Premier League: Crystal Palace vs West Ham United
At 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on January 2, 2022, the 20th round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will face the "Hammers" West Ham United at home. Crystal Palace has been in the lower part of the Premier League in recent seasons, and this season's results have improved, after 19 league rounds, it has achieved 5 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses, ranking 11th in the league with 23 points. Looking back at the first half of the league, Crystal Palace still has a certain shining point, and the team has grabbed points when facing strong teams such as Manchester City, Tottenham and Arsenal. From the data point of view, Crystal Palace scored 27 in the 19 rounds of the league, conceded 27 goals, and the offensive and defensive performance was average.
Crystal Palace's recent performance is more jumpy, the team played well in the last round of the league home against Norwich, the team performed fairly well on the scene, with 51% possession, 19 shots on goal and 6 shots on target, but in terms of seizing opportunities, Crystal Palace was far stronger than the opponent, with Eduardo, Matita and Schlupp 3 people scoring, and finally swept the opponent 3-0, but also let the team return to the winning track. In addition, Crystal Palace's recent tactics have opened up and increased investment in the offensive end, but at the same time, the strength of the defensive end has declined. It is worth noting that Crystal Palace has achieved good home results this season, with 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss in 10 league home games, and its home home ranks 6th in the league.
West Ham United have been relatively stable this season, with 9 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats after 19 league rounds, ranking 5th in the league with 31 points, and the team currently has a four-point gap with the Champions League. From the data point of view, West Ham United scored 34 goals in 19 rounds of the league, conceded 25 goals, the overall offensive and defensive performance is OK, the front line of Jerrod Bowen and winger Ben Lahma recently performed well, everyone is familiar with Yarmolenko is in average form, in recent games have not been included in the starting list.
West Ham United have been in a slump recently, but after a 4-1 win over Watford in the last round, the Hammers did not perform well at the beginning of the game, the opening was only 4 points before the opponent broke the goal, and then with the goals of Shoczek, Benrahma, Noble and Vlasic, the reverse was reversed, and forward Bowen contributed 2 assists. It is worth noting that although West Ham United has been in good shape on the offensive end recently, the defensive end ability is indeed declining, which has a more obvious impact on the team's performance.
In terms of past encounters between the two teams, Crystal Palace has faced West Ham United in the past 10 times, achieving 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, and the past record is not much different, but it is worth noting that both sides have basically scored goals against each other. In terms of recent situations, Crystal Palace returned to the winning track in the last round of the league, and the morale of the team was significantly improved; and West Ham United also ended the previous 5 games without winning, but the defensive performance was not ideal.