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West Ham starting lineup vs Crystal Palace confirmed; key 29-yo misses out as Moyes makes 2 changes from Burnley

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West Ham starting lineup vs Crystal Palace confirmed, as the Hammers look to make it three Premier League wins in a row.

West Ham United play host to Crystal Palace at the London Stadium in the Premier League this afternoon, and the starting lineup selected today should give us a good chance to win the game.

The Hammers have been on a decent run recently, certainly as far as results go, and have won our last four games in a row in all competitions.

David Moyes wouldn’t have been overly happy with the recent performances, but a win today and it will be five victories in a row for West Ham – you really can’t knock that.

I’m actually confident that we’ll win the match today, especially with Eberechi Eze and Cheick Doucoure both out injured for Palace.

The Hammers are more than good enough to obliterate the Eagles, although the fact that our nemesis Peter Bankes is on VAR duty doesn’t fill me with confidence.

So how has Moyes lined up for today’s game?

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West Ham starting lineup vs Crystal Palace confirmed

Moyes has made two changes from the Premier League team that beat Burnley last weekend, as confirmed via the club’s official website.

Konstantinos Mavropanos and Jarrod Bowen come into the team in place of the absent Kurt Zouma and Danny Ings:

Alphonse Areola, Vladimir Coufal, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Nayef Aguerd, Emerson Palmieri, Edson Alvarez, Tomas Soucek, James Ward-Prowse, Lucas Paqueta, Mohammed Kudus, Jarrod Bowen

The key today will be that we take the game to Palace early on, let them know we’re up for it and assert ourselves onto the visitors.

I don’t want to see any pedestrian passing from the boys. I don’t want to see any players wandering around the pitch without any tempo. I do want to see plenty of speed, aggression and conviction in our attacking play.

Crystal Palace could well be there for the taking this afternoon, and three points today would set us up perfectly for the busy fixture schedule that lies ahead.

The West Ham starting lineup selected by Moyes today has more than enough about it to beat Palace comfortably. I’m going for a 3-1 Hammers win, COYI X.

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