First good moment from Palace as Andros Townsend lifts the ball in from the right towards Christian Benteke, but Mikhail Antonio gets up and in front to back-head it away from danger in the area.

As good as it has been from the hosts, Palace's defence has barely allowed them anywhere near their penalty area. 

Impressive start from West Ham, who have kept the ball consistently in the opening couple of minutes.

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 The sad passing of former England manager Graham Taylor was marked by a minute's applause just before the teams emerged, which also marked the death at 62 of former Hammers midfielder Francois Van der Elst.

And we're off!

The teams are out, kick-off is just moments away!

Chris Sutton
Ex-Chelsea striker on Final Score

Dimitri Payet has been tapped up by another club otherwise this doesn't happened.

He has gone the wrong way about it - you can't down tools and say I'm not going to play.

He should've just kept his head down and play and then maybe work out a move but Slaven Bilic is right to out him and expose him.

Payet is a disgrace.

Mark Lawrenson
Former Liverpool defender on Football Focus

If you have a player like that in the dressing room, you just don’t want to know him. The club have to win, otherwise, what’s the point?

Looks like the sign displaying the much-discussed midfielder needs a security detail today...

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Alistair Mann
MOTD commentator

After three losses in a row without scoring, the last thing Slaven Bilic needed was Dimitri Payet's refusal to play for West Ham.

A run of 10 points from four games prior to the current losing streak had demonstrated signs of improvement. Bilic will now be attempting to convince his squad that they can again recapture that form despite this latest disruption.

Bilic's predecessor, Sam Allardyce, brings his Crystal Palace side to the London Stadium for a match with genuine significance.

A home win would put nine points between the two teams; a defeat would see Big Sam's Palace move just three points behind. It could be quite an afternoon!

West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan has this to say on Payet in his programme notes:

"The board's position is that we do not want to sell Dimitri, we do not need to sell Dimitri for financial or any other reasons, and we will NOT sell Dimitri in the January transfer window.

 "All we ask now is that he shows the same level of commitment to West Ham United as the club and the fans have shown to him by honouring his contract."

Eagles striker Christian Benteke is "not for sale", and has "a major part to play" at Palace, according to boss Sam Allardyce, following speculation that the Belgium international may leave Selhurst Park this month.

But the 26-year-old starts today and how Palace could do with him adding to his eight goals so far this term.

Dimitri Payet has refused to play for West Ham, according to manager Slaven Bilic, with the club said to have turned down a bid of £19.1m from his former club Marseilles.

"We have said we don't want to sell our best players but Payet does not want to play for us," Bilic said. "We are not going to sell him."  

It's not what Bilic or West Ham fans would have wanted at this time of the year, but it certainly adds to the interest around this fixture.

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West Ham team news

Slaven Bilic makes three changes to the side that lost 5-0 at home to Manchester City in the FA Cup, with Darren Randolph, James Collins and Mark Noble replacing Adrian, Havard Nordtveit and Edimilson Fernandes. 

Dimitri Payet is, as expected, not in the squad at all.

West Ham XI: Randolph, Collins, Reid, Ogbonna, Antonio, Noble, Obiang, Cresswell, Lanzini, Feghouli, Carroll.

Subs: Adrian, Byram, Fletcher, Calleri, Oxford, Quina, Fernandes. 

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Palace team news

The Eagles make eight changes to the side that started against Bolton in the cup, but Christian Benteke, subject of some transfer talk this week, does start. Jeffrey Schlupp's move from Leicester on Friday, sees him start on the bench.

Palace team: Hennessey, Ward, Tomkins, Dann, Delaney, McArthur, Ledley, Townsend, Cabaye, Puncheon, Christian Benteke.

Subs: Speroni, Flamini, Remy, Lee, Fryers, Schlupp, Kelly.

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Good afternoon, and welcome to our live text coverage of this Premier League clash from London Stadium. Without any further ado, here is the team news...