West Ham United and Crystal Palace both get a chance with a Saturday matchup in London to close the gap with the current top eight sides in the English Premier League.
For the first time in their top-flight history, Palace have gone seven consecutive away games without losing, winning four and drawing three. They've also kept a clean sheet in each of the last three, equalling their longest run without conceding away from home in the division (a run of three in December 2017).
West Ham have a good track record at bringing in players from the Championship, including Antonio, Bowen, Aaron Cresswell and Crysencio Summerville. But stalling on targets has seen the club miss out on signing James Maddison, now of Tottenham Hotspur, in 2018 and Eberechi Eze, now of Crystal Palace, in 2020.
Crystal Palace have gone seven consecutive away games without losing for the first time in their top-flight history (W4 D3). They've also kept a clean sheet in each of the past three, equalling their longest run without conceding away from home in the Premier League (a run of three in December 2017).
Can West Ham win back-to-back games for the first time this season — in Graham Potter's first two games in charge — or will Crystal Palace keep climbing?
West Ham United fans expect new manager Graham Potter to bring some style back to their team's football after a dispiriting and brief Julen Lopetegui reign but the new coach was happy to win ugly against Fulham on Tuesday.
West Ham United leads Crystal Palace by 2 points in the standings, but Crystal Palace only has a -5 goal differential to West Ham's -14. They are both in the bottom half of the st
Philippe Mateta scored twice in the second half as Crystal Palace completed a 2-0 Premier League away win at a toothless West Ham United on Saturday, more evidence for new manager Graham Potter of the difficult job he faces in east London.
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“Fantastic!” he told Palace TV about how he felt at full-time. “I'm very happy, and hopefully we'll keep winning games. “It’s always good to fight in front of them [the Palace fans]. We do this for them too, you know, and yeah, I was very happy. I'm always happy when I see them. I have to celebrate with them.