West Ham United vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as West Ham United face Crystal Palace in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
CRYSTAL PALACE (4-3-3): Vicente Guaita; Nathaniel Clyne, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guehi, Tyrick Mitchell; Jeffrey Schlupp, Cheick Doucoure, Eberechi Eze; Jordan Ayew, Wilfried Zaha, Michael Olise.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
WEST HAM SUBS: Nayef Aguerd, Angelo Ogbonna, Pablo Fornals, Flynn Downes, Michail Antonio, Alphonse Areola, Manuel Lanzini, Emerson, Vladimir Coufal.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
WEST HAM (4-2-3-1): Lukasz Fabianski; Thilo Kehrer, Craig Dawson, Kurt Zouma, Aaron Cresswell; Tomas Soucek, Declan Rice; Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta, Said Benrahma; Gianluca Scamacca.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
As for Palace, they beat Southampton 1-0 in their previous match to confirm their third successive home win, moving them onto 16 points for the season. Impressive at Selhurst Park, losing just once, their record on the road has been poor. They have not won any of their five games away from home this season, losing to Manchester City and Everton. However, after being defeated in their first two Premier League away games against West Ham in 1994 and 1997, Palace have lost just two of their subsequent nine top flight visits to face the Hammers (W3 D4).
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
West Ham come into this match after beating FCSB in the Europa Conference League to conclude the group stage with a perfect record. In the Premier League, David Moyes’ team are 14th with four wins, two draws and seven losses. At the London Stadium, West Ham failed to win any of their first three matches this season, collecting just one point. However, after drawing with Tottenham at the end of August, the Hammers won their next three games, with home victories against Wolves, Fulham and Bournemouth. A win today would see them move into ninth in the league.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
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