West Ham United v Crystal Palace team line-ups: Townsend the only change for London Stadium test – Sakho boost as named on the bench
By Conor O’Sullivan
Andros Townsend returns to the Crystal Palace starting line-up for this evening’s London derby against West Ham United at the London Stadium.
The ex-Tottenham winger returns to the wing in Roy Hodgson’s only change from the 4-1 Arsenal drubbing with Yohan Cabaye returning to the bench after a recent injury lay-off. Mamadou Sakho is on the bench after a lengththy absence.
Palace: (4-4-2)Hennessey, Fosu-Mensah, Tomkins, Kelly, van Aanholt, Townsend, McArthur, Milivojevic (c), Zaha, Benteke, Sako. Subs: Speroni, Ward, Sakho, Lee Chung-yong, Souaré, Riedewald.
West Ham: Adrian, Zabaleta, Collins, Rice, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Kouyate, Noble (c), Mario, Byram, Chicharito.
Subs: Hart, Fonte, Haksabanovic, Martinez, Cullen, Oxford, Quina.