Crystal Palace will play Everton this Sunday in one of the crunch weekend games of the Premier League.
Venue: Selhurst Park (London)
Key Statistics
Crystal Palace have lost just one of their home games this season (W2, D4).
The Eagles have scored 19 goals and conceded 21 in the league this season.
They have one of the meanest defences at home in the league, having conceded just six goals in Selhurst Park all season.
Everton have won just one away game in the PL this season (D2, L4).
The visitors have scored only six times on their road trips while they have conceded 12 times.
They have kept just one clean sheet in their last nine games.
Head to head
Crystal Palace have a poor record in this tie as they are winless across the last 13 PL head-to-head meetings with Everton (D7, L6).
Latest Performances in all competitions
Crystal Palace: L-L-L-D-W
Everton: W-L-L-L-D
Crystal Palace
After a positive start to his Crystal Palace tenure, Patrick Vieira has hit a rough end with his Palace side.
Since going on a seven-game unbeaten stretch, the Frenchman has lost his last three PL games by an aggregate scoreline of 4-1. His side failed to score in the last two games, the sixth time that has occurred this season.
Their recent losses has pushed them outside of the top ten as they currently occupy 14th place, seven points off the last European spot and just six points off the relegation zone.
With such a narrow margin between them and the bottom, the Eagles will be eager to pick up points in this game and avoid getting fully embroiled in a relegation battle.
Possible Crystal Palace starting line-ups
Vincente Guaita; Joel Ward, James Tomkins, Marc Guehi, Tyrick Mitchell; Connor Gallagher, Cheikhou Kouyate, Luka Milivojevic; Andre Ayew, Christian Benteke, Wilfried Zaha.
Injured: Nathan Ferguson
Doubtful: Joachim Andersen, James McArthur
Suspended: None
Everton
Rafa Benitez Everton finally won a game after nine tries when they beat Arsenal 2-1 last time out.
The Toffees came back from a goal down to win at Goodison thanks to goals from Brazilian forward Richarlison and former Leicester winger Demarai Gray.
The win ended a poor run form that threatened to cost Benitez his job and pushed the visitors up to 13th on the table.
They will now travel to London looking to build on that win and push themselves up the table where they are eager to finish.
They will fancy their chances of taking maximum points from this tie as their last five visits to this ground have produced two wins and three draws. The last time lost here was in December 1994, making them favourites for this tie.
Possible Everton starting line-ups
Jordan Pickford; Seamus Coleman, Mason Holgate, Michael Keane, Ben Godfrey; Anthony Gordon, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Allan, Demarai Gray; Andros Townsend; Richarlison.
Injured: Lucas Digne, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Tom Davies
Doubtful: Yerry Mina
Suspended: None
Prediction
Palace 1-2 Everton
