Match report Crystal Palace – West Ham United, 02/09/2019, Premier League

Wilfried Zaha scored a crucial point on his return from suspension as Crystal Palace drew 1-1 with West Ham in the Premier League at Selhurst Park.

The first goal of the season, Mark Noble, captain of West Ham, was imposed by the penalty spot and allowed visitors to keep the advantage at halftime.

The palace dominated after the break, but it seemed like a leveler would escape them – James McArthur having missed a magnificent opportunity – Zaha's heavily deflected efforts earned him a valuable point.

Roy Hodgson's men are now undefeated in four games, while West Ham has not won any of their last five games in all competitions.

Early in the game, Vicente Guaita saved the efforts of Ryan Fredericks and Robert Snodgrbad while West Ham threatened to launch the counterattack, while Lukasz Fabianski denied McArthur at the other end.

It's the visitors who hit first. Noble sent Guaita in the wrong direction with a shot in the 27th minute after the goalkeeper stumbled on Michail Antonio in the penalty area.

Fabianski was failing to prevent Christian Benteke from finding himself soon after, and his team returned to the break.

McArthur failed to convert a magnificent opportunity to the palace eight minutes into the restart, hitting the post five meters after defeating the offside trap in one of the duds of the season.

Patrick van Aanholt, who created the opportunity, sent a superb volley just before the introduction of Michy Batshuayi on the bench, substitute striker Benteke after an hour.

Batshuayi missed the goal after another glorious chance at the palace created by Van Aanholt, but the equalizer finally arrived at 14 minutes of time.

A happy double between Zaha and McArthur allowed the attacker's six-meter shot taking a mbadive deflection on Issa Diop to beat Fabianski at his nearest post.

Fabianksi then made two late saves against Zaha to prevent the Palace from winning a memorable victory.

What does it mean? Palace still lacking peak

Palace slipped to less than three points from the last three, while West Ham climbed up to 10th position, although the last equalizer allowed Manuel Pellegrini's men not to have the chance to pbad over d & # 39; Everton.

The Eagles are still fighting for goals after scoring 27 goals in 26 league games and seeing plenty of opportunities to beg in a game they really should have won.

In total, they had 25 attempts to score against six for West Ham and Zaha, who were playing solely due to his right to appeal the additional ban imposed on him for his red card against Southampton, needed a deviation to ensure at least that she would claim a point.

Van Aanholt a force to be reckoned with

Despite Palace's relentless fight for goals, nothing can be blamed on the attack from side defender Van Aanholt, who has created five unmatched opportunities for his teammates.

Grumble on guiata

Guaita has generally been impressed since replacing Wayne Hennessey as the palace's number one, but his foolish decision to face Antonio for the penalty incident was costly, giving West Ham a golden opportunity to take the advantage in a match where he was second.

Opta Key Facts

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– West Ham is undefeated in his last eight Premier League matches with Palace (W4 D4).
– Only Southampton (12) and Huddersfield Town (five) had fewer home points in the Premier League this season than Palace (13).
– West Ham did not score a single goal attempt in the second half, while leaving 17 shots to Palace after half-time.
– Zaha scored his first home goal in 11 games in all competitions for Palace since winning against West Brom on the final day of the 2017-18 campaign.

And after?

Palace will be absent for the Ligue 1 Doncaster Rovers in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Sunday, while eliminated from the competition, West Ham will no longer play a key home match against Fulham on 22 February.