West Ham United vs Crystal Palace; Premier League
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace. Premier League.
London StadiumAttendance59,912.
West Ham United 1
- S Haller (54th minute)
Crystal Palace 2
- P van Aanholt (63rd minute pen)
- J Ayew (87th minute)
Live on Sky: West Ham vs Crystal Palace preview
Watch West Ham vs Crystal Palace live on Saturday Night Football from 5pm on Sky Sports Premier League; kick-off 5.30pm. Match highlights available 15 minutes after the full-time whistle on skysports.com and the Sky Sports app
Friday 4 October 2019 18:50, UK
Team news, key stats and predictions ahead of West Ham vs Crystal Palace in the Premier League.
Team news
West Ham are without goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski. The Poland international is expected to be sidelined for up to three months after sustaining an injury while taking a free-kick against Bournemouth last weekend.
Midfielder Jack Wilshere is back to full fitness, although he recently missed a day of training with a slight muscle twinge, while defender Winston Reid remains on the long-term injury list.
Crystal Palace will be without midfielder Luka Milivojevic, who serves a one-match ban following a fifth caution in last weekend's win over Norwich.
Victor Camarasa could come into contention for a midfield berth, but defender Mamadou Sakho remains unavailable as he recovers from a muscular strain. Forward Connor Wickham has returned to training following an ankle problem.
How to watch
West Ham vs Crystal Palace is live on Saturday Night Football from 5pm; kick-off 5.30pm. Sky Sports customers can watch in-game clips in the live match blog on the Sky Sports website and app. Highlights will also be published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel shortly after the final whistle.
Opta stats
- West Ham United are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games against Crystal Palace (W4 D4 L0) since losing 3-1 in February 2015.
- Crystal Palace have taken one point from three Premier League visits to the London Stadium against West Ham (W0 D1 L2).
- Following their defeat on the opening weekend against Manchester City, West Ham are unbeaten in their last six Premier League matches (W4 D2), conceding fewer goals in those six games (4) than they did in that single defeat (5).
- Since 22 December 2018 (when they beat Manchester City 3-2 away), Crystal Palace have won 25 points in Premier League away games - only Manchester City (36) and Liverpool (30) have won more points on the road in the competition during this period.
- Since Crystal Palace returned the Premier League in 2013-14, no side has won more penalties than the Eagles in the competition (46), while West Ham have given away the most in that time (39). There has been a penalty awarded in three of the last four league meetings between these sides.
- Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has never won an away Premier League match against West Ham United in six attempts (W0 D2 L4), with both teams finding the net in each game.
- West Ham's Aaron Cresswell has scored in each of his last two Premier League games - his previous two goals in the competition had come over a period of 102 matches.
Charlie's prediction
This is a nice London derby. Crystal Palace are slightly better away from home, but it's hard to tell sometimes. Wilfried Zaha looks like he may be over the transfer situation, while Mark Noble is playing better than he ever has. It was a good point for West Ham at Bournemouth when normally they would have folded. This is the best West Ham side I have seen in a long while and I think Sebastian Haller will be the fans' favourite, finding the net again.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: 3-1 (14/1 with Sky Bet)
Fantasy Football tip
Five of West Ham's defenders have over 20 Fantasy Football points already. Issa Diop has earned 23 of his 25 in his last four matches, although those derived from West Ham's three successive clean sheets before their match against Bournemouth. Could he keep another clean sheet this weekend? Who will you pick? Play Fantasy Football here.