Oliver Glasner will have been a happy man on the touchline last weekend but will know that the Eagles must use the result over Liverpool as a platform to build from.
MATCH INFORMATION
- 3pm – 21st April 2024
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
The last time these two met at Selhurst it was quite a spectacle, as the visitors raced into an early lead through Tomas Soucek but by the half hour mark the hosts were 3-1 after goals from Jordan Ayew, Wilfried Zaha and Jeffrey Schlupp. The Hammers pulled one back before the break courtesy of Michail Antonio. That was not the end of the scoring, but it was Palace that hit the back of the net next, a spot kick converted by Ebere Eze. It was a nervy end to the game after Nayef Aguerd made it 4-3 but the hosts managed to hold that scoreline and take all three points.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Jeffrey Schlupp (7.9)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Scott. Assistants: James Mainwaring, Sam Lewis. Fourth official: James Bell. VAR: Paul Tierney. Assistant VAR: Eddie Smart.
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Sam Johnstone, Cheick Doucoure, Rob Holding, Marc Guehi, Chris Richards, and Matheus Franca are all expected to miss out. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi is working his way back to fitness and may make the bench.
WEST HAM – George Earthy will miss out after the head injury sustained last weekend. Jarrod Bowen is expected to play but there are doubts over Kalvin Phillips, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Nayef Aguerd, and Alphonse Areola.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
RED CARDS – Jordan Ayew (1), Vladimir Coufal (1), Nayef Aguerd (1), Kalvin Phillips (1)
YELLOW CARDS (6+) – Edson Alvarez (1), Lucas Paqueta (9), Emerson (8), Jefferson Lerma (8), Jordan Ayew (6), Mohammed Kudos (6), Tomas Soucek (6)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 03/12/23 West Ham 1-1 Palace
- 29/04/23 Palace 4-3 West Ham
- 06/11/22 West Ham 1-2 Palace
- 01/01/22 Palace 2-3 West Ham
- 28/08/21 West Ham 2-2 Palace
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 14/04/24 Liverpool 0-1 Palace
- 06/04/24 Palace 2-4 Manchester City
- 02/04/24 Bournemouth 1-0 Palace
- 30/03/24 Forest 1-1 Palace
- 09/03/24 Palace 1-1 Luton
Last FIVE results for West Ham;
- 18/04/24 West Ham 1-1 Bayer 04
- 14/04/24 West Ham 0-2 Fulham
- 11/04/24 Bayer 04 2-0 West Ham
- 06/04/24 Wolves 1-2 West Ham
- 02/04/24 West Ham 1-1 Spurs
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 14th in the Premier League table with 33 points from 32 games, while West Ham are 8th with 48 points from 33 games.
RECORD AGAINST WEST HAM
- Played 49
- Won 11
- Drawn 18
- Lost 20
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Michael Olise 7.41
- Ebere Eze 7.21
- Mohammed Kudos 7.19
- Lucas Paqueta 7.16
ONE TO WATCH
MOHAMMED KUDOS
FORMER CLUBS – Strong Tower FC, Right To Dream, Nordsjaelland, Ajax
The Ghanaian winger joined the club last August and has been the exciting addition that was expected. To date, he has scored seven goals in almost 30 appearances for the club and will be a real threat for the visitors at Selhurst Park.
KEY CLASH
ADAM WHARTON v LUCAS PAQUETA
The young Palace midfielder rightly received plenty of plaudits last weekend for a performance beyond his years. He will be up against a Brazilian midfielder this weekend who is rumoured to be heading for pastures new in the summer if the Hammers decide to cash in on their prized asset.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Edouard, Mateta, Eze (7)
- ASSISTS – Ayew (6)
- PASSES – Andersen (1751)
- TACKLES – Mitchell (91 – 4th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Andersen (2202)
- SHOTS – Eze (60)
- FOULS – Ayew (43– 10th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Ayew (74– 2nd in PL)
- SAVES – Henderson (44)
- CLEARANCES – Andersen (174 – 1st in PL)
- BIG CHANCES MISSED – Edouard (6)
West Ham have scored in each of their past19 Premier League games against Palace, their longest scoring streak against an opponent in their top-flight history.
Following their 1-0 win over Liverpool, Palace will be looking to record back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time this season, last doing so in April 2023 under Roy Hodgson (3 in a row).
West Ham have won just 1 of their past 6 Premier League games (D3 L2) while the Hammers have won just 2 of their 9 league games immediately following a European midweek game this season (D4 L3).
Palace have won just 5 of their past 40 London derbies in the Premier League (D14 L21) and have lost the last 3 in a row, last having a longer run between March and August 2021 (four).
James Ward-Prowse has created 59 chances in the Premier League this season, 21 more than any other West Ham player. The last player to create more chances in their first season for West Ham was Felipe Anderson in 2018-19 (65).
Ebere Eze has been involved in 6 goals in his past 9 Premier League appearances for Palace (5 goals, 1 assist). Since the start of last season, Eze has more goals and assists combined than any other Palace player (17 goals, 6 assists).
TEB PREDICTION
Palace did themselves a huge favour last weekend when least expected to create a gap from the teams battling below, and a win at Selhurst Park this weekend will likely end any real threat of being dragged into trouble. In contrast, the visitors head into the fixture off the back of elimination from the Europa League at the hands of the newly crowned German champions. It will be interesting to see if that has any effect on their performance in South London but we are going for the first back-to-back wins for the Eagles under Glasner.
FINAL SCORE: 2-1 to Palace
