 Leicester
Last FIVE results for West Ham;
- 26/04/23 West Ham 1-2 Liverpool
- 23/04/23 Bournemouth 0-4 West Ham
- 20/04/23 West Ham 4-1 Gent
- 16/04/23 West Ham 2-2 Arsenal
- 13/04/23 Gent 1-1 West Ham
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 12th in the Premier League with 37 points from 33 games played while West Ham are 14th with 34 points from 32 games.
RECORD AGAINST WEST HAM
- Played 47
- Won 10
- Drawn 17
- Lost 20
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Declan Rice 7.04
- Lucas Paqueta 6.95
- Eberechi Eze 6.95
- Michael Olise 6.92
ONE TO WATCH
DECLAN RICE
FORMER CLUBS – Chelsea
The driving force in the West Ham midfield and Palace will have to find a way of keeping him at bay. He has many suitors after his signature this summer and would likely start for most if not all the top sides in the Premier League. The Hammers face a long summer if they are to try and hold on to him.
KEY CLASH
TYRICK MITCHELL v JARROD BOWEN
The young Palace defender has had his critics this season but he has been consistent these last few games and will be up against the tricky Hammers winger who will certainly be a test for him.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
Declan Rice could become only the sixth player to make 200 Premier League appearances for West Ham United should he feature against Palace.
Palace have earned just 5 points from their 9 league London derbies so far this season (W1 D2 L6), though their only victory came in the reverse fixture at West Ham.
The Hammers have lost just 1 of their past 8 away league games against Palace (W5 D2), with their past two visits ending in 3-2 victories.
Following their 2-1 win at London Stadium in November, Palace are looking to complete the Premier League double over West Ham for a third time (also in 2013-14 and 2019-20).
The Eagles have earned 10 points from 5 games since Roy Hodgson returned as manager and could register 4 Premier League wins in a calendar month for the first time since April 2014.
However, Palace have only managed 1 win – against Leicester – and scored 4 goals in their past 9 home league matches.
The 6 most recent Premier League fixtures at Selhurst Park were all goalless at half-time.
Palace have only taken 1 point from their 5 London derbies at Selhurst Park this season and could suffer a club record fifth top-flight home defeat in a season against clubs from the capital.
Michael Olise has 8 Premier League assists, 1 short of the most by a Palace player in a season. Wayne Routledge in 2004-05 and Wilfried Zaha in 2016-17 registered 9.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Eberechi Eze (7)
- ASSISTS – Michael Olise (8 – 4th in PL)
- PASSES – Marc Guehi (1,837 – 11th in PL)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (72 – 8th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Marc Guehi (2,218 – 15th in PL)
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (58)
- FOULS – Jeffrey Schlupp (47 – 5th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Wilfried Zaha (80 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (85 – 9th in PL)
PREDICTION
Palace have come a little unstuck in their last two fixtures and taking just a point after the flurry of victories to make life a lot easier. Expect a tight yet feisty contest between the two well matched sides and we are going for Palace to just about edge it and end any fear of being sucked into any silliness at the bottom of the table and leave the Hammers looking over their shoulder.
FINAL SCORE: 2-1
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