West Ham earn crucial point at Palace to confirm Wolves’ relegation

Crystal Palace had been held to a goalless draw by West Ham United within the Premier League at Selhurst Park on Monday night.

The hosts made a brilliant begin and had been virtually rewarded with the opener 5 minutes into the sport when Jorgen Strand Larsen met Tyrick Mitchell’s low cross, however his effort flew large earlier than Valentin Castellanos fired over on the different finish.

Moments later, Brennan Johnson had a golden probability to open the scoring from Jefferson Lerma’s cross, however he failed to attach, and the ball drifted large earlier than the Welshman curled one other effort simply previous the publish minutes later.

Within the forty first minute, Dean Henderson flapped at a header and gifted Castellanos an opportunity from shut vary, however Maxence Lacroix produced an important goal-line block to disclaim his acrobatic effort.

On the stroke of half-time, Konstantinos Mavropanos got here near opening the scoring after he met El Hadji Malick Diouf’s cross, however Henderson stored out his header earlier than Mitchell dragged his effort large of the far publish on the different finish.

Simply previous the hour mark, Daichi Kamada discovered Lerma with a free-kick, however the Colombian’s header was comfortably gathered by Mads Hermansen.

Within the 83rd minute, Ismaila Sarr thought he had damaged the impasse when Mitchell’s supply led to a scramble, as Axel Disasi made preliminary contact and the ball dropped to him off Jean-Philippe Mateta, just for the aim to be disallowed for handball in opposition to Mateta.

Palace dominated the closing levels of the sport, however the Hammers held on to safe an important level of their quest for survival.

West Ham’s draw this night confirmed Wolves’ relegation from the Premier League, leaving Rob Edwards’ facet 16 factors adrift of security with simply 5 video games remaining.