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Crystal Palace played a London derby against Fulham in the previous round. This weekend, The Eagles play against a fellow cityman again, because West Ham United is a guest on Saturday at Selhurst Park.
Crystal Palace:
The Crystal Palace where the Dutch Patrick van Aanholt and Jaïro Riedewald play football is in the 14th place in the Premier League. This would make you think Crystal Palace no longer has to worry about a possible degradation battle, but nothing is less true. Where Fulham and Huddersfield Town are almost certain of relegation, no less than six teams are involved in a battle to avoid the eighteenth place. One of those teams is Crystal Palace, which has a lead of four points on the number eighteen. After the game against Fulham last weekend, Roy Hodgson once again said that his players should not feel safe yet; the lead on Cardiff City (the number eighteen) is too small for that.
Van Fulham was won in the previous round. At Selhurst Park, in the 25th minute, Palace took an 1-0 lead through a utilized penalty from Luka Milivojević. He made his seventh goal of the season against The Cottagers and several goals were decisive for the game. That was not the case against Fulham, because besides Milivojević, Jeffrey Schlupp was also very accurate on behalf of The Eagles. It was the second time this season that Crystal Palace won Fulham and it was also the second victory for The Eagles in the last fourteen London derbies. So those two victories were both against Fulham, so in that respect the formation of Hodgson will have little confidence if this weekend with West Ham United another club from London is the opponent.
West Ham United:
West Ham United is only two places above Crystal Palace, but has six points more. Where Crystal Palace belongs to the relegation candidates in the Premier League, West Ham United is part of the big sub-top. For example, The Hammers have six points less than Wolverhampton, which is in seventh place in the richest competition in the world. At West Ham United they would be happy to finish in seventh place in the league, but the problem is that the formation of Manuel Pellegrini is very volatile. For example, West Ham United lost 3-0 at Wolverhampton last week, and six days later, The Hammers played a fine pot against Liverpool at the time.
West Ham United had earned the full prize against The Reds. Unfortunately for Pellegrini and his men, they had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Liverpool, which unjustly reached a 0-1 lead at London Stadium. Not long after, Michail Antonio made the equalizer on behalf of West Ham United and that was it, although The Hammers were entitled to a three point in view of the game and the odds. In football you do not always get what you deserve and they know all about that at West Ham United. The Hammers, however, showed against Liverpool that they can kick a ball, but it does not mean that West Ham United will beat Crystal Palace off the field this weekend. For that, Pellegrini’s team is too changeable.
Crystal Palace vs West Ham head to head matches
08.12.18 PL West Ham Crystal Palace 3 : 2
30.01.18 PL West Ham Crystal Palace 1 : 1
28.10.17 PL Crystal Palace West Ham 2 : 2
14.01.17 PL West Ham Crystal Palace 3 : 0
15.10.16 PL Crystal Palace West Ham 0 : 1