Simply as they did within the first interval, the Hammers arguably began the second half the brighter of the 2 groups, with Guéhi and Dean Henderson each intervening within the house of two minutes to disclaim Souček clear sights at purpose.
On the different finish, Edouard continued to look energetic, with solely a last-ditch problem from Kilman stopping his spin-and-shot from a good angle.
Then, halfway by way of the second-half, the opener – and it went to West Ham. Former Palace Academy graduate Aaron Wan-Bissaka, on instead, received the ball in his personal half and led a counter cost which culminated – by way of the help of three or 4 unlucky deflections – with Souček inserting a scrappy effort previous Henderson in purpose.
Daichi Kamada and Ismaïla Sarr got here on for aggressive debuts, however their activity was made all of the tougher three minutes later when Souček sprayed the ball out vast to Bowen, who reduce inside his man and drilled a medical low end into Henderson’s backside nook.
Palace responded with a succession of late assaults, however had been unable to interrupt down the guests’ defence, because the Eagles await a primary victory of the season.
Palace: Henderson (GK), Muñoz, Richards (Schlupp, 82), Guéhi, Riad, Mitchell, Lerma (Kamada, 63), Wharton, Eze, Mateta, Edouard (Sarr, 71).
Subs: Johnstone (GK), Ward, Holding, Clyne, Doucouré, Ahamada.
West Ham: Areola, Coufal (Wan-Bissaka, 63), Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson (Cresswell, 89), Rodríguez, Souček (Álvarez, 78), Paquetá, Bowen, Kudus (Todibo, 89), Antonio (Füllkrug, 63).
Subs: Fabiański (GK), Ward-Prowse, Summerville, Ings.