Football match betting preview: Crystal Palace vs West Ham United

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 01.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

This has the potential to be an engaging match as Crystal Palace have their supposed home advantage, while West Ham United lead them by 8 points in the Premier League standings.

Insights:
  • West Ham United have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League

This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning extra pressure and importance.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Palace and West Ham United.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

Crystal Palace have played 10 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Palace supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Norwich City in Premier League and win 3-0. The 3-0 win against Norwich City was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle. Édouard, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated player for the side in that match, receiving a rating of 8.6 (out of 10). Édouard scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Heartbreak before that as Palace lost 0-3 at Tottenham Hotspur's place.

The Palace fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Crystal Palace have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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West Ham United form and stats

Playing away, West Ham United have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.

West Ham play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Watford (placed 17th). Bowen got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, top player of the team. Bowen signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Southampton.

The travelling fans enjoy West Ham's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by West Ham in these games.

Head 2 Head

West Ham United - Crystal Palace 2-2 was the story when these contenders formerly played each other, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Palace wins - draws - West Ham United wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

West Ham UnitedM. Antonio
M. Antonio
7 goals
PalaceC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
6 goals
Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
5 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

West Ham United missing players

Crystal Palace West Ham United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 1 Played P 3 10 19
5 4 1 Won W 1 5 9
8 5 0 Drew D 1 2 4
6 1 0 Lost L 1 3 6
27 18 3 Scored S 4 16 34
27 9 0 Conceded C 2 10 25
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 89%
84% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 74%
63% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 63%
32% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 42%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 30% 37%
47% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 68%
26% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 21%
32% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 21%
 
4.4 5.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 6 5.9
5.4 4.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 5.2
1.9 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.1 12.8 18 Shots (avg) S ( 14 13.8 13.7
3.6 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.9 4.7
39% 42% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 33% 38%
 
12.6 9.3 2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 14.5 13.2
4.3 3.1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.2 4.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • West Ham United have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 19 15 2 2 50 12 10 8 1 1 31 6 9 7 1 1 19 6 38 47
2 Liverpool 19 12 5 2 50 16 9 6 3 0 22 6 10 6 2 2 28 10 34 41
3 Chelsea 19 12 5 2 42 13 9 5 3 1 22 7 10 7 2 1 20 6 29 41
4 Arsenal 19 11 2 6 32 23 9 7 1 1 17 6 10 4 1 5 15 17 9 35
5 West Ham United 19 9 4 6 34 25 9 4 2 3 18 15 10 5 2 3 16 10 9 31
6 Tottenham Hotspur 17 9 3 5 22 20 10 7 1 2 16 10 7 2 2 3 6 10 2 30
7 Manchester United 17 8 4 5 27 25 8 4 1 3 14 13 9 4 3 2 13 12 2 28
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 7 4 7 13 14 9 3 2 4 5 7 9 4 2 3 8 7 -1 25
9 Leicester City 18 7 4 7 31 33 9 5 1 3 16 12 9 2 3 4 15 21 -2 25
10 Crystal Palace 19 5 8 6 27 27 10 4 5 1 18 9 9 1 3 5 9 18 0 23
11 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 5 8 4 16 17 9 3 3 3 8 9 8 2 5 1 8 8 -1 23
12 Aston Villa 18 7 1 10 24 28 9 4 1 4 15 14 9 3 0 6 9 14 -4 22
13 Southampton 19 4 9 6 20 29 9 2 6 1 9 8 10 2 3 5 11 21 -9 21
14 Brentford 17 5 5 7 21 24 8 3 1 4 10 10 9 2 4 3 11 14 -3 20
15 Everton 17 5 4 8 21 29 8 4 1 3 13 13 9 1 3 5 8 16 -8 19
16 Leeds United 18 3 7 8 18 36 9 2 4 3 10 15 9 1 3 5 8 21 -18 16
17 Watford 17 4 1 12 22 35 9 2 1 6 11 21 8 2 0 6 11 14 -13 13
18 Burnley 15 1 8 6 14 21 7 1 4 2 8 8 8 0 4 4 6 13 -7 11
19 Newcastle United 19 1 8 10 19 42 10 1 5 4 13 22 9 0 3 6 6 20 -23 11
20 Norwich City 19 2 4 13 8 42 10 1 2 7 5 19 9 1 2 6 3 23 -34 10

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.