Crystal Palace Vs Everton Prediction: The Toffees Wants To Break Bad Records In London

B eto, the decisive figure for Everton (photo: x @Everton)

Everton will return to action just three days after dramatic results at the Merseyside Derby as they travel to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday, February 15, 2025.

James Tarkowski became the hero of The Toffees in the match against Liverpool in the middle of the week by scoring a spectacular goal in the 98th minute, ensuring a very valuable draw for David Moyes' team. Now, Everton must immediately shift their focus to face Crystal Palace who is also in a positive trend.

Everton came to this game on a pretty solid note since David Moyes' arrival. In the last five Premier League games, they managed to collect 10 points from a possible 15, showing a significant performance improvement over the previous era under Sean Dyche.

The draw against Liverpool not only gave the Everton squad high confidence, but also brought them further away from the relegation zone. With a 10-point advantage over the teams in the red zone, The Toffees are now more focused on approaching the mid-table board of the standings.

Everton also had a good record in their meeting against Crystal Palace. In the last eight games in all competitions, Everton were unbeaten against the Eagles. This season, they have won 2-1 over Palace at Goodison Park, thanks to two goals fromten McNeil.

However, challenges remain for Everton. They had a bad record in their away game to London, where they never won in the last seven visits. Their last win in the British capital was against Palace in November 2023.

On the other hand, Crystal Palace has shown quite impressive progress since being handled by Oliver Glasner. After winning just three of the 18 games earlier this season, they have now won four of the last six matches. The success of retaining five clean sheets in the last six games in all competitions is also proof of how solid their current defense is.

Although the chances of qualifying for European competition next season are still small enough, Palace still wants to maintain their positive performance. However, they are still looking for their first home win in 2025, having only won a draw against Chelsea and lost to Brentford at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace will lose several key players in this match. Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure are ruled out until the end of the season due to serious knee injuries. In addition, Eddie Nketiah (an ankle injury), Eberechi Eze (leg injury), and Ismaila Sarr (sick) are still in doubt of appearing even though they are likely to return to the squad.

The good news is that Adam Wharton has returned to play last week and is likely to appear from the first minute. Ben Chilwell has also started to get playing time after joining from Chelsea, although his fitness is not yet fully optimal.

In the Everton camp, they will lose Abdoulaye Doucoure who received a red card after provoking Liverpool supporters in a derby match. In addition, Iliman Ndiaye suffered a serious injury to the match and is still waiting for an official diagnosis of his condition.

As his successor, Carlos Alcaraz will most likely have his first starting chance since joining Everton, while Jack Harrison also has the opportunity to appear from the start to replace Ndiaye.

The duel between Crystal Palace and Everton is expected to be tight. Everton showed significant performance improvements under Moyes, but they had to face a very tough Palace on the back.

If you look at the latest trends, Palace has had a solid and fairly disciplined defense in recent weeks. However, they are still struggling at scoring goals at home, which could be an advantage for Everton to steal points.

Everton will rely on Beto who is in sharp form with three goals in the last two league games. Meanwhile, Eberechi Eze's return could be a differentiating factor for Palace, if the attacking midfielder is really fit to play.

Overall, the game has the potential to end in a draw, given both teams have their own advantages and disadvantages. Everton may be more motivated after the dramatic result at the Merseyside Derby, but Palace will try to maximize their lead at home.

Estimated Lineup Of Players :

Crystal Palace (3-4-3): Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell; Sarr, Mateta, Eze

Everton (4-2-3-1): Pickford; O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Lindstrom, Gueye, Garner, Alcaraz, Harrison; Beto

Score prediction: Crystal Palace 1-1 Everton.