Crystal Palace is coming into this match off of a 2-1 loss in their 1st match of the season. They lost 2-1 away from home against Brentford, but they played very well in that match on the attack and created many scoring chances. They are picking up right where they left off last season with their new manager, getting after opponents right from the start of the match. Now they will be playing their 1st match at home for the season and they will be pushing to deliver 3 points for the fans. They showed in their 1st match that they can create scoring chances and they will find the net here, but they also showed that there are holes in their defense for the opponent to exploit. They are going up against a West Ham side that is also coming off of a loss in their 1st match of the season, losing 2-1 at home to Aston Villa. Aston Villa is a very good opponent who finished high in the Premier League last season and West Ham did very well with their attack to find the net against this Aston Villa defense that has been very good under Emery, but they also allowed 2 goals at home in that match and showed how their defense has not improved much from last season. West Ham always struggle when they go to play Crystal Palace and their defense is not keeping this Palace attack out of their net here, but Crystal Palace has not been dominant on defense themselves and West Ham still has plenty of quality in their attack to find the net in this match. It is usually high scoring when these two meet as well, their last 2 straight as well as 7 of their last 8 meetings going over 2.5 goals. Between these two sides, there will be enough goals in this match to push it over 2.5 goals.
England Premier League: Crystal Palace/West Ham United over 2.5 goals, Rot. 200053