Crystal Palace-West Ham is a match valid for the thirty-fourth day of the Premier League and is played on Saturday at 1:30pm: tv, formations, predictions.
This is not a salvation clash. Especially for Crystal Palace, which on the strength of its 37 points can rest easy. Less calm is West Ham – which has one game less anyway – which has 34 points in the Premier League and still, the arithmetic certainty of remaining in the English top league does not have it. Obviously, thinking about relegation is something beyond the imaginable.
Of course there is, however, that this match, puts heavy points up for grabs. Between two teams that come after a defeat and are therefore also looking for a quick redemption. Defeats that came after a positive moment also, as both Crystal Palace and West Ham were coming from four useful results in a row. The misstep has complicated things a little for the visiting lineup, which, however, has the Conference League on its mind as well as the league at the moment, since it plays the semifinals in a couple of weeks.
Usually, then, in this kind of match, when a point might suit both of them, this is exactly the result that might come out. A tie. Maybe with both teams scoring. And maybe in a spectacular match as well as the English top league very often delivers. In short, this seems to be a match that is practically written. Or almost.
Crystal Palace, now safe (Lapresse)
The prediction
Yes, the match will surely give at least one goal per team. That much is for sure between two formations that have not scored so much this season but instead have conceded so much. In fact, both Crystal Palace and West Ham have conceded over 40 goals in this league. And so, with the baller defenses there are, there will be no shortage of excitement. Draw? Yes, tie.
The probable lineups of Crystal Palace-West Ham
- CRYSTAL PALACE (3-4-3): Johnstone; Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Schlupp, Doucoure, Eze; Olise, Edouard, Ayew.
- WEST HAM (4-2-3-1): Fabianski; Kehrer, Aguerd, Zouma, Emerson; Soucek, Rice; Bowen, Paqueta, Fornals; Ings.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-2
