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Jean-Philippe Mateta (second from right) has scored five times in his past four league games against West Ham At a glance About 3, 000 West Ham fans protest before the game, unhappy at club chairman David Sullivan and vice-chair Karren Brady. Palace take lead at end of first half through Jean-Philippe Mateta's header. Jarrod Bowen equalises for West Ham early in second half with his head. Tyrick Mitchell superbly volleys home the winner for Palace. Crystal Palace beat West Ham to pile the pressure on Hammers boss Graham Potter amid fan protests before and during the match at London Stadium. Jean-Philippe Mateta pounced to nod in the rebound after goalkeeper Alphonse Areola had pushed Marc Guehi's header on to the crossbar as the visitors took a 37th-minute lead. Jarrod Bowen equalised early in the second half when he pulled away from his marker to head into the net following El Hadji Malick Diouf's corner. The home fans responded as their side enjoyed a bright spell, but Lucas Paqueta had an effort cleared off the line by Chris Richards, with Kyle Walker-Peters also unable to convert two opportunities. West Ham's failure to grab a second goal proved costly as Tyrick Mitchell was afforded too much space in the penalty area and controlled a superb volley into the net for what proved to be the winner. Earlier on Saturday, about 3, 000 Hammers fans protested before the match, with angry supporters holding flags and banners and chanting about chairman David Sullivan and vice-chair Karren Brady. The unhappiness continued during the game as there were more "sack the board" chants from the home supporters when the match was goalless, with the hosts booed off at half-time when they were trailing and again at the final whistle. West Ham's miserable day continued as Palace fans chanted "you're getting sacked in the morning" at Potter, with some of the home supporters joining in. Potter has now only won six of his 23 league games and picked up 23 points since replacing Julen Lopetegui in January. The Spaniard also collected 23 points from his spell in charge, but did so in three fewer games. Potter's job at West Ham under serious threat Have your say on West Ham's performance What did you make of Crystal Palace's performance? Jarrod Bowen brought West Ham level, but his goal was not enough Once more, West Ham's failure to defend set-pieces proved crucial. Before the game, six of their 11 goals conceded in the Premier League had been from corners, while no other team had let in more than three. But the Hammers once more struggled with deliveries into the penalty area. Daichi Kamada gave them an early warning and forced Areola, who replaced Mads Hermansen for his first league start of the season, to tip the ball over. Guehi, who saw a transfer deadline day move to Liverpool break down after Brighton's Igor Julio went on loan to West Ham instead of Palace, rose superbly to head at goal and Areola was unlucky his excellent save only fell to Mateta. London Stadium has often been criticised by West Ham fans unhappy the atmosphere is a pale comparison to their previous home Upton Park. Bowen's goal gave West Ham hope and instantly lifted the mood around the ground, with the hosts on top and the supporters giving them their full backing. But more defensive problems from the hosts ruined their good work, with Mitchell given far too much time to volley into the roof of the net. Next up is a match against former boss David Moyes, with the Hammers travelling to Everton on 29 September. Some West Ham fans wanted Moyes out following a ninth-placed finish two seasons ago, a year after he had guided them to their first major trophy in 43 years. It is hard to see how the club have progressed in any way since then. Premier League: Man Utd under way against Chelsea at soggy Old Trafford While West Ham are a club in turmoil on and off the field, Crystal Palace fans have never had it so good. This victory takes the Eagles fourth with Oliver Glasner's side still unbeaten after nine games in all competitions this season, more than any other top-flight team. Despite selling star player Eberechi Eze to Arsenal, Glasner has helped them to two wins and three draws from their opening five matches, as well as winning the Community Shield by beating Premier League champions Liverpool on penalties. The Eagles have also negotiated their way into the main phase of the Conference League in their first ever European campaign and also defeated south London rivals Millwall to reach the last 16 of the Carabao Cup. Away fans sung about their FA Cup win in May and their forthcoming European tour - and these are glorious times for the Palace supporters. What will have particularly pleased Glasner is how his side shut out West Ham after they took the lead for the second time, with the hosts creating no late chances and Palace holding on to their lead with relative ease. The West Ham fans who were involved in the protest before this match have said they will boycott the next home game against Brentford in a month's time. Before then, the Hammers play at Everton on Monday, 29 September and at Emirates Stadium against Arsenal on Saturday, 4 October. Crystal Palace entertain reigning champions Liverpool on Saturday, 21 September in a rematch of this season's Community Shield, which the Eagles won 3-2 on penalties after it had finished 2-2. After that comes Palace's first-ever game in the main phase of a European competition, when they take on Dynamo Kyiv in the Conference League having won a two-legged qualifying tie against Fredrikstad in August. