West Ham v Crystal Palace Confirmed Lineups – Hodgson Facing Injury Crisis, January Transfer Does Not Make Debut

Erdal Rakip

Crystal Palace will be hoping to return to winning ways when they take on their London rivals West Ham United in the Premier League tonight.

The London derby takes place – coincidently – at the London Stadium.

Eagles boss Roy Hodgson is facing a selection issue ahead of tonight’s fixture with no less than five of his players sidelined with injuries.

Connor Wickham, Scott Dann, Jason Puncheon, Jeffrey Schlupp and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are all out.

January transfer Erdal Rakip is available for selection tonight but will not make his debut, in fact he has not even been included on the bench.

The player of Turkish origin will have to wait for his first game in a Palace shirt.

Meanwhile, David Moyes is also facing a major injury crisis.

The Hammers boss will be without Pedro Obiang, Manuel Lanzini, Edimilson Fernandes, Andy Carroll, Marko Arnautovic and Winston Reid.

To make matters worse Arthur Massuaku is suspended.

Besiktas target Javier Hernandez will however, start for the Hammers despite being linked with a January exit.

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West Ham v Crystal Palace – Confirmed Lineups

West Ham Confirmed Lineups: Adrian, Byram, Collins, Rice, Ogbonna, Zabaleta, Cresswell, Noble, Kouyate, Joao Mario, Chicharito

Subs: Hart, Fonte, Oxford, Cullen, Haksabanovic, Quina, Martinez

Crystal Palace Confirmed Lineups: Hennessey, Fosu-Mensah, Kelly, Tomkins, Van Aanholt, Milivojevic, McArthur, Townsend, Sako, Zaha, Benteke

Subs: Speroni, Sakho, Ward, Riedewald, Square, Cabaye, Lee