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Everton FC vs. Crystal Palace
The season finale in the Premier League is getting closer and closer. But before we find out who will be champions on Sunday, there are still three catch-up games to be played on Thursday. One of them is the match between relegation-threatened Everton FC and thirteenth-placed Crystal Palace, which was actually scheduled for matchday 33. Kick-off at Liverpool’s Goodison Park is at 20:45 Central European Time.
As exciting as the race for the English championship between Manchester City and Liverpool FC is the relegation battle. With Norwich City and Watford FC, two teams have already been relegated, but three teams are still in contention for the remaining place in the red zone. Everton FC currently have the best chance of playing in the Premier League again next season. However, should the Toffees lose to Crystal Palace on Thursday, the cards will be reshuffled. A win on Thursday, on the other hand, would ensure they stay in the league. Find out whether we think they can do that and what other predictions we have for this game in our Everton vs Crystal Palace tip.
Everton vs Crystal Palace info
– Date & Time: 19.05.2022 at 20:45 hrs.
– Venue: Goodison Park, Liverpool
– Competition: Premier League, Matchday 33 (Catch-up match)
– TV coverage: Sky
Everton Form & Balance Check
A 3-2 home defeat to Brentford FC leaves the Toffees with another dither. After three unbeaten games they lost again last weekend. Everton FC had previously not lost four games in a row at home, beating Manchester United (1-0) and Chelsea FC (1-0) among others. The decisive factor for the defeat against Brentford was the early red card against Jarrad Branthwaite (18th minute). At this point Everton were still leading 1-0.
With the injury-time game on the backburner, Liverpool are 16th in the table with 36 points from as many games. They are one point clear of 17th from Leeds and two clear of 18th from Brunley. But the Clarets also have two games left and play at Aston Villa on Thursday.
Relegation would be of historic proportions
The nine-time English champions are well on their way to playing their worst season since the inception of the Premiere League (1992/1993). The Toffees experienced their lowest point to date in the 2003/04 season, when they finished the league in seventeenth place with 39 points. Everton FC have been playing in the top flight since 1954/55 and are second only to Arsenal FC (96 seasons) in this statistic with 68 consecutive first division seasons.
Everton facts & analysis
– last match lost with 2:3 against FC Brentford
– 7 points from last 4 league games
– lost only 1 of last 5 home games (3 wins & 1 defeat)
Crystal Palace form & balance check
Crystal Palace currently occupy tenth place in the rankings for most consecutive first division seasons. The Eagles have been playing in the Premier League since the 2013/14 season. And this season, too, the Londoners do not have to worry about staying in the league. With 45 points, they are in a comfortable 13th place and are as many points behind seventh place (West Ham United with 56 points) as they are ahead of the relegation zone.
Only eleven defeats this season
The Eagles are the draw kings of the Premier League. They have already played to a draw 15 times this season. Six of their first nine league games to start the season failed to produce a winner. Crystal Palace, on the other hand, rarely leave the pitch as losers. Only eleven times this season have they come away empty-handed. Only Manchester City, Liverpool FC and Chelsea FC have lost less often.
Crystal Palace facts & analysis
– unbeaten for 4 league games.
– lost only 2 of their last 11 league games
– conceded more than 1 goal in only 1 of last 14 league matches
Predicted line-up – last updated 18 May 2022
Against Crystal Palace, Everton are missing two players in Jarrad Branthwaite and Salomon Rondon through red suspension. Branthwaite’s place in central defence is likely to be taken by Micheal Keane, with Salomon Rondon seeing his red card only after coming on as a substitute. Otherwise, we expect the Toffees to play a 3-4-3 system as they did against Brentford.
We expect the Eagles to play in their typical 4-3-3 system. Top goalscorer Wilfried Zaha (13 Premier League goals) and top assist man Michael Olise (5 assists) are expected to join ex-Mainz man Jean-Philippe Mateta up front.
FC Everton – Crystal Palace direct comparison & stats
Everton FC and Crystal Palace are meeting for the third time this season. The Eagles won the first two games. In the first leg of the Premier League they won 3-1 and in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup they won clearly 4-0. The overall balance between the two clubs, however, still favours Everton FC, who have won 17 of the 44 meetings. The Eagles, on the other hand, have only won 12 of their matches. 15 games ended in a draw.
– Crystal Palace won the first two duels this season
– Crystal Palace have scored in each of their last five games against Everton.
– Everton are unbeaten in 6 home games against Palace
