LONDON. Crystal Palace wipes out West Ham United 5-2 with goals of Michael Olise (7′), Eberechi Eze (16′), Emerson Palmieri (20′ own), Jean-Philippe Mateta (31′) and Jean-Philippe Mateta (64′). Regarding the opposition, West Ham United scored with Michail Antonio (40′), Dean Henderson (89′ own). Crystal Palace was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 25,145 spectators. The referee was Graham Scott with the support of James Mainwaring and Samuel Lewis. The 4th official was James Bell. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.93 degrees Celsius or 48.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 18 Total 4
- 7 On Target 1
- 9 Off Target 2
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 123 Attack 97
- 48 Dangerous attack 25
- 78 Ball safe 74
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 0
Fouls
- 9 Total 9
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Crystal Palace had a strong ball possession 62% while West Ham United was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Crystal Palace was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Crystal Palace won the match.
Crystal Palace shot 18 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, West Ham United shot 4 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards (Will Hughes, Naouirou Ahamada and T. Mitchell). On the opposite side, West Ham United received 2 yellow cards (Tomas Soucek and Michail Antonio ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Crystal Palace has 36 points to sit in the 14th place. On the other side, West Ham United will stays with 48 points to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Crystal Palace will host Newcastle United on the 24th of April with a 10-4 head to head stats in favor of Newcastle United (9 draws).
West Ham United will host Liverpool on the 27th of April with a 26-6 head to head stats in favor of Liverpool (8 draws).
Crystal Palace – Formation

Crystal Palace started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Oliver Glasner decided to play with the following team: Dean Henderson
, Nathaniel Clyne , Joachim Andersen , Chris Richards , Daniel Muñoz , Adam Wharton , Will Hughes , T. Mitchell , Michael Olise , Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta .The home team had on the bench: Rob Holding, James Tomkins, Jordan Ayew
, Jeffrey Schlupp , Odsonne Edouard , Naouirou Ahamada , Remi Matthews, Jaïro Riedewald and Joel Ward .Crystal Palace could not rely on the presence of Naouirou Ahamada (injured).
Substitutions
Crystal Palace made 5 changes: Adam Wharton for Naouirou Ahamada (61′), Michael Olise for Jordan Ayew (68′), Jean-Philippe Mateta for Odsonne Edouard (68′), Will Hughes for Jaïro Riedewald (81′) and Eberechi Eze for Jeffrey Schlupp (81′).
Player of the match: Michael Olise
The player that probably impressed the most for Crystal Palace was Michael Olise.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 55 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.West Ham United – Formation

West Ham United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
David Moyes played with: Jarrod Bowen, Lukasz Fabianski
, Vladimir Coufal , Kurt Zouma , Angelo Ogbonna , Emerson Palmieri , Tomas Soucek , Edson Álvarez , Mohammed Kudus , James Ward-Prowse and Lucas Paquetá , Michail Antonio .They had on the bench: Benjamin Johnson
, Aaron Cresswell , Kalvin Phillips , Maxwel Cornet , Danny Ings , Alphonse Areola, K. Casey, Divin Mubama and L. Orford.Substitutions
West Ham United made 5 changes: Angelo Ogbonna for Aaron Cresswell (46′), Tomas Soucek for Benjamin Johnson (46′), Michail Antonio for Danny Ings (75′), Edson Álvarez for Kalvin Phillips (75′) and Mohammed Kudus for Maxwel Cornet (85′).
Player of the match: Tomas Soucek
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for West Ham United was Tomas Soucek .
His rating is
with 13 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 7.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Fulham – Liverpool – 1-3
- Everton – Nottingham Forest – 2-0
- Crystal Palace – West Ham United – 5-2
- Aston Villa – AFC Bournemouth – 3-1