The final game of a busy week sees the Eagles looking to continue their fine away form with a short trip to take on West Ham.
MATCH INFORMATION
| 18 January 2025 – 3pm |
| London Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Park, London E20 2ST |
PREVIOUS MEETING
| 03/12/2023 – An early goal for the hosts from Mohammed Kudos set them on their was but an Odsonne Edouard strike early in the second half ensured the points were shared. |
| WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Mohammed Kudos (8.6) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
| Referee | Thomas Bramall |
| Assistant | Ian Hussin |
| Assistant | James Mainwaring |
| Fourth Official | Oliver Langford |
| VAR | Alex Chilowicz |
| Assistant VAR | Matthew Wilkes |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Matheus Franca, Adam Wharton and Rob Holding continue to miss out while Jefferson Lerma is a doubt after leaving the game early in midweek.
HAMMERS – Michail Antonio, Jarrod Bowen, Jean-Clair Todibo, and Niclas Fullkrug are all unavailable while Crysencio Summerville is expected to face a late fitness test.
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 – Daichi Kamada (1), Mohammed Kudos (1), Edson Alvarez (1) |
| YELLOW CARDS (over 5.5) – Will Hughes (7), Tomas Soucek (6), Lucas Paqueta (6) |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
| 24/08/2024 | Palace 0-2 West Ham |
| 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 |
Last FIVE results for Palace:
| 15/01/2025 | Leicester 0-2 Palace |
| 12/01/2025 | Palace 1-0 Stockport |
| 29/12/2024 | Palace 2-1 Southampton |
| 26/12/2024 | Bournemouth 0-0 Palace |
| 21/12/2024 | Palace 1-5 Arsenal |
Last FIVE results for West Ham;
| 14/01/2025 | West Ham 3-2 Fulham |
| 10/01/2025 | Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham |
| 04/01/2025 | Manchester City 4-1 West Ham |
| 29/12/2024 | West Ham 0-5 Liverpool |
| 26/12/2024 | Southampton 0-1 West Ham |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 15th in the Premier League with 24 points from 21 games played, while West Ham are 13th with 26 points from the same amount of games.
RECORD AGAINST WEST HAM
| Played | 51 |
| Won | 12 |
| Drawn | 18 |
| Lost | 21 |
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!
| Jarrod Bowen | 7.15 |
| Ebere Eze | 7.09 |
| Daniel Munoz | 7.06 |
| Mohammed Kudos | 6.94 |
ONE TO WATCH
| TOMAS SOUCEK |
| FORMER CLUBS – Slovan Havlickuv Brod, SLavia Prague, Viktoria Zizkov (loan), Slovan Liberec (loan) |
| The Czech international has passed 150 appearances for the club since joining in 2020 and netted in the victory over Fulham in midweek, and always presents a challenge to the opposition at both ends of the pitch. |
THE NUMBERS
West Ham are winless in 5 home games against Palace (D3, L2).
Following their 2-0 win at Selhurst Park in August, the Hammers are aiming to complete a Premier League double over Palace for the first time since 2016-17.
West Ham have scored in each of the past 21 Premier League meetings, their longest top-flight scoring streak against another team.
Palace have lost just once in their last 10 Premier League matches (W4, D5).
They are unbeaten in 6 away league games (W3, D3), their best run in the top flight since 1992.
Palace are winless in 13 away London derbies in the Premier League since beating West Ham in November 2022 (D6, L7).
Ismaila Sarr has been involved in 5 goals in his last 6 Premier League appearances, scoring 3 and assisting 2.
KEY CLASH
| TYRICK MITCHELL v MOHAMMED KUDOS |
| The Palace left back has been expected to change his game to a wing back since Oliver Glasner came to the club and his is slowly transitioning his game. he will be up against a tricky attacker who will provide a test at the London Stadium. |
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 | Jean-Philippe MATETA 6 (22nd) |
| Assists | Ebere EZE (17th) |
| Passes | Marc GUEHI 1058 (22nd) |
| Tackles | Daniel MUNOZ 75 (1st) |
| Touches | Marc GUEHI 1337 (23rd) |
| Shots | Ebere EZE 58 (5th) |
| Fouls | Will HUGHES 36 (9th) |
| Dispossessed | Ismaila SARR, Jean-Philippe MATETA 27 (25th) |
| Saves | Dean HENDERSON 61 (7th) |
| Clearances | Maxence LACROIX 95 (9th) |
| Big Chances Missed | Jean-Philippe MATETA 11 (5th) |
TEB PREDICTION
The hosts are in transition with a new manager at the helm but they got the much needed victory against Fulham in midweek. In contrast, the Eagles are in great form but will need to improve on that poor first half against Leicester in midweek. A three game week comes to an end with this fixture and we can see this ending with the point shared.
