Everton vs Crystal Palace preview: Team news, likely lineups, score prediction
Everton host Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon, with both sides hopeful of securing a victory.
Oliver Glasner’s side enter the Hill Dickinson Stadium contest on October 5, with an 19-match unbeaten streak in all competitions.
Meanwhile, Everton have not lost to Crystal Palace in their last nine meetings, so something has to give in the clash.
Everton have goalscoring issues to solve, but they will still fancy their chances of causing an upset when the sides meet, although Moyes’ side are not the favourites, according to a supercomputer.
Form Guide (Premier League)
Everton: DLDWWL
Crystal Palace: WWDWDD
Palace are the form side as the Sofascore graphic above shows, so the Blues will need to spring a surprise to beat them.
Team News
Everton will be without Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, as the midfielder has picked up five yellow cards in the first six matches of the league campaign.
Moyes could still stick with an unchanged defence and midfield, with Carlos Alcaraz potentially replacing Dewsbury-Hall.
Iliman Ndiaye and Jack Grealish are expected to keep their places on the flanks, but Thierno Barry might replace Beto up front.
- Moyes has consistently rotated his strikers, with Beto getting the nod more often in the league
- However, the Guinea-Bissau man only has two goals to his name, with one in the league and one in the Carabao Cup
- Many observers feel like Barry deserves to be handed a chance to stake his claim for a regular starting berth
Meanwhile, the visitors could be without Walter Benitez, Chadi Riad, Caleb Kporha and Chieck Doucoure for the contest.
Glasner could choose to make changes from the side that faced Dynamo Kiev in Europa Conference League action.
Likely line-ups
Everton: Pickford; O’Brien, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko; Garner, Gueye; Ndiaye, Grealish, Alcaraz; Barry
Crystal Palace: Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Sarr, Pino; Mateta
Prediction: Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace
Everton do not have the firepower at the moment to down a defence as solid as Palace’s.
However, they will take confidence from their recent run of form against the Eagles, and that may continue in this contest.
Moyes’ side boasts a solid defence of their own, even without Jarrad Branthwaite, and the unbeaten side may struggle to break it down.
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