West Ham United vs. Crystal Palace 8/28/21 Premier League Soccer Pick, Odds, and Predictions

West Ham United and Crystal Palace face off on Saturday in an English Premier League showdown at London Stadium. These two teams faced off in January of 2021, and it was West Ham United that came away with the 3-2 victory. 

There are plenty of expectations heading into this season for West Ham United and they have gotten the season out to a fast start. In the first game, West Ham was able to beat Newcastle 4-2 and in the last game against Leicester City, West Ham was able to come away with the 4-1 victory. In the last game, Pablo Fornals opened up the scoring in the 26th minute, and West Ham had no answer as they were able to come away with the victory. In the last game, West Ham had 19 shots and seven of those being on target. West Ham had 52 percent of the possession and in this game it’s going to be about the offense strong. 

On the other side of this matchup is Crystal Palace who have really struggled to start the season. In the first game, Crystal Palace was defeated 3-0 by Chelsea, and in the last game against Brentford, they played to a 0-0 draw. In the last game Crystal Palace had seven shots with only two shots being on goal. Crystal Palace had 53 percent of the possession but they really didn’t have many good chances to score, and they need to find a way to have more success in this game with their shots. If they struggle to have good scoring chances, they are going to have all kinds of issues winning this game. 

I expect Crystal Palace’s offense is going to struggle in this game and that is going to let them down again in this game. West Ham’s offense is going to be strong and they will win this game -1.5.