Crystal Palace v West Ham United, 26 January 2021

Score3-2 to West Ham United
RefereeStuart Attwell
CompetitionPremier League
VenueSelhurst Park

View Crystal Palace v West Ham United head to head

Kick-off: 6.00pm Played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Premier League Head to Head Played: 20 Crystal Palace won: 6 Drawn: 6 West Ham United scored: 8 Crystal Palace scored: 27 West Ham United scored: 34 West Ham United had now scored in each of the last 14 league meetings.

2 Crystal Palace

Manager: Roy Hodgson

3 West Ham United

Manager: David Moyes

Goals:

Wilfried Zaha 3 G
Michy Batshuayi 90 G

Goals:

Tomáš Souček 9 G
Tomáš Souček 25 G
Craig Dawson 65 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Vicente Guaita
Defender Gary Cahill
Defender Joel Ward
Defender/Midfielder Cheikhou Kouyaté
Defender/Midfielder Tyrick Mitchell
Midfielder James McArthur
Midfielder Luka Milivojević
Midfielder Andros Townsend
Midfielder/Forward Eberechi Eze
Midfielder/Forward Wilfried Zaha
Forward Christian Benteke

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Aaron Cresswell Defender
Craig Dawson Defender
Angelo Ogbonna Defender
Vladimír Coufal Defender/Midfielder
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
Pablo Fornals Midfielder
Tomáš Souček Midfielder
Michail Antonio Midfielder/Forward
Saïd Benrahma Midfielder/Forward
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Michy Batshuayi for Andros Townsend 66
Jordan Ayew for Christian Benteke 73
Jaïro Riedewald for Luka Milivojević 73

Substitutions:

Ryan Fredericks for Jarrod Bowen 81
Andriy Yarmolenko for Michail Antonio 83
Mark Noble for Saïd Benrahma 87

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jack Butland
Defender Nathaniel Clyne
Defender Scott Dann
Defender Martin Kelly
Defender Jaïro Riedewald
Defender Patrick Van Aanholt
Midfielder James McCarthy
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Michy Batshuayi

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Martin
Defender Fabián Balbuena
Defender Issa Diop
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Fredericks
Defender/Midfielder Ben Johnson
Midfielder Manuel Lanzini
Midfielder Mark Noble
Midfielder/Forward Andriy Yarmolenko
Forward Mipo Odubeko

Comments:

League position: 13th Crystal Palace had now won one of their last nine games in the Premier League (lost four). Palace remained without a win in their last 20 games in the Premier League against teams starting the day in the top half of the table (lost 14). The Eagles had now scored more than one goal in consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since May 2018.

Comments:

League position: 4th West Ham United had now won their first six games of a year in all competitions for the first time in their history. The Hammers had now won four consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2018. They had now taken 35 points from their 20 games so far in this Premier League season; their most at this stage of a top division season since 1985-86 in League Division One.

2 Crystal Palace

Manager: Roy Hodgson

Goals:

Wilfried Zaha 3 G
Michy Batshuayi 90 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Vicente Guaita
Defender Gary Cahill
Defender Joel Ward
Defender/Midfielder Cheikhou Kouyaté
Defender/Midfielder Tyrick Mitchell
Midfielder James McArthur
Midfielder Luka Milivojević
Midfielder Andros Townsend
Midfielder/Forward Eberechi Eze
Midfielder/Forward Wilfried Zaha
Forward Christian Benteke

Substitutions:

Michy Batshuayi for Andros Townsend 66
Jordan Ayew for Christian Benteke 73
Jaïro Riedewald for Luka Milivojević 73

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jack Butland
Defender Nathaniel Clyne
Defender Scott Dann
Defender Martin Kelly
Defender Jaïro Riedewald
Defender Patrick Van Aanholt
Midfielder James McCarthy
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Michy Batshuayi

Comments:

League position: 13th Crystal Palace had now won one of their last nine games in the Premier League (lost four). Palace remained without a win in their last 20 games in the Premier League against teams starting the day in the top half of the table (lost 14). The Eagles had now scored more than one goal in consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since May 2018.

3 West Ham United

Manager: David Moyes

Goals:

Tomáš Souček 9 G
Tomáš Souček 25 G
Craig Dawson 65 G

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Aaron Cresswell Defender
Craig Dawson Defender
Angelo Ogbonna Defender
Vladimír Coufal Defender/Midfielder
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
Pablo Fornals Midfielder
Tomáš Souček Midfielder
Michail Antonio Midfielder/Forward
Saïd Benrahma Midfielder/Forward
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Ryan Fredericks for Jarrod Bowen 81
Andriy Yarmolenko for Michail Antonio 83
Mark Noble for Saïd Benrahma 87

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Martin
Defender Fabián Balbuena
Defender Issa Diop
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Fredericks
Defender/Midfielder Ben Johnson
Midfielder Manuel Lanzini
Midfielder Mark Noble
Midfielder/Forward Andriy Yarmolenko
Forward Mipo Odubeko

Comments:

League position: 4th West Ham United had now won their first six games of a year in all competitions for the first time in their history. The Hammers had now won four consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2018. They had now taken 35 points from their 20 games so far in this Premier League season; their most at this stage of a top division season since 1985-86 in League Division One.