West Ham restored their two-point lead over Tottenham and the underside three with a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace that confirmed Wolves’ relegation from the Premier League.
Spurs endured a troublesome weekend, however this end result opens the door for Roberto De Zerbi’s facet of their battle for survival forward of Saturday’s journey to Wolves, who, after an eight-year keep, turn into the primary facet relegated from the highest flight this season.
West Ham have given themselves one other week exterior the drop zone however might look again on this as a missed alternative after seeing Nottingham Forest and Leeds win and Spurs take a giant step ahead of their efficiency.
Opta fee West Ham as having the hardest last fixtures of all of the groups battling on the backside, with video games in opposition to Everton, Brentford, Arsenal, Newcastle and Leeds nonetheless to play.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s facet did not create a giant opening within the second half and really practically conceded a late objective just for Ismaila Sarr’s strike to be dominated out for an pointless handball by fellow Palace substitute Jean-Philippe Mateta.
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Ismaila Sarr was denied a Crystal Palace opener after a Jean-Philippe Mateta handball.
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West Ham’s Konstantinos Mavropanos noticed his header denied by an excellent Dean Henderson save.
Late within the first half West Ham’s Taty Castellanos had an acrobatic effort that was heading in cleared by Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix – who overcame an harm scare to start out – after Dean Henderson’s miscued punch practically left the objective gaping.
Henderson made amends shortly after his error by producing a tremendous save to maintain out Konstantinos Mavropanos. The West Ham defender, scorer of two objectives within the win over Wolves, maybe may have completed higher, his header too near the keeper.
Former Tottenham winger Brennan Johnson, but to attain since his £35m January transfer, spurned a wonderful likelihood to provide Palace an early lead in opposition to the run of play, heading nicely vast when fully unmarked within the field.
For all of the discuss of Palace doubtlessly dropping off after their celebrations in Florence on Thursday after reaching the Convention League semi-finals, Oliver Glasner’s facet completed the stronger and prolong their unbeaten run to 4 video games to maneuver as much as thirteenth.
Level gained or two factors misplaced for West Ham?
West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen to Sky Sports activities:
“It’s probably a bit of both.
“Palace are actually good at dwelling and on a excessive after getting right into a European semi-final. We knew it was going to be actually troublesome and that we would should defend rather well.
“We did have some chances that on another day could go in. We did come here to win the game.
“However I do not suppose some extent right here is the worst factor on this planet.”
Former West Ham striker Dean Ashton to Sky Sports:
“It appears like a tiny alternative missed for West Ham with the way in which Crystal Palace performed, and even the way in which they themselves performed within the first half.
“They had enough opportunities in the penalty area to get that goal.
“However Crystal Palace away is just not a straightforward fixture, so proper now, it needs to be a constructive end result.”
Nuno: Relegation fight will go all the way
West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo to Sky Sports:
“We carried out nicely. We had been organised and compact. Robust match. Our offensive course of, the mixtures did not fairly go – the ultimate ball, the ultimate contact.
“The game was very balanced. It’s a tough shape to play against. It’s brought them a lot of success. It’s hard because they are good players. You cannot find the gaps. They are a threat on the counter-attacks.
“We had been stable. It may be a battle till the top.
“It will go all the way, for sure. Not only at the bottom of the table but at the top. This season has been very tight.”
Glasner: Blended emotions after draw
Crystal Palace supervisor Oliver Glasner to Sky Sports activities:
“Mixed feelings like always after a draw. Let’s talk about the positives – another clean sheet. What I liked to see is that at the end of the game we looked closer to winning it.
“West Ham defended the field very nicely. We matched their motivation at the moment. It is all good.
“The biggest threat came from set-plays today. We gifted them too many especially in the first half. They have many tall players and Bowen delivers the ball well.
“The efficiency was okay. The dedication was nice.”
Opta stats
- Crystal Palace are unbeaten of their final 4 Premier League video games (W2 D2), solely having fun with an extended unbeaten run within the league this season of their opening six matches (W3 D3).
- West Ham United have saved clear sheets in successive Premier League video games for the primary time since February 2025 in opposition to Arsenal and Leicester Metropolis.
- Crystal Palace recorded their twelfth clear sheet of the season, solely conserving extra in a Premier League marketing campaign in 1994-95 (15). Certainly, since Oliver Glasner’s first sport in February 2024, solely Arsenal (36) and Manchester Metropolis (32) have extra shutouts within the league than Palace’s 28.
- This was Crystal Palace’s sixth goalless draw within the Premier League this season, probably the most by a facet since Newcastle United in 2022-23 (7).
