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Crystal Palace and West Ham United meet at Selhurst Park, in a match for the 20th round of the Premier League. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, on 12-16-2020, the two teams tied (1‑1). In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations indicates a total balance between these two teams, since there were 2 draws and 1 victory for each team in the last 4 games. However, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 26‑12‑2019, for the Premier League, which ended with the victory of Crystal Palace by (2‑1). The goals of the match were scored by C. Kouyaté (68 ‘) and J. Ayew (90’), for Crystal Palace, and by R. Snodgrass (57 ‘), for West Ham United.
Crystal Palace:
After 6 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, the home team is currently in 13th position, with 23 points won. In their last match, they lost away to Manchester City by (4‑0), after having drawn (0‑0) away in the previous match, in a match against Arsenal. In their last 9 home games for the championship Crystal Palace won 3, tied 3 and lost 3, for which they won 12 points out of 27 possible. Their defense has not been very solid, since they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. There is a tendency to have goals in their home matches, since 8 of the last 9 matches they played for this competition have ended with Over 1.5 goals. In 19 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 9 games in which he conceded the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 10 home matches for all competitions: they have conceded 6 of their 15 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).
The Crystal Palace team comes into this match with a 4-0 loss on the trip to Manchester City, registering the second straight match without a win in this competition. In this match against West Ham United, coach Roy Hodgson is expected to favor defensive organization and counterattacks, especially from the wings. Also, it will be visible that Crystal Palace uses the left flank to create danger to its “enemy”: Eberechi Eze is very fast and strong in the counterattack. Wilfried Zaha is the top scorer for this team with 8 goals scored. For this match, the home team cannot count on Nathan Ferguson, Wayne Hennessey, Martin Kelly, Connor Wickham, Jeffrey Schlupp and Mamadou Sakho due to physical problems.
West Ham:
The visiting team is currently in 7th position, with 32 points won, after 9 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they won at home against Burnley by (1‑0). In the last match, they won at home against West Bromwich Albion by (2‑1). The team comes to this match after a home win against Doncaster Rovers by (4‑0). For the championship, West Ham United won 14 points out of a possible 27, after 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 9 away games. Their defense has not been very strong, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 6 of their last 9 matches for this competition have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 19 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 7 times and only managed 1 comeback. There are 2 periods that stand out in the last 12 away matches for all competitions: they have scored 7 of their 14 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘); they have conceded 6 of their 15 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).
West Ham United arrives motivated for this match after a 4-0 win against Doncaster, in a match that counts for the FA Cup: the team’s goals were signed by Pablo Fornals, Andriy Yarmolenko, Pablo Fornals and Andy Mayordomo (goal at own door). On the last day of the Premier League, the visitors beat West Bromwich 2-1. In this match against Crystal Palace, coach David Moyes must keep the team 4-3-3 with Jarrod Bowen, Saïd Benrahma and Michail Antonio the offensive referents of the visiting team: the first player mentioned is one of the best scorers with 5 goals. All players are available for this game.
Crystal Palace vs West Ham head to head matches
16.12.20 PL West Ham Crystal Palace 1 : 1
26.12.19 PL Crystal Palace West Ham 2 : 1
05.10.19 PL West Ham Crystal Palace 1 : 2
09.02.19 PL Crystal Palace West Ham 1 : 1
08.12.18 PL West Ham Crystal Palace 3 : 2