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West Ham vs Crystal Palace Prediction & Betting tips
West Ham United and Crystal Palace have recently been working on an advance in the Premier League. The two London teams are facing each other on Tuesday-evening at the London Stadium.
West Ham :
West Ham United is under the leadership of David Moyes on an advance in the Premier League. The Hammers have been unbeaten in the Premier League five games in a row and managed to convert two of those five games into a win. In addition, Moyes’ team lost only one of the last nine games to play in the league and West Ham United has increased a lot of places in the rankings in the past month and a half. The Hammers are in eleventh position in the Premier League with 26 points from 24 games and are only two points behind number nine Everton, but West Ham’s lead on the relegation is also only four points.
The Hammers can fully focus on the Premier League in the coming months. Moyes’ team managed to eliminate in the FA Cup after an extension Shrewsbury Town (0-0 out, 1-0 in the extension at home), but in the next round, The Hammers were eliminated by Wigan Athletic. That last round of the FA Cup was on the schedule last weekend and West Ham United lost 2-0 to Wigan Athletic by two goals from EC-cult hero Will Grigg. The only light point for West Ham United to visit Wigan was that Portuguese João Mário made his debut on behalf of The Hammers. The Portuguese midfielder barely entered action at Internazionale in the first season and can show his skills at West Ham United in the coming six months.
Against Wigan Athletic, Arthur Masuaku received a justified red card for spitting his opponent and the Frenchman of Congolese origin may temporarily take a seat on the stands as West Ham United plays. Against Wigan Athletic, Moyes did not play with his best formation and so we can expect West Ham United to play at full strength at Crystal Palace, but he has to make it without players like Manuel Lanzini and Marko Arnautović. In addition, there are still a question mark behind a lot of players at the time of writing.
Crystal Palace :
At Crystal Palace the last few weeks have also been doing well in the English Premier League. The Eagles were still at the helm of Frank de Boer at the bottom of the Premier League, but with Roy Hodgson attracting, the results have improved considerably. The club from London is in thirteenth place with 25 points from 24 matches and that many people did not expect from The Eagles a few months ago. With Hodgson in the lead, the result is more important than the game and that has ensured that Crystal Palace has built up a small lead of three points on the relegation places.
The Eagles have been able to prepare in peace for the meeting with West Ham United. The last time that Crystal Palace played a London derby, The Eagles went down. The last London derby of Crystal Palace was also the last game of The Eagles and then Palace lost 4-1 to Arsenal. At the Emirates Stadium, after thirteen minutes of playing football, it was already 3-0 in favor of Arsenal and within 25 minutes Arsenal also made it 4-0 against the men of Hodgson. Luka Milivojević made the 4-1 on behalf of Crystal Palace twelve minutes before the final signal, but The Eagles did not play a match against Arsenal for a moment.
Crystal Palace is one point behind Tuesday night’s opponent and so a victory at London Stadium would mean that Palace over West Ham United climbs on the rankings. At Palace they have shown against Burnley (1-0), Southampton (1-2), Leicester City (0-3) and Watford (2-1) in recent weeks that they can win from competitors and The Eagles also do not seem to have no chance at the London Stadium.
West Ham vs Crystal Palace head to head matches
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
02.04.16 PL West Ham Crystal Palace 2 : 2
17.10.15 PL Crystal Palace West Ham 1 : 3