Crystal Palace vs West Ham United Matchday Stats Preview

Crystal Palace vs West Ham United Matchday Stats Preview 

Crystal Palace have won two of their last three Premier League games against West Ham (D1), as many as they had in their previous 14 against them (D6 L6).

West Ham lost this exact fixture 4-3 last season – they’ve never lost consecutive league visits to Crystal Palace before.

Both teams have scored in each of the last 13 Premier League meetings between Crystal Palace and West Ham – only Fulham against Man City (15 between 2004 and 2011) has had a longer such run in the competition’s history.

West Ham have scored in each of their last 19 Premier League games against Crystal Palace, their longest scoring streak against an opponent in their top-flight history.

Following their 1-0 win over Liverpool last time out, Crystal Palace will be looking to record back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time this season, last doing so in April 2023 under Roy Hodgson (3 in a row).

West Ham United have won just one of their last six Premier League games (D3 L2) while the Hammers have won just two of their nine league games immediately following a European midweek game this season (D4 L3).

Crystal Palace have won just five of their last 40 London derbies in the Premier League (D14 L21) and have lost the last three in a row, last having a longer run between March and August 2021 (four).

James Ward-Prowse has created 59 chances in the Premier League this season, 21 more than any other West Ham player. The last player to create more chances in their first season for West Ham was Felipe Anderson in 2018-19 (65).

This will be West Ham boss David Moyes’ first Premier League meeting with Crystal Palace’s Oliver Glasner, the 148th different manager he has faced in the competition with only Arsène Wenger ever facing more (153). Moyes has registered a win over 109 of managers he’s come up against, with only Wenger (136) and Alex Ferguson (129) beating more.

Eberechi Eze has been involved in six goals in his last nine Premier League appearances for Crystal Palace (5 goals, 1 assist). Since the start of last season, Eze has more goals and assists combined than any other Palace player (17 goals, 6 assists).