Crystal Palace and West Ham United will be aiming for their first points of the 2024/25 Premier League season when they meet on Saturday afternoon.
The Eagles will host the game at Selhurst Park following their disappointing and somewhat controversial defeat to Brentford on the opening weekend. Eberechi Eze’s goal was dealt harshly with the game goalless and Oliver Glasner’s men eventually went down with a 2-1 defeat after Yoane Wissa’s 76th-minute effort.
West Ham suffered a similar fate in their first Premier League game. They lost 2-1 to Aston Villa at home, with Jhon Duran’s winner in the 79th minute. Julen Lopetegui heads ​​​​​​through London in search of his first win as Hammers boss after of a summer full of events in the signing market.
here it is 90 minutes guide to Crystal Palace vs West Ham on Saturday
Crystal Palace vs West Ham H2H Record (last five matches)
Current form (all competitions)
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Brentford 2-1 Crystal Palace – 18/08/24 |
West Ham 1-2 Aston Villa – 17/08/24 |
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Crystal Palace 1-1 Nantes – 08/11/24 |
West Ham 2-2 Celta Vigo – 10/08/24 |
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Crystal Palace 3-1 West Ham – 04/08/24 |
Crystal Palace 3-1 West Ham – 04/08/24 |
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Crystal Palace 3-1 Wolves – 01/08/24 |
West Ham 1-3 Wolves – 27/07/24 |
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Crawley 3-6 Crystal Palace – 27/07/24 |
Dagenham & Redbridge 0-1 West Ham – 20/07/24 |
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united states |
peacock |
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Glasner has an almost fully fit squad to choose from on Saturday, with Matheus Franca the only absentee with a rib injury. The 20-year-old should return in the coming weeks.
Somewhat surprisingly, Jean-Philippe Mateta started against Brentford last time out, despite only recently returning from the Summer Olympics. He only lasted 45 minutes before being replaced by Odsonne Edouard.
Joachim Andersen has agreed a move to Fulham and is almost certain to miss out as a result, while Jordan Ayew may also be absent following reports of a transfer at Leicester City.
Crystal Palace predicted line-up against West Ham (5-2-3): Henderson; Muñoz, Richards, Riad, Guehi, Mitchell; Hughes, Wharton; Kamada, Mateta, Eze.
West Ham have been similarly lucky to avoid injury this summer, although the Irons are currently without defensive midfielder Edson Alvarez as he recovers from a hamstring problem suffered at the Copa America with Mexico. Kurt Zouma will also not be in the Selhurst Park squad as he looks for a new club.
This weekend could see first starts for Niclas Fullkrug, Crysencio Summerville, Jean-Clair Todibo and Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
West Ham predicted line-up against Crystal Palace (4-3-3): Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Emerson; Soucek, RodrÃguez, Paqueta; Bowen, Fullkrug, Kudus.
Crystal Palace have already beaten Lopetegui’s West Ham in pre-season and will have their chance to do the same at Selhurst Park this Saturday.
The Hammers kept just one clean sheet in their friendlies and look open at the back despite defensive reinforcements. In the capital they could take advantage of the likes of Eze, Ismaila Sarr and Daichi Kamada.
However, West Ham have been consistent scorers in the early days of the Lopetegui era and have plenty of attacking talent to unsettle Palace’s defense without the influential Andersen.
