West Ham United 1-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 16 December 2020

Result

West Ham United 1-1 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Wednesday 16 December 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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West Ham United 1-1 Crystal Palace: match report

West Ham United drew with Crystal Palace 1-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 16 December 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Christian Benteke opened the scoring in the 34th minute. West Ham United's goal came from Sébastien Haller (55'). Crystal Palace scored through Christian Benteke (34').

Discipline: West Ham United received no yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game West Ham United were 8th on 20 points from 12 and Crystal Palace 12th on 17 points from 12. West Ham United went on to finish that season 6th with 65 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 44.

West Ham United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Vladimír Coufal of West Ham United (8.5), ahead of Andros Townsend (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 West Ham United wins, 4 draws and 2 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Christian BentekeCrystal Palace
  • 34'Goal · Christian BentekeCrystal Palace · 0-1
  • 55'Goal · Sébastien HallerWest Ham United · 1-1
  • 70'Second yellow · Christian BentekeCrystal Palace
  • 75'Yellow card · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Ham United 4, draws 4, Crystal Palace 2.

Team news

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West Ham United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lukasz Fabianski, Vladimír Coufal, Issa Diop, Angelo Ogbonna, Aaron Cresswell, Declan Rice, Tomáš Souček, Jarrod Bowen, Saïd Benrahma, Pablo Fornals, Sébastien Haller

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

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Scott Dann, Patrick van Aanholt, Andros Townsend, Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur, Eberechi Eze, Christian Benteke, Wilfried Zaha