Everton vs Crystal Palace Matchday Stats Preview
Everton have lost just one of their last 19 Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace (W9 D9), a 3-1 loss at Selhurst Park in December 2021.
After winning four of their first six Premier League away games against Everton (L2), Crystal Palace are winless in their last nine visits to Goodison Park in the competition (D4 L5).
Everton are winless in their last six Premier League games (D1 L5), despite taking the lead in four of those matches (D1 L3). Indeed, the Toffees have dropped more points from winning positions than any other side in the Premier League this season (8).
Crystal Palace remain winless in the Premier League this season, though their last three games have been drawn (L2). They’ve not drawn four consecutive league games since October 2021 under Patrick Vieira.
This is Crystal Palace’s first Premier League game to take place outside of London so far this season. The Eagles have won their last two such matches (1-0 v Liverpool, 3-1 v Wolves), last winning more consecutively between February and May 2019 (4).
Everton have lost both of their Premier League home games so far this season. Only four times in their history have they ever lost their first three at home in a single league campaign, though one of these was last term (also 1958-59, 2005-06 and 2008-09).
At 28 years and 289 days, Everton have fielded the average oldest starting XI so far in the Premier League this season. Meanwhile, no side have made more changes to their starting XI this term than Crystal Palace (11).
Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin has made more off-the-ball runs than any other player in the Premier League this season (173). However, just 39 of these have been into the opposition box, the second lowest percentage of any of the 24 players with 100+ runs (22.5%).
Everton’s Dwight McNeil has created more chances (20) and more big chances (6) than any other player in the Premier League so far this season.
No player has been involved in more of their team’s shots this season than Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze (30 – 10 chances created + 20 shots).
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