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
Palace get the game under way at the London Stadium!
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
The players are making their way out onto the pitch at London Stadium ahead of kick-off.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Meanwhile, Hodgson has made three alterations from Palace’s defeat away to Luton. Eberechi Eze, Cheick Doucoure, and Jeffrey Schlupp are all unavailable. Hughes and Richards come into the midfield for the Eagles, while Ayew is also in the starting XI further up the pitch.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Moyes has made two changes from the side who beat Burnley last time out in the Premier League. In defence, Kurt Zouma misses out and hasn’t made the squad. Mavropanos comes into the starting XI to make just his second Premier League start. There’s also a change in attack as Bowen returns from injury to lead the line, with Ings dropping to the bench.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
CRYSTAL PALACE SUBS: James Tomkins, Matheus Franca, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Nathaniel Clyne, Malcolm Ebiowei, Naouirou Ahamada, Remi Matthews, Joe Whitworth, Jairo Riedewald.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
CRYSTAL PALACE (4-2-3-1): Sam Johnstone; Tyrick Mitchell, Marc Guehi, Joachim Andersen, Joel Ward; Jefferson Lerma, Chris Richards; Jordan Ayew, Will Hughes, Michael Olise; Odsonne Edouard.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
WEST HAM SUBS: Lukasz Fabianski, Aaron Cresswell, Pablo Fornals, Maxwel Cornet, Danny Ings, Angelo Ogbonna, Said Benrahma, Thilo Kehrer, Divin Mubama.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
WEST HAM (4-2-3-1): Alphonse Areola; Emerson, Nayef Aguerd, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Vladimir Coufal; James Ward-Prowse, Edson Alvarez; Lucas Paqueta, Tomas Soucek, Mohammed Kudus; Jarrod Bowen.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Palace will be looking to bounce back from their disappointing defeat away to Luton Town last week, giving the Hatters their first home victory of the Premier League season. Roy Hodgson’s side could be relying on the creativity of Michael Olise, who has been involved in seven goals in his last 10 fixtures in the competition (1 goal, 6 assists). The Eagles have found things difficult in their last 16 London derby matches (D5 L9), winning just twice, but both of those victories came against West Ham. A win today could see them climb above Chelsea in 11th place.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
The Hammers are looking to continue their impressive run of form which has seen them win four games on the bounce in all competitions. David Moyes’ side have come out victorious in their last two in the Premier League, which is more than they’d won in their previous seven (W1 D1 L5). West Ham didn’t have a lot of success against Palace last season, losing in both fixtures in the Premier League. A victory could see the Hammers climb into eighth place in the table ahead of Brighton if results go their way.
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