This Boxing Day feast of football isn't quite going to plan, is it?

It seems to be a plan for Crystal Palace to take set-pieces short today. Again they opt not to cross into the box and again it comes to nothing.

Roberto still isn't settling any nerves in the West Ham goal. He punches away a corner but when the ball is swung back in he is not convincing at all. The goalkeeper should leap high and pluck the ball out of the air but instead is almost beaten in the air and it bobbles loose.

Corner to Crystal Palace after some good play from Wilfried Zaha...

Argh. That's the best opening so far. West Ham spring on the counter and Robert Snodgrass just has to find Pablo Fornals who'd have a tap-in but James Tomkins cuts the cross out at the near post.

West Ham string a few passes together and the away fans start to cheer every time the ball is moved between two Hammers players. The move breaks down pretty quickly however when Antonio aimlessly passes out of play.

The Palace supporters now burst into a sarcastic cheer.

Kouyate is up and ready to continue.

Postpublished at 16 mins

16 mins

Crystal Palace 0-0 West Ham

Crystal Palace will not want any more injuries today. They already have six first-team players out.

Cheikhou Kouyate is down after a tangle with Michail Antonio although it doesn't look too bad.

This is a decent chance for Palace. Wilfried Zaha is fouled out on the left wing.

Oh... Palace take a quick free-kick but Zaha runs the ball out of play for a goal kick.

Crystal Palace have had far more of the ball but we've still only had one shot. It came from Max Meyer and went high and wide of the West Ham goal.

Martin Keown
Former Arsenal defender on Final Score

When asked would having Roberto behind you fill you with confidence? No, probably not. It's one of those where maybe West Ham players need to do more in front of him. You cannot afford for him to have to make a save. You have to make sure the players in front of you are playing even better.

Just one first-half goal has been scored in the past eight league matches involving Crystal Palace.

There have been no signs of that changing so far.

All eyes are on Roberto here in the West Ham goal. Palace swing a corner under his crossbar and the Spaniard gets an unconvincing fist on the ball.

There is plenty of room for improvement after five minutes of this one.

It has not been a pretty start at all. The home fans are howling for a free-kick on the edge of the box. West Ham keeper Roberto then hoofs the ball straight out of play on his return.

West Ham, dressed in all white, get us under way on a dark, blustery day in London.

We're almost ready to go at Selhurst Park.

John Roder
Match of the Day commentator

This match features the two oldest managers in the Premier League, with 72-year-old Palace boss Roy Hodgson six years older than Manuel Pellegrini.

The West Ham boss is under considerable scrutiny, with just seven points taken from their last 10 matches, but he may be given a timely boost with the return of keeper Lukasz Fabianski after three months out with a hip injury.

Hodgson has never won a Boxing Day Premier League match as a manager with all five previous fixtures ending in draws - could 2019 be the year that rather odd statistic comes to an end?

West Ham will be wearing black armbands in honour of their former player Martin Peters today.

The 1966 World Cup winner died aged 76 last week.