At home vs on the road, Crystal Palace are the epitome of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The ‘Eagles’ are unbeaten across their last three Premier League (PL) fixtures at Selhurst Park (W2, D1), but have lost each of their last three league away trips. This has contributed to the Londoners’ record of winning 74% of all their league points at home this season (W4, D5, L1), a stat they’ll look to improve upon further here.
Manager Patrick Vieira will be happy to be hosting West Ham United in this clash then, although doing so recently has rarely delivered positive results as Palace have won just one of the last seven home H2Hs (D2, L4). Conceding early was one of their biggest issues in that H2H run, and with no Palace game this season seeing anyone win after conceding the match opener, the first goal here could be crucial.
West Ham ended a three-game winless run emphatically last time out (D1, L2), blitzing Watford 4-1 away from home. That should have breathed some life back into their European qualification aspirations, although in the immediate, there’s some history to be made here as the ‘Hammers’ could win a third straight New Year’s Day fixture for the first time.
With that in mind, they’d probably have preferred not to take on a London rival given that they’ve won just one of their last nine away PL matches vs capital clubs (D2, L6). Yet based on the aforementioned H2H history, it won’t come as a shock that their one solitary win came vs Palace in this fixture last January (3-2).
Players to watch: Palace’s Odsonne Édouard netted the opener vs Norwich, meaning that each of his last four goal contributions (G2, A2) have arrived before half-time. West Ham’s Michail Antonio has a goal and an assist across his last two club appearances; he registered the exact same in the reverse clash earlier in the season.
Hot stat: Both teams have scored in each of the last nine PL H2H meetings – only three other PL fixtures have ever produced longer such runs.
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