Match date: Tuesday, 26 January 2021
Match Time: 7pm
Football – England Premier League
Match Venue: Selhurst Park
13th placed Crystal Palace welcomes 7th placed West Ham to Selhurst Park today for a clash that will sure excite West Ham who knows that victory at the Park could take them up to 4th position.
Crystal Palace are in a dire position having managed to get only one win in their past five games, with the win coming on 2nd January against Sheffield United who are rock bottom of the league.
Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace have also been having difficulties in front of goal, having failed to score in their past three matches with their last goal coming in the 2-0 victory against Sheffield United too.
On the other hand, David Moyes’ West Ham has seen an upsurge in their fortunes with the hammers bagging five wins in their past five matches in all competitions.
West Ham have also been ruthless in front of goal where Crystal Palace have struggled, with the Hammers scoring 9 goals in their past five while conceding only one goal.
West Ham manager, David Moyes, also have a good record against Crystal Palace, the Scottish boss has won all four of his away league matches against Crystal Palace, winning with four different teams – Preston (2001), Everton (2004), Manchester United (2014) and Sunderland (2017).
Michail Antonio has scored the winning goal in West Ham’s last two Premier League victories – the last player to score the winner in three consecutive top-flight games for the Hammers was Bobby Zamora, doing so in March/April 2007 against Blackburn, Middlesbrough and Arsenal.
Also, West Ham, who were beaten 2-1 at Selhurst Park last season, have never lost back-to-back away league matches against Crystal Palace
But then, one can not totally write off Crystal Palace, as they are unbeaten in their last four Premier League games against West Ham (W2 D2), their longest unbeaten streak against the Hammers in the competition.
More so, Crystal Palace’s Jordan Ayew has scored four Premier League goals against West Ham, all on different grounds – Villa Park with Aston Villa (December 2015), Liberty Stadium with Swansea (March 2018), London Stadium with Palace (October 2019 and Selhurst Park with Palace (December 2019).
Despite all this, an away win for David Moyes West Ham is the best bet today at Selhurst Park.
CcnWorldTech Betting Prediction: Away win and over 2.5 goals
