West Ham United v Palace

London Stadium, Saturday 3.00pm

Benteke: Available for selection again

Team news

Allardyce will have Jeffrey Schlupp available for selection after he signed on a 4.5 year deal from Leicester City.

Christian Benteke has recovered from a shoulder problem and Wayne Hennessey is in contention for a place, after returning to full fitness.

Wilfried Zaha and Bakary Sako are away on Africa Cup of Nations duty and Connor Wickham, Steve Mandanda, Jonathan Benteke (all knee) and Pape Souare (broken leg) remain sidelined.

West Ham will be without Dimitri Payet after the Frenchman refused to play for the Hammers.

Michail Antonio did not train on Thursday due to flu so he will be assessed.

Defenders James Collins (thigh) and Sam Byram (hamstring) return to the squad after spells out but Diafra Sakho (back), Alvaro Arbeloa (calf), Arthur Masuaku and Gokhan Tore (both knee) are still injured while Andre Ayew and Cheikhou Kouyate are at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"(Getting a win) is massively important."

"Deep down inside, even though I didn't say it, reflecting on the Watford game it was bitterly disappointing and how costly that draw was.

"The victory we should have gained in that game, with it being my first game would have made everyone a bit more comfortable.

"Yes we got a good performance, yes we should have won but we didn't and of course it was very costly.

"Missing the penalty when we did and now we see we have gone four games without a victory so we see how important it was to clinch that game.

"We just have to make sure that we get it sooner rather than later because the longer it goes on, the more fearful players can get so we need to put that away as soon as possible."

"I think the past is something I don't reflect on very often because the future is the most important thing apart from the fact that I had four exceptionally brilliant years at West Ham, I really did enjoy it and probably one of the reasons I am here is because I loved living in London.

"I look forward to the game, it is my first time at the new stadium so it will be interesting to see behind the scenes and most importantly a result is what I am looking for.

"The results at the stadium have been not what the fans expect.

"With the players being in the new stadium, they have got their own fears and we have got to try and take advantage of that if it is a distraction for them."

"If we can put pressure on them, we can certainly try and score the first goal and go from there.

"The lack of familiarity for the players and getting used to the surrounding areas is par for the course.

"It is a difficult job and every team that has moved from an old stadium to a new one finds that but I think they will find that with the squad they have got, they will overcome that but hopefully not on Saturday."

Slaven Bilic

"I like Sam Allardyce, I like his attitude, he is always smiling.

"He has been so long in the business that it seems as if every ground is his previous club!

"It won't be his first time against West Ham. He managed against us last year and we beat them and I remember he had a good reception.

"In today's football world he was a long-term manager here at West Ham. He stabilised the club and I said the same last year, he deserves praise.

"Now it is more business as usual. It is not a big thing for him or the fans now."

West Ham United - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
13th	20	6	4	10	22

Full league table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
15/10/2016	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 1	West Ham United
02/04/2016	League	West Ham United	2 - 2	Crystal Palace
17/10/2015	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 3	West Ham United
28/02/2015	League	West Ham United	1 - 3	Crystal Palace
23/08/2014	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 3	West Ham United

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 0-1 West Ham United

Saturday October 15 2016

Palace: Mandanda, Delaney, Kelly (Cabaye, 45), Ward, Tomkins, Zaha, Townsend, Puncheon, Ledley (Fryers, 45), McArthur (Wickham, 70), Benteke

Subs not used: Campbell, Lee, Hennessey, Sako

Bookings: Benteke

West Ham United: Adrian, Ogbonna, Reid, Kouyate, Antonio, Obiang, Noble, Cresswell (s/o 75), Zaza (Calleri, 86), Lanzini (Nordtveit, 88), Payet (Fernandes, 78)

Subs not used: Spiegel, Collins, Feghouli, Fletcher

Goals: Lanzini (19)

Bookings: Noble, Ogbonna, Adrian, Cresswell

Sent off: Cresswell (s/o 75)