Crystal Palace vs West Ham United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Crystal Palace scored three rapid-fire goals in the first half and then held on to beat West Ham United 4-3 in a full-throttle thriller on Saturday, lifting them further away from the Premier League’s relegation zone.
Jordan Ayew, Wilfried Zaha and Jeffrey Schlupp netted for Roy Hodgson’s Eagles in a frenzied 15-minute stretch in the first half, and Eberechi Eze slotted a penalty past Hammers keeper Lukasz Fabianski in the second.
Tomas Soucek, Michail Antonio and Nayef Aguerd scored for David Moyes’ men in the battle of London rivals.
Technical trouble at the turnstiles caused a 15-minute delay to kick-off but the end-to-end action at a sun-drenched Selhurst Park was well worth the wait with five goals in the first half alone.
The win meant Palace leap-frogged Chelsea into 11th place in the table on 40 points after 34 games - two more than Chelsea have played. West Ham dropped to 15th, five points clear of the drop zone with five games remaining.
Crystal Palace vs West Ham United
The team scoring first has won just one of the last 11 Premier League meetings between Palace and West Ham (D5 L5), with that win coming for the Hammers in this exact fixture last season.
Crystal Palace vs West Ham United
David Moyes makes just two changes from their defeat to Liverpool on Wednesday, with Emerson and Fornals both being brought in, while Rice becomes the sixth Hammers player to make his 200th Premier League appearance. Cresswell and Benrahma start on the bench.
Crystal Palace vs West Ham United
Hodgson makes four changes to the side that lost to Wolves last time out. Zaha returns from a groin injury to lead the line, with Ward, Doucoure and Schlupp also coming in. Andersen is also fit to retain his place after going off injured in that game. Richards, Lokonga, Milivojevic and Hughes all drop to the bench.
Crystal Palace vs West Ham United
WEST HAM SUBS: Aaron Cresswell, Flynn Downes, Alphonse Areola, Danny Ings, Manuel Lanzini, Maxwel Cornet, Said Benrahma, Thilo Kehrer, Angelo Ogbonna.
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