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 20th September 2025 at 17: 47 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Graham Potter Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Oliver Glasner Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Graham Potter Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Oliver Glasner Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Premier League All competitions All competitions All competitions West Ham United have lost four of their last six Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace, winning just one (D1), a 2-0 victory at Selhurst Park last season. Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last six Premier League visits to the London Stadium (W3 D3), and could win back-to-back away games at West Ham in the competition for the first time since February 2015. West Ham are winless in their last seven home Premier League games (D3 L4), losing each of their last three by an aggregate score of 2-10; the Hammers last lost four in a row in Manuel Pellegrini’s final four home league games in charge in November/December 2019. Crystal Palace have lost just two of their last 17 away Premier League matches (W8 D7), keeping nine clean sheets in their previous 15 on the road. Their previous nine away clean sheets beforehand came over a spell of 51 games. West Ham have conceded 3+ goals in three of their four Premier League games so far; only two sides have done so in four of their first five games of the campaign in the competition before – Everton in 2024-25 and the Hammers in 2010-11. Crystal Palace have won three of their last five away London derbies in the Premier League (D2), keeping four clean sheets. They had been winless in 13 away derbies before this (D6 L7). Crystal Palace are one of two sides in the Premier League this season, along with Liverpool, yet to trail so far this campaign. Since Oliver Glasner’s first league game in charge in February 2024, only Arsenal (24) and Manchester City (21) have more clean sheets than the Eagles (19), while they’re fifth for expected goals against among ever-present top-flight sides in that time (69. 7). West Ham have the biggest underperformance between their expected goals against (5. 5) and goals conceded (11) in the Premier League this season (-5. 5), while the Hammers have failed to win any of their last 24 league games when conceding first (D6 L18). Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored four goals in his last three Premier League appearances against West Ham – indeed, he’s scored each of Crystal Palace’s last four league goals against the Hammers. Only Wilfried Zaha (5) has scored more goals for Palace against West Ham in the competition. West Ham’s Callum Wilson has been involved in five Premier League goals across his last five starts against Crystal Palace (3 goals, 2 assists), though he hasn’t started against them in the competition since October 2023. Foul by Justin Devenny (Crystal Palace). Offside, Crystal Palace. Eddie Nketiah is caught offside. El Hadji Malick Diouf (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by El Hadji Malick Diouf (West Ham United). Justin Devenny (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing. Attempt missed. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Niclas Füllkrug. Attempt missed. Tyrick Mitchell (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Daniel Muñoz. Substitution, West Ham United. Luis Guilherme replaces Crysencio Summerville. Substitution, West Ham United. Soungoutou Magassa replaces Mateus Fernandes. Foul by James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United). Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt saved. Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Alphonse Areola (West Ham United). Attempt blocked. Eddie Nketiah (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jefferson Lerma. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Substitution, Crystal Palace. Eddie Nketiah replaces Adam Wharton. Delay in match because of an injury Crysencio Summerville (West Ham United). Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United). Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing. Attempt blocked. Daniel Muñoz (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tyrick Mitchell. Copyright © 2025 BBC. 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