The Numbers – Palace’s thrilling win over West Ham

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30 Apr 2023

In the end, the only numbers that matter were Crystal Palace 4, West Ham United 3 – but the win provided plenty of additional stats to shout about! Check them out below.

Third

Premier League double for Palace over West Ham: 13/14 and 19/20 the other seasons

First

Time we’ve scored four past the Hammers in a post-war competitive match

12

Consecutive games we’ve now scored against West Ham

Once

The number of times in the last 12 Premier League games between the sides that the team scoring first has gone on to win!

80

Goals in our 24 Premier League meetings with West Ham, 37 of them in Palace’s favour; they’re the team we’ve scored the most Premier League goals against

23

Points won by Palace from losing positions this season – comfortably the Premier League’s highest total (seven wins, two draws; Arsenal second on 16 points)

Three

Games unbeaten at Selhurst Park since Roy Hodgson’s return

Four

Key passes – passes leading to shooting opportunities – played by Eberechi Eze, the same number of goal involvements he’s now had in his last six games

93

Percent passing accuracy for Eze, another high in the game

Seven

Clearances made by Joachim Andersen – a match-high

Five

Tackles made apiece by Andersen and Joel Ward

Nine

Aerial duels won by Ward

50

Goal involvements for Jordan Ayew in the Premier League (33 goals, 17 assists) with…

33

… of those being for Crystal Palace (18 goals, 12 assists).

Nine

Assists for Michael Olise this season – the fourth-highest total in the Premier League, and highest among any player outside the traditional ‘Big Six’

40

Points for Crystal Palace – the target manager Roy Hodgson set up on his return to the club, and with four games to spare

115

Days – or 15 match rounds – since Palace had changed position in the Premier League, having gone 12th on Wednesday 4th January; victory on Saturday took them into 11th!

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