In total; 31 fixtures are finished and Crystal Palace are 9 points ahead of Everton. What will happen?
- Crystal Palace have the most points from losing position (21) in Premier League
- Everton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Crystal Palace form and stats
5 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Crystal Palace have to build on here at Selhurst Park in the Premier League.
It's back home for Crystal Palace, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Southampton away with the result 2-0. Eze (2) found the net in that victory. Eze (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.25/10. Eze scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Leeds United and winning 5-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Crystal Palace have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 1.
The manager Hodgson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Wolverhampton Wanderers in only three days.
Palace aren't scoring a lot here at Selhurst Park in the league, with only {14 goals} from 15 games. Crystal Palace's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Everton form and stats
Everton have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-6-8 (15 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Everton have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road.
Everton's previous game was their home loss versus Fulham (1-3). McNeil got a match rating of 8.03 in that game, top player of the team. McNeil scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).
A 0-2 defeat away at Manchester United before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Everton in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Everton, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Everton have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Everton - Crystal Palace 3-0 was the story when this pair of squads formerly did battle, also in this season. Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Crystal Palace won two, Everton were winners in five and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Eze 7 goals |  W. Zaha 6 goals |  O. Édouard 4 goals |
Crystal Palace missing players
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| Crystal Palace | Everton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 31 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 40 | 19 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 26 | 46 |
| 87% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 94% |
| 68% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 87% | 74% |
| 42% | 47% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | 39% |
| 16% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 16% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 48% | 53% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 45% |
| 23% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 7% | 23% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 53% | 39% |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 11.7 | 19.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.1 | 10.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 26% | 21% |
| 13.1 | 13 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.2 | 16.9 | 15.2 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.6 | 5 |
- Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crystal Palace have the most points from losing position (21) in Premier League
- Everton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Everton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 43 | 73 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 78 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 50 | 70 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 56 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 56 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 45 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 53 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 50 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 49 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 44 |
| 9 | Brentford | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 47 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 43 |
| 10 | Fulham | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 42 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 39 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | -9 | 36 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -16 | 34 |
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 59 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 40 | -28 | 33 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 30 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -15 | 29 |
| 17 | Everton | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -22 | 27 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 36 | -30 | 27 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 41 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 35 | -14 | 25 |
| 20 | Southampton | 31 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 53 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -29 | 23 |
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