Overview
After 3 consecutive defeats, West Ham found the joy of victory again when defeating Fulham 3-2 in round 21 of the Premier League. However, these were 3 lucky points for The Hammers when they only had 4 shots and also made individual mistakes in defense. Therefore, West Ham promises to face many difficulties when facing Crystal Palace, who are in good form.
In the most recent round, Palace defeated Leicester City with a score of 2-0. This is also the 5th consecutive victory of coach Oliver Glasner's team.
The away record of the home team at Selhurst Park is also relatively stable with only 1 loss in the last 8 matches, 4 wins and 3 draws.
Palace have shown solid defense in their last 5 matches, conceding only 2 goals and keeping 3 clean sheets. Not to mention, Palace also have attacking players in form such as Jean-Philippe Mateta and Eberechi Eze.
While Eze has scored in the last two victories of the Selhurst Park team, Mateta leads the team's top scorer list with 9 goals. The French striker often has good luck against opponents from London such as Chelsea, Tottenham or Arsenal.
Crystal Palace also has a better head-to-head record than West Ham. Specifically, they have won 4, drawn 1, and lost 1 in the last 6 encounters and scored 15 goals. If they play at their best, Palace will get 3 points in this match.
Human resources situation
West Ham will be without their attacking trio of Jarrod Bowen, Michail Antonio and Niclas Fullkrug, while Crysencio Summerville and Jean-Clair Todibo remain doubts.
On the other side of the front line, Jefferson Lerma could be sidelined after coming off early against Leicester in midweek, while Chelsea have decided to recall defender Trevoh Chalobah from his loan spell at Selhurst Park.
Expected lineup:
West Ham: Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson, Alvarez, Rodriguez, Kudus, Soucek, Soler, Paqueta.
Crystal Palace: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Hughes, Doucoure, Mitchell, Sarr, Mateta, Eze.
The match between West Ham and Crystal Palace takes place at 22:00 on January 18 (Vietnam time).
