Crystal Palace lost momentum with a humiliating 3-1 defeat at the hands of Brighton after a couple of positive results against Manchester United and Burnley.
Roy Hodgson’s men are currently 15th in the standings and they will be desperate to get back to winning ways when they face London rivals West Ham on Saturday.
West Ham beat Cardiff City 3-1 on Tuesday and the Hammers will be the favourites to bag all three points from this one as well to make it three wins out of three.
Christian Benteke is ruled out with a knee injury while Scott Dann and Conor Wickham are doubtful to make it to the matchday squad for the weekend game.
He was hardly at fault for any of the goals against Brighton and has always been a reliable presence between the sticks.
The youngster struggled to cope with Brighton’s attackers in the last game and he will be expected to do better against West Ham.
The former West Ham man had a nightmarish outing in the last game and was outpaced by Florin Andone for the third goal.
He made a few good tackles in the last game but made some basic defensive errors and he will need to put in a better performance on Saturday.
He was caught out of position several times and needs to work on his defensive game.
He didn’t make any noteworthy contribution against Brighton and gave away a penalty. Hodgson has every reason to expect better things from him.
The Senegalese midfielder has been in good form in recent weeks but failed to impress against Brighton and will need to rise to the occasion on Saturday.
The Serb was well-below par against Brighton not for the first time this season and he will need to step up his game to counter Declan Rice on Saturday.
He put up a good show against Burnley but struggled to get into the game against Brighton and Hodgson will be expecting him to be more consistent.
He will be expected to come up with better end product against West Ham.
The Ivorian failed to find the net in the last game and he will need to fire on all cylinders if Palace are to get anything out of this game.