West Ham United - Crystal Palace

[Lucas]

28.08.2021 - 16:00 CET; Premier League

• 2 rounds played in the Premier League, WHU averaging 5,5 goals per match, Crystal Palace averaging 1,5 goals per match.
• West Ham managed to score 4 goals in both of their matches what makes them sitting at the top of the table (4-2 Newcastle, 4-1 Leicester)
• West Ham conceded in both matches, Newcastle doesn't look good and scored twice, while Leicester managed to score with 10 men
• Crystal Palace are in the nightmare as they didn't score in three consecutive matches! (0-3 Chelsea, 0-0 Brentford and 0-1 Watford in EFL cup)
• H2H: Both teams scored in their last 8 meetings, last match without BTTS was in January 2017

I don't believe this can go any further for Crystal Palace, it has to come as their strikers are very experienced players and overally are not bad. West Ham are flying high but while their attack is superb, they still have to defend more properly. Crystal Palace didn't score against Chelsea what is acceptable, didn't score against Brentford that play from locked defense and in mid-week match in EFL Cup against Watford, I would say they were really unlucky as they missed some big chances and overally conquered the statistics of the match. I see WHU as the ideal opponent to score against their first 21/22 goal, while I still believe West Ham will take the win here, but I won't go for result bet.

Both teams to score @ 1,95

 

[Giovanni]

I trust West Ham more in this game. They started surprising me last season, but what they are doing this season is even better. They've played two games so far and won both. They have score of 8:3 and lead the league. Their offense is fantastic. They have 16 shots on goal in two games. In their last match they beat Leicester 4:1.
Crystal Palace. A team that hasn't been shining this season. In the first game of the season, they were beaten 3:0 by Chelsea. In the second game they only drew 0:0 with Brentford, who were promoted from the Championship this season. They failed to score a goal in those two games. They have only six shots on goal, which is not many in two games.

My bets:
Handicap: West Ham AH -1.0 @ 2.04 (bet365)
West Ham and Over 1.5 goals @ 1.93 (local bookie)

 

[Lucas]

Both teams to score @ 1,95

2-2 bet OK