LONDON. Crystal Palace had a narrow win over West Ham United. Crystal Palace capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Craig Pawson with the help of Scott Ledger and Derek Eaton. The 4th official was Andy Madley. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.7 degrees Celsius or 62.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Crystal Palace was in firm control of the ball 60% while West Ham United was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Crystal Palace was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Crystal Palace won the match​.

Crystal Palace shot 16 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, West Ham United shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card (Jordan Ayew). Talking about the opposition, West Ham United received 2 yellow cards (Tomas Soucek and Vladimir Coufal).

Standings

After this contest, Crystal Palace will have 40 points to hold in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, West Ham United will stay with 34 points to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Crystal Palace will host Nottingham Forest on the 28th of May with a 7-2 head to head statistic in favor of Nottingham Forest (3 draws).

West Ham United will play away agasint Leicester City on the 28th of May with a 7-7 head to head record.

Crystal Palace – Formation

Crystal Palace started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Roy Hodgson decided to play with the following team: Sam Johnstone (5.8), Joel Ward (6.8), Joachim Andersen (7.0), Marc Guéhi (6.5), Tyrick Mitchell (6.3), Eberechi Eze (7.4), Cheick Doucouré (6.9), Jeffrey Schlupp (7.4), Michael Olise (7.6), Jordan Ayew (7.2) and Wilfried Zaha (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: James Tomkins, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Odsonne Édouard, Luka Milivojević, Chris Richards, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Jaïro Riedewald, Vicente Guaita and Will Hughes.

Crystal Palace could not rely on the presence of Odsonne Edouard (injured).

Substitutions

Crystal Palace made 2 changes: Wilfried Zaha for Odsonne Édouard (84′) and Cheick Doucouré for Luka Milivojević (90′).

Best player: Michael Olise​

The most impressive player for Crystal Palace was Michael Olise even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 39 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 8 crosses.

West Ham United – Formation

West Ham United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

David Moyes played with: Łukasz Fabiański (5.7), Vladimír Coufal (5.7), Kurt Zouma (6.2), Nayef Aguerd (6.4), Emerson Palmieri (6.8), Tomáš Souček (7.5), Declan Rice (6.8), Jarrod Bowen (6.2), Lucas Paquetá (6.3), Pablo Fornals (6.2) and Michail Antonio (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Danny Ings (6.1), Saïd Benrahma (6.4), Thilo Kehrer, Aaron Cresswell (6.8), Alphonse Aréola, Manuel Lanzini, Angelo Ogbonna (6.1), Maxwel Cornet and Flynn Downes.

West Ham United could not rely on the presence of Maxwel Cornet (injured).

Substitutions

West Ham United made 5 changes: Kurt Zouma for Angelo Ogbonna (19′), Pablo Fornals for Saïd Benrahma (46′), Emerson for Aaron Cresswell (46′), Lucas Paquetá for Danny Ings (69′) and Michail Antonio for Maxwel Cornet (89′).

Best player: Tomáš Souček​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for West Ham United was Tomáš Souček.

His rating is (7.5) with 24 passes (62% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 18. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Crystal Palace – West Ham United – 4-3
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 6-0
• Brentford – Nottingham Forest – 2-1