West Ham United vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
West Ham 1-1 Crystal Palace: Odsonne Edouard was gifted an equaliser as the points were shared at the London Stadium
West Ham scored early but were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Crystal Palace in the Premier League.
West Ham took the lead in the 13th minute when James Ward-Prowse played a pass out wide to Vladimir Coufal on the right who cut it back to Mohammed Kudus in the area and his first time shot found the bottom corner via a small deflection.
Palace’s equaliser came in the 53rd minute with West Ham looking to play it out from the back, but a stray pass from Konstantinos Mavropanos was picked up by Odsonne Edouard who raced into the box and fired his shot into the far corner.
The home side finished stronger and had chances late on to take all three points, but Palace held out for a well-earned draw.
The Hammers remained ninth in the standings, on 21 points, while Palace moved up to 12th on 16 points.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
West Ham and Palace share the spoils as the game ends 1-1 at the London Stadium. The Hammers took the lead in the first half through Kudus after barely threatening Johnstone's goal. The Ghanaian international finished well into the bottom corner after some excellent work by Coufal. After the break, the Eagles asserted their dominance and came out the blocks fast, with Edouard equalising shortly after half-time after Mavropanos had gifted him the ball. Emerson and Bowen both had opportunities to put their side back in front in the second half, but it ended in a stalemate. Moyes' men have another London derby on Thursday as they travel to Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham. Hodgson's side will host struggling Bournemouth on Wednesday as the Eagles look to end their three-game winless run. That's all for today, goodbye!
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Ward-Prowse whips a delivery towards the back post, but it evades everyone. Fornals gets on the end of it and feeds Paqueta who sends a cross into the box. Bowen gets his head to it just outside the six-yard box, but it's straight at Johnstone. He'll be disappointed not to have made things more difficult for the Palace goalkeeper there.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Olise dances past Fornals and plays a one-two with Riedewald inside the box. Olise then fires a ball low and hard into the danger zone, and it's deflected behind for a corner. It's whipped into the penalty area, but Soucek rises above the Palace attackers and heads away from danger.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
The fourth official has indicated that there will be a minimum of six minutes of added time at the end of the game.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Moyes makes his first change late in the game, with Alvarez making way. Fornals is the player to come on in the final few minutes.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Palace make their second alteration of the game as they push for a winner, with Mateta coming on in attack in place of Edouard.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Mavropanos bursts forward from defence and finds Coufal, but his pass deflects goes out for a throw. He quickly launches it to Bowen who tussles with Guehi and goes to ground, and the West Ham players are appealing for a penalty. However, the referee sees nothing in it and waves play on.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Ward looks to find Olise in behind but West Ham are able to snuff out the danger comfortably, before Ward-Prowse attempts a similar pass that goes straight to Andersen. Both sides are lacking a bit of quality when they enter the opposition half at the moment.
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