Everton vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from fixture
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Follow live coverage as Everton face Crystal Palace today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Everton vs Crystal Palace
Everton worked up an xG of 0.63 in the opening exchanges, while Palace operated around a 0.49 xG. It's not been a game for the ages, with two sides tentative in their search for their first Premier League win of the term. However, the second-half can at least be expected to show a little more intent. Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last seven league matches when leading at half-time (W5, D2), while Everton have a record of W0, D0, L2 when trailing at the interval. Will we see these trends continue?
Everton vs Crystal Palace
Half-time at Goodison Park sees Crystal Palace lead 1-0 thanks to Marc Guehi's 10th-minute opener. Palace peeled away from their hosts after cagey opening exchanges, with Guehi doing the same to Everton's defenders as they tried to defend a right-sided corner. Wharton took it low to Kamada. He was able to get it back out to his fellow midfielder, before a deep cross to the back post was nodded down by Lacroix. An undetected Guehi then flicked past Pickford from close range for his first goal since April 2023. With an end-to-end nature very present in this game, the Toffees looked to get back into things, yet found the impetus of Calvert-Lewin and McNeil stifled, ultimately seeing them fail to register a shot on target. Mateta and Eze lurked with intent, with the latter registering four shots in the opening period. However, Everton managed to quell the danger, notably around corner-kick chaos that once saw Pickford bundle a looping deflected Nketiah effort off the line. Everton have failed to really get going, Palace haven't taken advantage of that yet.
Everton vs Crystal Palace
There will be one minute of added time here.
Everton vs Crystal Palace
Wharton has a speculative slash at goal with a volley through the bodies from the edge of the box, yet Pickford saves easily. In the next phase, Eze and Mateta interchange on the edge of the box with the midfielder firing an eqaully tame effort straight at his England team-mate.
Everton vs Crystal Palace
Munoz nearly finds space down the left after Mateta plays it over to him. However, the crucial head of Ndiaye brings the ball home to Pickford smartly.
Everton vs Crystal Palace
Eze flights in a lovely cross to the back post and Lacroix dives for it. Pickford is present too, and the two collide with the result being a goal-kick to the hosts.
Everton vs Crystal Palace
Mateta is turf-bound after Tarkowski chops him down to end a counter-attack. Luckily for the defender, the tackle inside the box saw the ball go first. Yet, after a couple of heated challenges that followed, Madley stops the game as the Frenchman steadily gets to his feet and Palace have a free-kick on the left flank.
Everton vs Crystal Palace
Mykolenko surges down the left as Everton build up well. His smart cross over finds McNeil... but the header squirms comfortably wide right of Henderson's goal.
Everton vs Crystal Palace
Everton's poor attack is reflective in the statistics. Before this one, Dominic Calvert-Lewin had made more off-the-ball runs than any other player in the Premier League this season (173). However, just 39 of these had been into the opposition box, the second lowest percentage of any of the 24 players with 100+ runs (22.5%).
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