The Eagles take their new season bow at Selhurst this weekend as the Hammers travel South of the river to compete in a fixture that has more often than not been an entertaining one.
MATCH INFORMATION
| 24 August 2024 – 3pm |
| Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU |
PREVIOUS MEETING
| 21/04/2024 – The last time these two met in a competitive match ended up an absolute goal fest with the hosts racing into a 4-0 lead courtesy of goals from Michael Olise, Ebere Eze, an Emerson own goal and Jean-Philippe Mateta. The Hammers pulled one back before the break through Michail Antonio but Mateta grabbed his second to end the visitors hopes of a fightback even though a Dean Henderson mistake handed them a late second. |
| WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Michael Olise (8.9) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
| Referee | Rob Jones |
| Assistant | Ian Hussin |
| Assistant | Neil Davies |
| Fourth Official | Andy Davies |
| VAR | Paul Tierney |
| Assistant VAR | Wade Smith |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – The only injury concern known ahead of the pre-match press conference is Matheus Franca who has a rib injury.
HAMMERS – Edson Alvarez is struggling to shake of a thigh injury and will be assessed ahead of the game.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
This is the section of our match preview that highlights those that have not been the best of friends with match officials as the season goes on. Of course, they all begin with a clean slate, but we will start to see those that will be heading for a ban or two as the campaign progresses.
| RED CARDS – None |
| YELLOW CARDS – Marc Guehi (1), Daichi Kamada (1), Lucas Paqueta (1), Chris Richards (1), Joachim Andersen (1), Jordan Ayew (1) |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
| 04/08/2024 | Palace 3-1 West Ham |
| 21/04/2024 | Palace 5-2 West Ham |
| 03/12/2023 | West Ham 1-1 Palace |
| 29/04/2023 | Palace 4-3 West Ham |
| 06/11/2022 | West Ham 1-2 Palace |
Last FIVE results for Palace:
| 18/08/2024 | Brentford 2-1 Palace |
| 11/08/2024 | Palace 1-1 Nantes |
| 04/08/2024 | Palace 3-1 West Ham |
| 01/08/2024 | Palace 3-1 Wolves |
| 27/07/2024 | Crawley Town 3-6 Palace |
Last FIVE results for West Ham;
| 17/08/2024 | West Ham 1-2 Aston Villa |
| 10/08/2024 | West Ham 2-2 Celta Vigo |
| 04/08/2024 | Palace 301 West Ham |
| 28/07/2024 | Wolves 3-1 West Ham |
| 20/07/2024 | Dagenham 0-1 West Ham |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture Palace sit 13th in the Premier League with no points after the opener with West Ham in 14th after also suffering defeat on opening weekend.
RECORD AGAINST WEST HAM
| Played | 50 |
| Won | 12 |
| Drawn | 18 |
| Lost | 20 |
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
This is the section of our match preview where we list two players from each side that are top of the ratings by our friends over at Who Scored. Obviously, there are no ratings to share at the moment but that will soon change!
| Mohammed Kudos | 7.02 |
| Tomas Soucek | 6.96 |
| Ebere Eze | 6.89 |
| Adam Wharton | 6.75 |
ONE TO WATCH
| NICLAS FULLKRUG |
| FORMER CLUBS – TuS Ricklingen, Sportfreunde Ricklingen, Werder Bremen, Gruether Furth (loan), FC Nurnberg, Hannover 96, Borussia Dortmund |
| The German international made his debut for the Hammers last weekend off the bench but he will be pushing for a start against Palace. His goal scoring record is second to none wherever he has been, particularly at Werder Bremen with a goal ever two games. It will be interesting to see how quickly he can settle into the Premier League. |
KEY CLASH
| EBERE EZE v MAX KILMAN |
| The Palace number ten will be an integral part of everything Palace do this season, as was shown in the game at Brentford last week, and he will come face to face with Hammers new boy Kilman who made the move to the London Stadium in the summer. |
PRE-MATCH STATS
This is the section of our match preview where we keep a tally on the statistics for Palace players as the campaign continues and how they compare to other Premier League players.
| Goals | 0 |
| Assists | 0 |
| Passes | Joachim ANDERSEN 82 (8th in PL) |
| Tackles | Will HUGHES 5 (8th in PL) |
| Touches | Joachim ANDERSEN 94 (6th in PL) |
| Shots | Ebere EZE 7 (1st in PL) |
| Fouls | Daichi KAMADA 4 (3rd in PL) |
| Dispossessed | Joachim ANDERSEN, Jordan AYEW, Odsonne EDOUARD, Ebere EZE, Tyrick MITCHELL 1 |
| Saves | Dean HENDERSON 3 (6th in PL) |
| Clearances | Marc GUEHI 9 (2nd in PL) |
| Big Chances Missed | Jordan AYEW 1 (4th in PL) |
THE NUMBERS
Palace have won their last 2 Premier League home games against West Ham, having won just 1 of their previous 8 against them at Selhurst Park (D2 L5).
The last 4 Premier League meetings between Palace and West Ham at Selhurst Park have produced a total of 24 goals, an average of 6 per game (13 for Palace, 11 for West Ham). Both teams have scored at least twice in each of these 4 matches.
Both teams have scored in each of the last 14 Premier League meetings between Palace and West Ham – only Fulham against Manchester City (15 between 2004 and 2011) has had a longer such run in the competition’s history.
Palace won their final 4 Premier League home games of 2023-24 by an aggregate score of 16-2. The Eagles haven’t won 5 consecutive home league games since October 2001 (a run of 6), while they’ve never done so in the top-flight.
West Ham lost their last 3 Premier League games against fellow London sides in 2023-24, with the last two seeing them lose 5-2 at Palace and 5-0 at Chelsea. No team in English Football League history has ever conceded 5+ goals in 3 consecutive London derby matches before.
Palace have won just 5 of their last 25 Premier League games in August (D7 L13). In all months they’ve played at least 10 games in the competition, they have fewer wins (11) and their lowest win rate (21%) in August
West Ham lost 2-1 against Villa in their opening Premier League match this season – no side has lost both of their opening two games in a single campaign more often than the Hammers (8, level with Southampton).
Despite losing to Villa in their opening match, West Ham had the second highest expected goals total of any Premier League side that weekend (2.5, behind Liverpool’s 2.7). The Hammers averaged just 1.4 xG per game in the Premier League last season.
Eberechi Eze had more shots on opening weekend than any other Premier League player (7). It’s the third time he’s had 7+ shots in a Premier League game without scoring, the most of any Palace player on record (since 2004-05).
Marc Guéhi could make his 100th Premier League appearance for Palace in this match, the 21st player to do so. Aged 24 years and 42 days on the day of the game, he’d be the second youngest to reach a century for the Eagles after Tyrick Mitchell (24y 15d).
TEB PREDICTION
Games against these two sides are always finely balance but at Selhurst and at the London Stadium, and this one will be no different with both clubs losing on the opening weekend. The impact of losing Joachim Andersen to Fulham will continue to sting, certainly up until the end of the transfer window, and maybe beyond. The visitors bring with them a new look side and management team and it will be interesting to see how they get on this season. However, we are going for a narrow victory for the Eagles to make up for the travesty of last weekend.
