It was a fruitful trip up North last week as the Eagles found a way to get the win against Burnley and with the visit of Everton this weekend, Roy Hodgson will be hoping for more off the latest visitors to Selhurst Park.
MATCH INFORMATION
- 3pm – 11th November 2023
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
The last time Everton came to town was back in April when the two sides played out a goalless draw. The visitors did end the game with ten men as defender Mason Holgate received a second booking with ten minutes left to play.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Sam Johnstone (8.3)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Sam Barrott. Assistants: Marc Perry, Dan Robathan. Fourth official: Anthony Taylor. VAR: Andy Madley. Assistant VAR: Constantine Hatzidakis
PALACE – Michael Olise (thigh), Dean Henderson (thigh), James Tomkins (calf), and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (thigh) are all expected to miss out.
EVERTON – Dele Alli (groin), and Andre Gomes (calf) are unavailable while Amadou Onana (calf) and Seamus Coleman (knock) are both doubts.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
RED CARDS – Ashley Young (1)
YELLOW CARDS (3+) – Jordan Ayew (4), Jarrad Branthwaite (4), Ashley Young (3), Joel Ward (3)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 22/04/23 Palace 0-0 Everton
- 22/10/22 Everton 3-0 Palace
- 19/05/22 Everton 3-2 Palace
- 20/03/22 Palace 4-0 Everton
- 12/12/21 Palace 3-1 Everton
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 04/11/23 Burnley 0-2 Palace
- 27/10/23 Palace 1-2 Spurs
- 21/10/23 Newcastle 4-0 Palace
- 07/10/23 Palace 0-0 Forest
- 30/09/23 United 0-1 Palace
Last FIVE results for Everton;
- 04/11/23 Everton 1-1 Brighton
- 01/11/23 Everton 3-0 Burnley
- 29/10/23 West Ham 0-1 Everton
- 21/10/23 Liverpool 2-0 Everton
- 07/10/23 Everton 3-0 Bournemouth
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 11th in the Premier League with 15 points from 11 games played, while Everton are 16th with 11 points.
RECORD AGAINST EVERTON
- Played 58
- Won 14
- Drawn 20
- Lost 24
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Eberechi Eze 7.40
- Joachim Andersen 7.34
- Vitalii Mykolenko 7.22
- Dwight McNeil 7.05
ONE TO WATCH
VITALII MYKOLENKO
FORMER CLUBS – Dynamo Kyiv
The Ukrainian defender has become a popular addition to Goodison Park since he joined the club in January 2022. In that time he has already racked up over 50 appearances for the club, scoring 2 goals, one of which was against Brighton last weekend to secure a point.
KEY CLASH
MARC GUEHI v DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN
The Palace defender will be celebrating yet another call up to the England squad and looking in a good place to secure a place in the squad for the European Championship Finals next summer. He will be up against a striker that is struggling to find form of old but can still be dangerous on his day.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Odsonne Edouard (4 – 14th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Jordan Ayew/ Jean-Philippe Mateta (3 – 8th in PL)
- PASSES – Joachim Andersen (628)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (33– 5th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (796)
- SHOTS – Eberechi Eze (27 – 15th in PL)
- FOULS – Jordan Ayew (20 – 5th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Jordan Ayew (34 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Sam Johnstone (28 – 13th in PL)
- CLEARANCES – Joachim Andersen (66 – 2nd in PL)
- BIG CANCES MISSED – Jordan Ayew (3 – 17th in PL)
THE NUMBERS
No side has kept more than Palace’s 5 Premier League clean sheets this season, while no side has failed to score in more different games this term than Everton (5).
Palace have won 1 of their past 17 Premier League meetings with Everton, a 3-1 home win in December 2021.
Everton have won 2 of their past 3 Premier League away from home, as many as they had in their last 23 on the road.
No team have scored fewer home goals in the Premier League than Palace so far this season (4). They have also conceded just 5 times at home this term, meaning Selhurst Park has seen fewer goals than any other ground in 2023-24.
Everton have scored 11 Premier League goals from an xG of 16.6, the second biggest underperformance in terms of goals versus expected goals so far this term, behind only Chelsea.
As a result, the Toffees have the lowest shot conversion rate of any Premier League side this season (6.9%).
Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored 10 Premier League goals in London, the only Everton player to reach double figures in the capital. He netted in both of Everton’s wins in the capital this term.
TEB PREDICTION
This will be a tight match up and the two teams head into the fixture off the back of picking up points in their last game. The Toffees will be a tough proposition as they have managed to find their feet in the season with three wins and a draw in their last five. It will be interesting to see how Palace fare in this one as they return home of the back of a victory at Burnley but we are going for the Eagles just about edging it with a late winner.
FINAL SCORE: 2-1
