West Ham United 3-2 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2018

Result

West Ham United 3-2 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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West Ham United 3-2 Crystal Palace: match report

West Ham United won against Crystal Palace 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 December 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

James McArthur opened the scoring in the 6th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Robert Snodgrass (48'), Chicharito (62') and Felipe Anderson (65'). Crystal Palace scored through James McArthur (6') and Jeffrey Schlupp (76').

Discipline: West Ham United received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game West Ham United were 13th on 18 points from 15 and Crystal Palace 15th on 12 points from 15. West Ham United went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 49.

West Ham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Robert Snodgrass of West Ham United (8.3), ahead of James McArthur (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 West Ham United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · James McArthurCrystal Palace · 0-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Issa DiopWest Ham United
  • 48'Goal · Robert SnodgrassWest Ham United · 1-1
  • 62'Goal · ChicharitoWest Ham United · 2-1
  • 65'Goal · Felipe AndersonWest Ham United · 3-1
  • 76'Goal · Jeffrey SchluppCrystal Palace · 3-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Ham United 4, draws 3, Crystal Palace 3.

Team news

West Ham United line-up (4-4-2)

Lukasz Fabianski, Pablo Zabaleta, Fabián Balbuena, Issa Diop, Arthur Masuaku, Robert Snodgrass, Mark Noble, Declan Rice, Felipe Anderson, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Lucas Pérez

Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-2)

Wayne Hennessey, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt, James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Max Meyer, Andros Townsend, Wilfried Zaha