West Ham vs Crystal Palace Predictions, Betting Tips & Odds

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03 December 2023

West Ham vs Crystal Palace Predictions, Betting Tips & Odds

See below our West Ham vs Crystal Palace predictions, betting tip and the main market odds for Sunday’s opening SkySports TV offering. Who will come out top of this London derby, in matchup that has recently produced plenty of goals?

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West Ham vs Crystal Palace Preview & Prediction

As we head into Sunday we’ve 50% of the Premier League week 14 matches still to play, with four of these kicking off at 2pm.

Liverpool vs Fulham and Chelsea vs Brighton are two of those clashes, but the SkySports live offering from these 2pm matches is an all-London affair between West Ham and Crystal Palace at the London Stadium.

The Hammers will be coming into the game full of confidence after another midweek Europa League win against Backa Topola, plus also head into Sunday’s Palace clash off the back of two Premier League wins over Burnley and Forest.

In contrast, Crystal Palace will be licking their wounds at the moment after suffering a shock 2-1 defeat to Luton last time out and before that went down 3-2 to Everton.

Looking at the match betting with the best UK betting sites, it’s, therefore, no shocker to see West Ham, who have home advantage, as the favourites as Moyes and co look to add to the 20 points they’ve already won this season in the league.

This will be the 45th time West Ham and Palace have met in a league game, with the Hammers holding the bragging rights with 18 wins to 10 for Palace, but there has also been a good sprinkle of draws – 16. Which equates to a 36% strike-rate.

You can back another draw at 5/2 with BetMGM.

Palace Did The Double Over West Ham Last Season

However, the good news for Palace fans is that they did the West Ham double last season and have lost just one of their last four vs the Hammers.

This repeat clash last term ended in a 2-1 away win for the Eagles, which can be backed at 12/1 with BetMGM, while the home leg at Selhurst saw a 4-3 thriller go the way of the South London club.

So, the recent West Ham vs Crystal Palace head-to-heads tell us is this fixture has a strong history of producing goals.

As mentioned, there were a massive 10 goals netted in the two clashes last season and prior to that 14 of the last 18 head-to-heads have seen Over 2.5 Goals. While both teams have also scored in 16 of the last 18.

With this in mind, the ‘both teams to score (yes)’ betting option at 4/5 looks fair value in a wager that’s paid out in 89% of the last 18 head-to-heads.

Prediction: Both Teams To Score (Yes): 4/5 with BetMGM

West Ham vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips

Both Teams To Score (Yes) @ 4/5
Over 2.5 Goals @ 19/20
Combined Bet Builder Odds @ 5/4

West Ham vs Crystal Palace Betting Tip 1: Both Teams To Score & Over 2.5 Goals @ 5/4

The stats tell us to expect goals in Sunday’s 2pm SkySports clash between West Ham and Crystal Palace.

With this in mind, why not combine the two most popular goal scoring bets – Over 2.5 Goals and Both Teams To Score?

80% of the last 10 repeat fixtures saw 3+ total goals scores, while in the last 18 matchups both teams have found the back of the net 16 times – this equates to an even better 89% return.

The Over 2.5 Goals/BTTS (yes) combined Bet Builder will pay 5/4 with BetMGM, in a bet that has paid out in ALL of the last five head-to-heads and also eight of the last nine (89%).

West Ham vs Crystal Palace Betting Tip 2: Tomas Soucek To Score Anytime @ 11/10

The last time West Ham and Palace faced-off it was a 4-3 thriller that the Eagles took. Despite coming out on the wrong side of that game, West Ham’s Czech midfielder Tomas Soucek was one of the Hammers scorers.

He also comes into the Sunday match in rude scoring form – having netted for West Ham in all of their last three matches.

While if we also add in the international break to the Soucek recent games, then he’s actually netted in ALL of his last five games – having scored for the Czech Rep twice too.

Therefore, with Soucek seemingly able to do no wrong in front of goal at the moment – the 18/5 with BetMGM on him scoring anytime looks worth a dabble. Or, if you’re feeling lucky, what about the 17/2 on a Soucek first goal of the game?