LONDON. Crystal Palace was able to reverse the score against West Ham United to win 2-1. It was West Ham United to strike first with a goal of S. Benrahma at the 20′. Then it was a goal in the 41′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Olise gave the win to Crystal Palace in the 90′ minute. Crystal Palace made the most of its superior ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the London Stadium stadium in London on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Paul Tierney with the collaboration of Constantine Hatzidakis and Neil Davies. The 4th official was John Brooks. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.1 degrees Celsius or 53.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
- 5 Total 13
- 2 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 8
- 0 Shots blocked 6
- 88 Attack 94
- 25 Dangerous attack 43
- 80 Ball safe 83
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 5
Fouls
- 10 Total 7
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 1
Ball possession
Crystal Palace had a strong ball possession 58% while West Ham United was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Crystal Palace was putting more pressure with 43 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Crystal Palace won the contest.
West Ham United shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Crystal Palace shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
West Ham United received 1 yellow card (C. Dawson). Talking about the opposition, Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card (J. Ayew).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, West Ham United will stay with 14 points like Leicester City and Everton to hold in the 15th place. Talking about the opposition, Crystal Palace will have 19 points like Liverpool and Fulham to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, West Ham United will play away against Leicester City on the 28th of May with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of West Ham United (6 draws).
Crystal Palace will host Nottingham Forest on the 28th of May with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Nottingham Forest (3 draws).
West Ham United – Formation
West Ham United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager David Moyes decided to play with the following team: Łukasz Fabiański , Thilo Kehrer , Craig Dawson , Kurt Zouma , Aaron Cresswell , Tomáš Souček , Declan Rice , Jarrod Bowen , Lucas Paquetá , Saïd Benrahma and Gianluca Scamacca .
The home team had on the bench: Pablo Fornals, Emerson Palmieri, Alphonse Aréola, Michail Antonio , Vladimír Coufal, Flynn Downes , Manuel Lanzini , Angelo Ogbonna and Nayef Aguerd.
Substitutions
West Ham United made 4 changes: G. Scamacca for M. Antonio (46′), S. Benrahma for M. Lanzini (64′), T. Soucek for F. Downes (64′) and L. Paqueta for P. Fornals (90′).
Best player: Lucas Paquetá
The most impressive player for West Ham United was Lucas Paquetá.
His rating is with 40 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Crystal Palace – Formation
Also Crystal Palace adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Patrick Vieira played with: Vicente Guaita , Nathaniel Clyne , Joachim Andersen , Marc Guéhi , Tyrick Mitchell , Cheick Doucouré , Jeffrey Schlupp , Jordan Ayew , Michael Olise , Eberechi Eze and Wilfried Zaha .
These were the players on the bench: Jaïro Riedewald, James Tomkins, Joseph Whitworth, Will Hughes, Luka Milivojević , Jean-Philippe Mateta, Joel Ward, Sam Johnstone and Malcolm Ebiowei.
Crystal Palace could not rely on the presence of L. Milivojevic (injured).
Substitutions
Crystal Palace made only 1 change substituting C. Doucoure for L. Milivojevic (77′).
Best player: Eberechi Eze
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Crystal Palace was Eberechi Eze even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 32 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- West Ham United – Crystal Palace – 1-2
- Tottenham Hotspur – Liverpool – 1-2
- Southampton – Newcastle United – 1-4
- Chelsea – Arsenal – 0-1
- Aston Villa – Manchester United – 3-1