Crystal Palace vs West Ham Prediction and Betting Tips: Best Bets for Selhurst Park

Crystal Palace will be aiming to take a step closer to Premier League survival when they welcome West Ham to Selhurst Park for a 3pm kick-off on Sunday.

The Eagles pulled off a shock 1-0 victory at Liverpool last time out, moving them four places and eight points clear of the relegation zone with six matches remaining.

One more victory will likely be enough to secure Palace's top-flight status and manager Oliver Glasner will be eager for that precious win to be achieved at the expense of West Ham, who must pick themselves up following Thursday's Europa League quarter-final exit.

The Hammers are eighth in the standings, two points adrift of Newcastle in sixth, and find themselves in a battle to finish in the European positions.

Palace will be without the services of Sam Johnstone, Matheus Franca, Marc Guehi and Cheick Doucoure while Chris Richards is a doubt and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi only made his comeback from injury for the Eagles' Under-21s on Tuesday.

Nayef Aguerd hobbled out of West Ham's draw with Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday and will need to be assessed. The Hammers also have doubts over the availability of Kalvin Phillips, Alphonse Areola and Konstantinos Mavropanos.

Palace have been ticking along nicely at their south London base over the last four months, recording three victories, three draws and two defeats to keep themselves away from the relegation zone.

The Eagles showed great determination to beat Liverpool at Anfield last weekend and they can keep that momentum going against a West Ham side who will be down in the dumps following their European exit.

David Moyes' visitors have tasted success just once in their last seven assignments in all competitions and their away form has also been poor, losing three of their last four fixtures.

The Hammers have conceded in each of their last nine games on the road, have managed just one clean sheet on their league travels and also boast the joint-fourth worst defensive record away from home in the division.

Palace are unbeaten in their last three meetings with the Irons and won a 4-3 thriller the last time when West Ham last headed south of the river in April 2023.

Palace have looked dangerous following the return to fitness of Michael Olise and Eberechi Eze, with the star duo's combined goals tally of 13 accounting for just over a third of the Eagles' total of 37.

England international Eze bagged the only goal in Palace's victory on Merseyside last time out, taking his individual tally to seven league goals from 22 appearances, and he can again lead his side to glory in front of a packed Selhurst Park.

The 25-year-old, who leads Palace's charts for both shots (60) and attempts on target (25), looks a nice price to set the Eagles on their way to a crucial victory with the opening strike against the Hammers.

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