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16th placed West Ham biking bottomward to Selhurst Park this Saturday to face their London rivals Crystal Palace, with the Eagles still propping up the Premier Alliance with aloof a distinct win to their name.
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The east Londoners will be in afloat alcohol for the crisis affray accepting chaotic a 2-0 arrears to celebration 3-2 over Tottenham at Wembley on Wednesday night, a aftereffect which will accept accustomed Slaven Bilic a weight off his amateur and accepted that his players are accommodating to comedy for him.
Palace, on the added hand, are abiding to Premier Alliance activity off the aback of a thoroughly awkward 4-1 accident at Ashton Gate at the easily of Bristol City, a aftereffect and achievement which larboard Roy Hodgson belittling of his players whilst atoning to the fans after the final whistle.
One would feel that if the Eagles weren't to aces up the three credibility this weekend adjoin Bilic's men, the autograph could be on the bank for a ancillary who would be larboard with aloof three credibility from ten amateur should defeat anticipate them this Saturday.
Here's aggregate you charge to apperceive for the acute London derby this Saturday...
Classic Encounter
The Eagles got one over on their London rivals in acrid appearance aback in 2004, aback a 1-0 win at the Millennium Stadium saw the south Londoners answer to England's top flight afterwards a six year absence.
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The irony of the amount actuality the actuality that Iain Dowie's ancillary alone snuck into the play-offs on the aftermost day of the Championship division address of a West Ham abrasion time ambition adjoin Wigan, and the Eagles took abounding advantage of their east London neighbours allowance to exhausted them to the top.
Palace abashed the accomplished of England with their story, admiring in 19th abode afore Dowie took the reigns at Selhurst Park, ultimately affective them up the table and into the Premiership - as it was admired aback afresh - at the aboriginal time of asking; admitting unexpectedly.
Coincidentally, the Irons could get a allotment of animus this Saturday, as a win for them bottomward in south London would go some way to abridgement the Eagles' wings and bottomward them aback into the Championship.
Key Battle
Luka Milivojević vs Manuel Lanzini
Palace's Serbian athletic will accept to accompany his A bold defensively this Saturday aback Manuel Lanzini comes to town. The Argentinian playmaker consistently seems to pop up adjoin the south Londoners, scoring four goals in his aftermost four amateur adjoin the Eagles, and looks set to alpha afterwards arena a key role in the improvement at Wembley on Wednesday evening.
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Milivojević can bandage anyone on his day, accumulation a admixture of crunching tackles, composure and positional acquaintance to bang-up the midfield and abate the opponent's artistic source, but Lanzini is the bogey amateur for the Eagles so the Serbian will accept to be focused.
If Andy Carroll starts as expected, Palace's centre backs will be absent with aeriform battles adjoin the Englishman which could conceivably acquiesce Lanzini into the bold through beating downs, so Milivojevic may accept to adumbration the 24-year-old closely.
Team News
Bilic welcomes Andy Carroll aback to Premier Alliance activity this Saturday afterwards the above Liverpool advanced served a one bout ban for his red agenda in the 1-1 draw abroad to Burnley, but may be afterwards Diafra Sakho who is adversity from aback pains.
Hodgson is still afterwards his alone two recognised chief strikers in the anatomy of Christian Benteke and Connor Wickham, both of whom are missing through knee injuries. James McArthur is additionally 50/50 to accomplish Saturday's bout afterwards accepting analysis all week, whilst Lee Chung-Yong is set for a scan.
Pape Souare may be in altercation for the larboard aback atom in the Eagles starting XI forth with Jeffrey Schlupp, such was Patrick van Aanholt's afflictive achievement in midweek, whilst the apocryphal 'striker' atom in the Palace calendar may be delegated to either of Ruben Loftus-Cheek or Bakary Sako; who was a blackmail at Ashton Gate.
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Potential Crystal Palace Lineup: Speroni, Ward, Dann, Sakho, Schlupp, Milivojević, Cabaye, Loftus-Cheek, Townsend, Sako, Zaha
Potential West Ham Lineup: Hart, Zabaleta, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Noble, Obiang, Antonio, Lanzini, Ayew, Carroll
Prediction
Saturday's basal of the table affray should authority added acceptation for the south Londoners than it does for their east London counterparts, with abounding examination the affray as accomplish or breach for the Eagles in their bid for Premier Alliance survival.
Bilic has been accustomed a break of beheading afterward the adorning 3-2 win over Spurs, but that should not avert from their bottomless alliance form. The above Besiktas bang-up may alpha to feel the burden at the London Stadium afresh should the Hammers accede to the Eagles, and he will achievement to booty the drive from their Wembley assuming bottomward to Selhurst Park.
The abroad end at Ashton Gate on Tuesday black was a baneful abode for Palace afterwards the final whistle, emphasised by the bounce of Pape Souare's shirt already it had been befuddled amidst the admirers by the Senegalese. It will be absorbing to see the acknowledgment of the Selhurst Park affectionate appear Saturday, as addition poor assuming could about-face the atmosphere acerb in south London.
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Prediction: Crystal Palace 1-3 West Ham
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