Crystal Palace 3-1 West Ham LIVE! LIVE! Schlupp goal - Premier ...
A London derby kicks off the Premier League weekend when two teams edging closer to safety meet at Selhurst Park.
Three wins from five matches under Roy Hodgson have moved Palace eight points clear of the bottom three and victory in the lunchtime game would virtually secure their survival. West Ham are just five points above the bottom three but they have been much-improved under David Moyes in recent weeks and probably need just one more win to stay up.
Palace are boosted by the return of their talisman Wilfried Zaha after four games out with a groin injury. On the touchline, the two oldest managers in the Premier League will be in opposing dugouts and Moyes will be hoping for a late birthday present after he turned 60 earlier this week. With kick-off at 12.30pm BST, follow all the action from south London.
38 mins: This is turning into one of the games of the season! Zaha fancies another goal and fires into the side netting.
Lifeline for West Ham! Soucek flicks on a corner at the near post and Antonio reacts to nod it over the line at the back post. What a game!
That is a horrendous goal from West Ham’s point of view. Aguerd probably shouldn’t have played it to Soucek there but it is just abysmal from the Czech. Get rid of it or get your body across it. He just takes a heavy touch into space and is pretty much inviting Schlupp to nick it off him.
This is turning into a dream afternoon for Palace… and a nightmare one for West Ham!
Soucek loses the ball just outside the box as Schlupp robs him, goes one-on-one with Fabianski and slots it under the West Ham goalkeeper.
After a good start, this is turning into a bad afternoon for West Ham. It looked like Zouma twisted his ankle earlier. Those fans who had to brave the queues will be glad they did. Hell of a start to this game. Olise’s assisted all three.
Palace have turned it around! It’s another brilliant goal from Palace and Zaha has a goal on his return after four games out. West Ham fail to clear and Zaha fires home at the back post. It’s raining goals at Selhurst Park!
17 mins: Concern for Zouma, who was injured trying to stop that Ayew shot. It looks like the Palace man caught his ankle and that looks a painful one. Zouma is going to have to come off, which is a real blow for West Ham. Ogbonna is coming on to replace him.
Immediate response from Palace!
Doucoure opens up the West Ham defence with a great pass, he slips in Ayew and first time he beats goalkeeper Fabianski at the near post.
West Ham’s set-piece threat comes good on the road for the second weekend in a row. What on Earth is Michael Olise doing?
That’s Tomas Soucek’s first goal since August. His goal threat was such a big part of what made him a success in the early part of his Hammers career but it’s pretty much disappeared out of his game.
First chance for West Ham, first goal for West Ham!
The Hammers win a corner on the right that is floated in to the six-yard box and Palace fail to clear. Olise's header goes straight to Soucek and he fires into the roof of the net from close range.
