Premier League 25/26 · 20 Sep 2025

West Ham United 1–2 Crystal Palace

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Crystal Palace favourites at 41%.

Crystal Palace won and made the better chances: 2.3 xG to 0.7.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: El Hadji Malick Diouf, 73.8 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: El Hadji Malick Diouf +30.8, Adam Wharton +29.0, Daichi Kamada +25.8.

Each side's last five results before this match.

13 Sep 2025	L 0–3	v Tottenham Hotspur Premier League
31 Aug 2025	W 3–0	at Nottingham Forest Premier League
26 Aug 2025	L 2–3	at Wolverhampton EFL Cup
22 Aug 2025	L 1–5	v Chelsea Premier League
16 Aug 2025	L 0–3	at Sunderland Premier League

16 Sep 2025	D 1–1	v Millwall EFL Cup
13 Sep 2025	D 0–0	v Sunderland Premier League
31 Aug 2025	W 3–0	at Aston Villa Premier League
28 Aug 2025	D 0–0	at Fredrikstad FK Conference League
24 Aug 2025	D 1–1	v Nottingham Forest Premier League

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
El Hadji Malick Diouf Defender	90	0	1	–	73.8	+30.8
Max Kilman Defender	90	0	0	–	73.5	+22.6
Konstantinos Mavropanos Defender	90	0	0	0.22	67.1	+12.4
Kyle Walker-Peters Defender	90	0	0	0.10	64.8	+19.2
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder	90	1	0	0.24	56.6	+5.1
Lucas Paquetá Midfielder	90	0	0	0.03	55.5	+4.3
James Ward-Prowse Midfielder	90	0	0	0.02	50.5	−6.2
Crysencio Summerville Midfielder	78	0	0	–	47.4	–
Niclas Füllkrug Forward	31	0	0	–	45.8	–
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder	78	0	0	–	45.2	+0.8
Callum Wilson Forward	59	0	0	–	40.1	–
Alphonse Aréola Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	39.5	–
Luis Guilherme Midfielder	12	0	0	0.07	36.9	–
Soungoutou Magassa Midfielder	12	0	0	–	35.5	–

Player	Min	G	xG	Score	vs usual
Adam Wharton Midfielder	75	0	0.04	73.3	+29.0
Jefferson Lerma Midfielder	25	0	0.08	70.6	–
Daichi Kamada Midfielder	90	0	0.25	66.6	+25.8
Tyrick Mitchell Midfielder	90	1	0.28	66.6	+20.8
Eddie Nketiah Forward	15	0	0.04	62.1	–
Marc Guéhi Defender	90	0	0.20	58.8	+3.3
Chris Richards Defender	90	0	–	57.8	+8.8
Jean-Philippe Mateta Forward	90	1	0.84	57.5	+13.6
Justin Devenny Midfielder	45	0	0.08	55.7	+7.6
Yéremy Pino Forward	45	0	0.10	54.1	+6.3
Dean Henderson Goalkeeper	90	0	–	53.6	+2.6
Daniel Muñoz Midfielder	90	0	0.19	52.1	+3.9
Maxence Lacroix Defender	90	0	0.20	47.4	−7.5
Will Hughes Midfielder	65	0	–	42.7	−0.1