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## Our Senegalese Sarr

> Ismaïla Sarr became the club’s third signing of the 2024/25 summer transfer window after joining on a five-year deal from Olympique de Marseille.

The 26-year-old attacker possesses plenty of experience of English football, having spent four years at Watford – recording 34 goals and 22 assists in 131 games – prior to joining Marseille, whom he helped reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League last season.

Sarr's career began in French football with Metz, before moving to Rennes and leading the club into Europe, as well as winning their first Coupe de France in almost half a century.

At international level, he has been a mainstay of the Senegal national side, earning 64 caps, scoring 13 goals and winning the Africa Cup of Nations in 2021.

His career has also been defined by his eye for the spectacular, having won Goal of the Season awards in both the Football League and the Europa League.

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The Eagles finished the 2023/24 campaign in barn-storming fashion following Glasner’s arrival, recovering from an initially mixed start to win six of their last seven matches, amassing 24 points – and securing the club’s second top-ten Premier League finish in the process.

This season, Palace were winless in their first eight matches of the campaign but – since picking up a first victory of the campaign, against Tottenham Hotspur, in late October – have accrued 21 points in the same number of matches, winning five and losing just twice in that time.

Asked about the turnaround ahead of Palace’s visit to West Ham United on Saturday, Glaser admitted: “Of course, I think we all were aware that we're doing better than at the beginning of the season.

“Of course if you win your first game in the ninth round \[of matches\], then you know that you had a pretty slow start to the season – and also to be honest, it's not so difficult to perform better! But that it's not such a massive difference to the end of the last season, I was a little bit surprised. 

"But also then, when I think about it, \[last season\] we started with a win \[3-0 against Burnley in Glasner’s first match\] and then we had six games without a win, and then okay, when you feel everything together, then it's not so much difference.

“I think we haven’t had back-to-back wins this season, and I can remember also when we arrived, at the end of last season, we had our first back-to-back wins, against Liverpool and West Ham.

“So yeah, it’s a good moment to do it again – but I think West Ham will make it difficult for us.”

Of Palace’s five wins this Premier League season, three have been by single-goal margins.

And while Glasner’s side have scored two or more goals in a game on just seven occasions, they have also kept five clean sheets – only six other teams have kept more this season. Additionally, they have completed the most tackles (456) of any side in the division.

“I think it's a development of the Premier League,” Glasner explained. “Just remember the last results \[in midweek\]: the day before we played they were 2-2, 2-2, then it was a 3-2 for West Ham against Fulham.

“I watched yesterday Man United against Southampton, and I think in the 80th minute everybody had said: ‘Southampton will win this game’, and then it's a 3-1 \[to Man United\], but very, very tight, very equal in many parts, in chances, and everybody will say if Southampton plays at Old Trafford it's clear, but it isn't in the Premier League this year.

“Nottingham Forest against Liverpool, \[they\] fight until the end of the game, and then it's a \[1-1\] draw, so many games are decided by one, two situations.

“\[We had\] a 1-5 defeat against Arsenal \[when\] they are very efficient. The only team in the last weeks who wins by many goals is Newcastle, but every other game… Man City had a 2-0 lead at Brentford, and you expected, ‘well, now the game is done’, and then at the end it's a 2-2, so there’s a lot of quality in the Premier League.

“In every Premier League team, every team can score goals from open play, from transition, from set plays, and that makes it so interesting, and I think this is also a reason why we have now two wins by two goals: it was the 2-0 \[at Leicester\] and the 3-1 at Brighton.

“Yes, if you ask me, of course 4-0 at half-time would be great, but I can't wish anything, so when it's a win at the end, and we deserve it, because we're working hard for the win, doing well, performing well, then we're all happy.”

### Match Details

- West Ham v Crystal Palace
- Saturday, 18th January
- 15:00 GMT
- Premier League
- London Stadium
- Live audio commentary on [Palace TV+](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/supporters/palace-tv-plus/)

Oliver Glasner admitted he was surprised to learn that Crystal Palace have amassed just three points fewer in their last 13 matches than they did at the tail end of last season.

Glasner surprised by recent Palace statistic

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The Colombia international left the action after 20 minutes of the Eagles’ 2-0 win over Leicester City at the King Power Stadium in midweek.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Glasner confirmed that Lerma would not be available for Saturday’s trip to West Ham United due to illness.

The manager said: “**Jeff Lerma** is not available tomorrow – he is sick – but all the others who played at Leicester look quite good.

“We’ve a little small question \[mark\] about **Ismaïla Sarr**. He’s suffering a little bit with tightness in his hamstring, but we will take the final decision tomorrow.

“But all the others are fine.”

Expanding on Lerma’s illness, Glasner noted: “We thought that he could be back today maybe, but then he didn’t really feel well, so then we decided it makes no sense.

“He feels a lack of power, and then we said: ‘Okay, we have to wait.’ We had to take him off after 20 minutes at Leicester and then he felt unwell, and this is what happened.”

### Match Details

- Saturday, 18th January
- 15:00 GMT
- Premier League
- London Stadium
- Live audio commentary on [Palace TV+](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/supporters/palace-tv-plus/)

Oliver Glasner has confirmed that Crystal Palace will be without Jefferson Lerma for Saturday’s trip to West Ham United.

Glasner on Lerma and Sarr fitness pre-West Ham

The Eagles travel to West Ham United this weekend following a solid 2-0 win over Leicester City at the King Power Stadium in midweek, capped by goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Marc Guéhi.

Palace against West Ham is a fixture which prompts memories of dramatic encounters in recent times – and more than a handful of last-minute goals.

But how many of the Premier League matches between the Eagles and the Irons can you recall?

**See if you can name every Crystal Palace player to score against West Ham in English football's premier competition... in just six minutes!**

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Crystal Palace are on the road again this Saturday (18th January, 15:00 GMT), looking to extend their recent unbeaten away run.

Matchday Warm-up: Name every Premier League scorer against West Ham

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