West Ham and Crystal Palace both seek to return to winning ways as they meet in a Premier League clash between the London rivals.
Victory could put West Ham up to tenth if results elsewhere go in their favour, whilst Palace can go fourth with a win for at least a few hours if Everton fail to win at lunchtime.
Team News
Tomas Soucek is suspended for West Ham after he was red carded in their 3-0 loss at home to Tottenham.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka (stomach) and Luis Guilherme (shoulder) remain absent.
Palace have no fresh injury concerns to report following their Carabao Cup third-round victory over Millwall in midweek.
Caleb Kporha (back), Chadi Riad (ACL), Cheick Doucoure (knee) Adam Wharton (adductor), Ismaila Sarr and Eddie Nketiah (both hamstring) also miss out.
When is Kick-Off?
West Ham host Palace at London Stadium on Saturday 20 September at 3pm BST, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- West Ham have won just one of their last six meetings against Palace (W1, D1, L4).
- Palace are unbeaten in their last six visits to West Ham (W3, D3).
- Last season’s meetings between West Ham and Palace ended in 2-0 wins for the team playing away from home.
- West Ham have lost both of their two London derbies this season (L2).
- Daniel Munoz has made more touches in the oppositional box than any other Crystal Palace player this season, with the Colombian having managed 10 such touches in four appearances.
Prediction
Having hoped that West Ham would of kicked on after their first win of the season before the international break, West Ham reverted to their lacklustre type against Spurs with awful defending and a wasteful attack so it is hard to see how this will change against a resilient in-form team like Palace.
Palace though have a habit of grinding out draws this season – having picked up six draws in all competitions, which was summed up by a pretty frustrating but dominant display against Millwall until a sloppy moment of defensive marking forced penalties.
West Ham however do look there for the taking because they don’t seemed to have clicked under Graham Potter and if Palace can get at their defence, I can see just one result coming.
Prediction: West Ham 0-2 Crystal Palace
Result: West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace