Westham United and Crystal Palace lock horns in their second-round fixture, with every team looking for their first win of the 2024/25 Premier League season. Palace started their first game with an opener from Ebere Eze's amazing free-kick against Brentford, but their goal was ruled out. Brentford took the opportunity to score minutes later, taking a lead from Bryan Mbuemo’s goal. Westham also lost against Aston Villa despite equalizing through Paqueta's penalty in the 34th minute.
Crystal Palace vs. Westham United Odds
Crystal Palace (+110)
Westham United (+220)
Draw (+260)
Crystal Palace vs. Westham United Details
Fixture: Crystal Palace vs. Westham United
Date and Time: 24th August, 2024, 10 AM EST
Location: Selhurst Park, Central London, England
Weather: 67°F, Rain
Field Type: Grassmaster
Key Stats
Crystal Palace
Like Westham, Crystal Palace brought in a new manager at the end of the last season. The hiring of Oliver Glasner transformed the culture and football settings around Palace and gave the Eagles a strong finish to the season. Over the summer, the biggest issue for Palace was their ability to keep their assets like Marc Guehi and Michael Olise who signed for Bayern Munich.
In their first PL match of the season, Crystal Palace were gloomy, with only 1 big chance despite dominating possession. Most of their shots towards goal came from outside the box and they will need to rethink their tactics if they expect to win any points against the Hammers. Crystal Palace are unlikely to match any changes to their starting lineup against Westham United.
The expected lineup: Henderson, Richards, Andersen, Guehi, Munoz, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell, Eze, Kamada, and Mateta.
Westham United
Westham United has had a busy transfer season, signing new players including Summerville, Manchester United’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka, and Niklas Fullkrug. The Hammers did not use these signings in their defeat in the opener. The weak defensive setup of Westham United gave Amadou Onana the chance to score in his first PL match for Aston Villa. After failing to play their summer signings, the Hammers suffered their first 2024/25 season defeat.
The expected lineup for the Hammers: Areola, Todibo, Wan-Bissaka, Kilan, Emerson, Rodriguez, Soucek, Bowen, Paqueta, Kudus, and Fullkurg.
Prediction
The match is unlikely to be one-sided as both teams will look to finish above the tenth stop for a chance for European action. Both clubs made changes to their coaching, Westham replacing David Moyes with an experienced manager, Julen Lopetegui. Crystal Palace struggled to score in their first game of the PL season, only to get on goal by E. Pinnock. Palace can be optimistic as they dominated possession against Brentford. During the game, Crystal Palace's expected goals were lower than Brentford's at 1.17.
On the other hand, Westham was unable to score from open play and only got a goal through the penalty. During the match, the Hammers had higher expected goals of 2.46 compared to Crystal Palace. Westham also had more big chances and could have scored more than 1 goal in their PL opener.
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