Crystal Palace can move to within two points of fifth-placed Sheffield United with a first win in four attempts.
West Ham United, currently 16th on 19 points, look to record back-to-back wins and edge further away from the relegation zone.
Team news
Mamadou Sakho is available for Crystal Palace after serving a three-match suspension and Victor Camarasa is in contention after recovering from illness.
But The Eagles are again unable to call on the injured quintet of Gary Cahill (knock), Scott Dann (muscle), Joel Ward (knee), Andros Townsend (knock) and Jeffrey Schlupp (muscle).
Lukasz Fabianski (hip) and David Martin (muscle) could both be in contention over the festive period for West Ham.
Felipe Anderson (illness) and Manuel Lanzini (shoulder) are also available but Jack Wilshere (groin) is ruled out.
Did you know?
Crystal Palace won the reverse fixture against West Ham 2-1 back in October, having won just one of their previous 10 Premier League matches against the Hammers.
The team scoring first hasn’t won any of the last five Premier League meetings between Crystal Palace and West Ham (D3 L2), with the Eagles coming from behind to win 2-1 in October.
Match officials
Referee: Andre Marriner. Assistants: Harry Lennard, Richard West. Fourth official: Tom Nield. VAR: Andy Madley. Assistant VAR: Andy Garratt.
