West Ham vs Crystal Palace prediction and betting tips on January 18, 2025
Game Prediction
West Ham and Crystal Palace will play in the 22nd round of the English Premier League on January 18, 2025. The hosts, after replacing the coach, will try to beat their neighbour, who has gradually found the game.
Our prediction for the match West Ham vs Crystal Palace
“The Hammers” parted ways with Moyes in the summer, although David, who won the Conference League in 2023, did not fail that season even after the sale of the captain, Rice. Speaking about the Premier League, the team finished in 9th position with 52 points, playing in the Europa League play-offs in the spring. “The Eagles”, who replaced the ageing specialist, Hodgson, with Glasner about a year ago, took 3 points less and closed the top 10 of the Premier League.
Lopetegui took over “the Hammers” in the summer, and the squad was replenished with newcomers worth 100+ million. Still, the expected results never came. Julen could have been fired earlier, but it happened in January, after the defeats made by Liverpool and Manchester City. At that time, the team was only in 14th place with 23 points – and the intention was to become a regular in the European competition. Now, Graham Potter will fight for this. The mentor made his debut in the cup confrontation with Aston Villa and lost. As for the game against Fulham, the shoot-out brought a 3-2 victory. “The Glaziers” did not start the new season any better – their first victory in the Premier League was in the 9th round, and it remained the only one until the end of autumn. The club has almost never lost (only to Arsenal) and won a number of important matches since December. The meeting with Leicester, which took place in the previous round, brought a “grandmaster” result – 2-0. And 1 goal was enough to advance in the cup game against Stockport.
The hosts score only 1.3 goals, conceding almost 2 per match. The guests don’t have much to brag about in terms of statistics either, with a ratio of 1.1/1.33.
West Ham vs Crystal Palace: key statistics and trends
- West Ham has lost 3 of 4 previous matches.
- 67% of West Ham United is 3.24.
- Crystal Palace has lost once in 11 previous matches.
- 57% of Crystal Palace confrontations have ended with “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per struggle is 2.43.
West Ham vs Crystal Palace: possible starting line-ups
West Ham (possible line-up): Fabianski – Emerson, Kilman, Mavropanos, Wan-Bissaka – Rodriguez, Alvarez, Soler, Soucek, Kudus – Lucas Paquetá.
Crystal Palace (possible line-up): Henderson – Guehi, Lacroix, Richards – Mitchell, Eze, Sarr, Lerma, Doucouré, Munoz – Mateta.
Previous matches: West Ham vs Crystal Palace
“The Glaziers” have not lost 4 times in a row. Still, they lost to “the Hammers” with a 0-2 score at the home arena in August.
Free prediction for the match West Ham vs Crystal Palace
The chances are considered equal. Still, the guests have been more stable in recent months – we bet on them to win with “a 0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.9).