Everton and Crystal Palace have met within the first Premier League recreation of the season twice earlier than, with the Eagles unbeaten – they gained 2-1 in 1997-98 at Goodison Park, whereas the perimeters drew 0-0 in 2019-20 at Selhurst Park.
Crystal Palace have gained simply considered one of their final 23 Premier League matches towards Everton (D10 L12), a 3-1 residence win in December 2021. Their final away win on the Toffees was again in 2014-15 below Neil Warnock, a 3-2 victory at Goodison Park (D4 L7 since).
Everton have misplaced their opening recreation in every of the final 4 Premier League seasons – their joint-longest shedding run of their first recreation of a league season. They’ve failed to attain in all 4 defeats and no top-flight facet has ever misplaced their opening recreation with out scoring in 5 consecutive seasons; QPR did this in non-consecutive seasons, nevertheless, between 1994-95 and 2014-15.
Crystal Palace have saved a clear sheet of their opening recreation in 5 of their final eight Premier League seasons, together with in a 0-0 draw with Chelsea in 2025-26. Palace have misplaced their final 5 openers after they’ve conceded, nevertheless, since a 3-1 away win at Norwich in 2015-16.
Everton did not win any of their remaining seven Premier League video games of 2025-26 (D3 L4). They have by no means gone eight league video games and not using a win below David Moyes, whereas the Scot himself final went longer and not using a Premier League win in April 2017 with Sunderland (10 video games).
Only Tottenham Hotspur (63%) and Nottingham Forest (55%) earned a better proportion of their Premier League factors in 2025-26 away from residence than Crystal Palace (53% – 24/45). However, the Eagles did not win any of their final 4 on the street (D1 L3), final going longer with out an away league win in November 2024 (6).
Everton had the bottom common possession within the 2025-26 Premier League of any facet to not be relegated (43.5%), whereas Crystal Palace had the third-lowest (45.5%). Indeed, the Toffees had the second-fewest open play passing sequences of 10 of extra passes within the division final time period general (274), forward of solely backside facet Wolves (250).
Excluding penalties, no facet conceded extra set-piece objectives than Crystal Palace within the Premier League final season (20). This accounted for 39% of the Eagles’ general objectives conceded (20/51), an outright league-high.
This might be Pierre Sage’s first recreation accountable for Crystal Palace. The Eagles have had 16 earlier managers oversee a Premier League match with the membership (incl. caretakers), though simply two of these 16 gained their first (D4 L10) – Alan Pardew towards Tottenham Hotspur in January 2015 (2-1) and Oliver Glasner towards Burnley in February 2024 (3-0).
Hayden Hackney may make his Everton debut on this match. In final season’s Championship (incl. play-offs), he ranked seventh for possession gained (206), joint-fourth for possession gained within the remaining third (33), second for probabilities created (85), joint-first for open play probabilities created (64), second for open play anticipated assists (7.65), and first for profitable passes ending within the remaining third (855).