The back four remains the same as lined up against Tottenham, with Kyle Walker-Peters at right-back, El Hadji Malick Diouf at left-back and Dinos Mavropanos partnering Maximilian Kilman in the centre.

The midfield will see Paquetá – West Ham’s leading scorer this season with three goals – line up alongside James Ward-Prowse and Mateus Fernandes.

Ward-Prowse faces Crystal Palace for the 27th time in his career – more than he has faced any other opponent. He has enjoyed eleven victories over the Eagles, scored three goals and assisted three more.

Captain Jarrod Bowen will patrol the right wing, with Crysencio Summerville on the left and Wilson playing through the middle.

Bowen scored in the aforementioned 2-0 win at Selhurst Park last season, and also registered an assist in a 3-2 away victory over the Eagles in January 2021, when his corner was headed in by Craig Dawson.

Wilson has faced Crystal Palace 16 times in his career for AFC Bournemouth and Newcastle United, scoring three goals and registering three assists.

Hermansen is named on the substitutes’ bench alongside defenders Igor Julio, Jean-Clair Todibo and Ollie Scarles, midfielders Soungoutou Magassa, Guido Rodríguez, Andy Irving and Luis Guilherme, and forward Niclas Füllkrug.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka misses the game due to a stomach problem.

 

West Ham United: Areola, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Diouf, Ward-Prowse, Fernandes, Paquetá, Bowen ©, Summerville, Wilson
Subs: Hermansen (GK), Igor, Todibo, Scarles, Magassa, Rodríguez, Irving, Luis Guilherme, Füllkrug
 

Crystal Palace: Henderson, Munoz, Lacroix, Guehi, Richards, Mitchell, Wharton, Hughes, Kamada, Pino, Mateta
Subs: Matthews (GK), Clyne, Sosa, Canvot, Lerma, Devenny, Uche, Cardines, Nketiah

 

Referee: Tony Harrington

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