Crystal Palace and West Ham United played out a 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park in a result that carried more weight than the scoreline suggested. The point confirmed Wolves' relegation from the Premier League, gave West Ham another week outside the drop zone, and extended Palace's unbeaten run to four matches as Oliver Glasner's side climbed to 13th.
There were enough moments to keep the game alive even without a goal. Brennan Johnson missed a clear early header for Palace, West Ham threatened most seriously before the break through Taty Castellanos and Konstantinos Mavropanos, and Ismaila Sarr thought he had won it late on only for his strike to be ruled out because Jean-Philippe Mateta handled unnecessarily in the build-up.
An early opening that Palace could not take
Palace's best early chance came against the run of play, and it was a glaring one. Johnson found himself completely unmarked in the box but headed well wide, a miss that briefly shifted the mood and hinted that the home side might punish West Ham despite not controlling the opening exchanges.