As promised, we revert to football today, & and an intriguing London derby which is very hard to call.
Palace sit 13th in the table, 6 places & 9 points behind West Ham, with the latter sitting on three straight wins for the first time in donkey's years.
Palace v West Ham @ 6pm
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Palace v West Ham @ 6pm
1 - 2 - X
Palace @ 21/10
Draw @ 9/4
West Ham @ 13/10
TOTAL GOALS
No Goals @ 15/2
Exactly 1 Goal @ 3/1
Exactly 2 Goals @ 5/2
Exactly 3 Goals @ 10/3
Exactly 4 Goals @ 6/1
Exactly 5 Goals @ 12/1
6+ Goals @ 18/1
Opta Stats
Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last four Premier League games against West Ham (W2 D2), their longest unbeaten streak against the Hammers in the competition.
West Ham, who were beaten 2-1 at Selhurst Park last season, have never lost back-to-back away league matches against Crystal Palace.
Crystal Palace have won just four of their last 22 home Premier League London derbies (D6 L12), meanwhile West Ham have that identical record in their last 22 away London derbies in the competition - W4 D6 L12.
Only Fulham (1) have picked up fewer points in Premier League London derbies so far this season than West Ham (5 - W1 D2 L2). The Hammers have lost five of their last six away London derby matches, drawing the other.
Since beating West Brom 5-1 at the start of December, Crystal Palace have scored just five further goals in their eight Premier League matches (W1 D4 L3), failing to score on four occasions in this run.
West Ham are looking to win four consecutive Premier League games for the first time since December 2018, while manager David Moyes hasn't done so in the competition since December 2013 with Manchester United.
Crystal Palace have won none of their last 19 Premier League games against teams starting the day in the top half (D6 L13). Since beating Man Utd in September, Palace's four wins have been against the three newly promoted teams (Fulham, Leeds, West Brom) and bottom placed Sheffield United.
Crystal Palace's Jordan Ayew has scored four Premier League goals against West Ham, all on different grounds - Villa Park with Aston Villa (December 2015), Liberty Stadium with Swansea (March 2018), London Stadium with Palace (October 2019 and Selhurst Park with Palace (December 2019).
West Ham manager David Moyes has won all four of his away league matches against Crystal Palace, winning with four different teams - Preston (2001), Everton (2004), Manchester United (2014) and Sunderland (2017).
Michail Antonio has scored the winning goal in West Ham's last two Premier League victories - the last player to score the winner in three consecutive top-flight games for the Hammers was Bobby Zamora, doing so in March/April 2007 against Blackburn, Middlesbrough and Arsenal.
Draw, 2 goals please
Thanks
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