Crystal Palace and West Ham United will clash on Saturday the 1st of January at 5:30 pm in the 21st week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in London at the Selhurst Park. The referee will be Michael Oliver.
Crystal Palace is in the 11th place in the table with 23 points. It comes from a 3-0 win against Norwich City in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 5 times, draw 8 times, and lost 6 times.
West Ham United sits in the 5th place in the table with 31 points. It comes from a 1-4 win against Watford in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 9 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 78.95%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (15 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Patrick Vieira is expected to play against West Ham United with the following players: V. Guaita Panadero, T. Mitchell, M. Guehi, J. Tomkins, J. Ward, W. Hughes, C. Kouyaté, J. Schlupp, W. Zaha, J. Ayew and O. Édouard.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Crystal Palace would be 29.18.
Patrick Vieira will probably not be able to employ J. Andersen, N. Clyne, E. Eze, C. Gallagher and M. Olise because of injury.
J. McArthur will definitely miss the match.
West Ham United
West Ham United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (17 times or 89.47%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (17 times), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).
David Moyes is expected to play against Crystal Palace with the following players: Ł. Fabiański, A. Masuaku, I. Diop, C. Dawson, V. Coufal, T. Souček, D. Rice, M. Benrahma, P. Fornals Malla, J. Bowen and M. Antonio.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of West Ham United would be 28.55.
A. Cresswell, A. Obinze Ogbonna and K. Zouma will definitely miss the match.
