Good afternoon, all, and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Crystal Palace v West Ham. After a busy week of off-pitch drama, it almost seems unfair to saddle Palace with an actual match today. However, a match they have - against Sam Allardyce's side, who have themselves been distracted, albeit by ice-bucket challenges.
Premier League / Matchday 2
Selhurst Park / 23.08.2014
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- M. Chamakh(48')
- M. Zárate(34')
- S. Downing(37')
- C. Cole(62')
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Updated 23/08/2014 at 15:54 GMT
19'
Delaney knocks Carlton Cole to the floor. Free kick once more.
18'
Zarate is on the charge, but Palace are packing out the box.
17'
Speroni claims that easily again.
16'
Corner to West Ham, as Cresswell is thwarted by Bannan.
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Jedinak has a shot from the edge of the box, but that's blocked by Cresswell.
14'
Chamakh flicks it across towards Campbell, who isn't quite where his team-mate expected.
12'
A simple claim for Speroni, though.
11'
Corner to West Ham - Downing has a dig but Jedinak gets that out.
10'
Campbell seems to be struggling to stay on his feet at the moment. Those pesky sprinklers.
9'
Palace are asserting themselves a little now.
8'
Keith Millen is in a bright red, proudly initialled t-shirt on the touchline, looking very comfortable.
7'
He's going to play on, and is ready to resume.
6'
Slightly less convincing cross from Bannan towards Campbell, who clashes with O'Brien. Some treatment needed there.
5'
Close! Kelly is persistent and crosses into the far post towards Chamakh, but a West Ham head reaches that first.
4'
A free kick a little closer to goal, with Noble and Downing vying to take it. Noble takes it, looking to reach the head of Tomkins, but no luck there.
3'
Free kick from near the halfway line courtesy of Noble, cleared by Hangeland.
2'
Good start from West Ham, keeping possession and leaving Palace chasing their short shadows.
1'
We begin then with West Ham kicking off in the bright South London sunshine.
14:58
O'Keefe replaces Ledley for Palace in a last-minute change after an injury in the warm-up.