Comments, predictions Everton vs Crystal Palace: A dull draw

Two clubs yet to taste victory in the Premier League this season meet at Goodison Park on Saturday, as Everton host Crystal Palace.

Home fans received some much-needed good news last week, when it was revealed that The Friedkin Group had agreed a deal to buy the club, marking the end of Farhad Moshiri's disastrous reign as club owner.

Latest Everton vs Crystal Palace team information

Branthwaite played the full 90 minutes for Everton U21s last weekend and has been involved in full training this week, so the defender will be ready to start alongside James Tarkowski, reuniting with the pair who excelled last season.

Nathan Patterson is also back after a lengthy absence, potentially solving Everton's defender crisis, while Vitalii Mykolenko is now fit again after illness kept him out last week, and Idrissa Gueye returns after being on leave due to a family bereavement.

Everton fans will have been delighted by Jesper Lindstrom's first Premier League appearance last weekend, although he missed a good chance early on, and should keep his place in place of Jack Harrison.

On the injury front, club captain Seamus Coleman remains absent with a foot injury, with attacking duo Youssef Chermiti and Armando Broja also sidelined, with Broja yet to make his Everton debut.

Palace could hand Trevoh Chalobah his debut this weekend following his arrival on loan from Chelsea, with the player posting a picture online of his shirt reading "Ready" on Wednesday.

Another player who has been ruled out of action, however, is Cheick Doucoure, who will not return until after the October international break, having suffered another setback following the Achilles injury that ended his season early last year.

Chadi Riad remains a long-term casualty with a knee problem, and youngster Matheus Franca is also still out having not played since the start of 2024.

Everton vs Crystal Palace latest predicted lineup

Everton:

Pickford; Garner, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Gueye, Mangala; Lindstrom, McNeil, Ndiaye; Calvert-Lewin

Crystal Palace:

Henderson; Lacroix, Guehi, Chalobah; Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Nketiah, Mateta, Eze

Latest Everton vs Crystal Palace football review

After five games in a normal Premier League season, not having won a game at this point would normally set alarm bells ringing, but that may not be the case this time.

For the first time in Premier League history, six clubs are still winless after gameweek five, meaning there are no signs of panic in either side despite their disappointing starts.

Everton have had the strangest start to a season in recent times, as no one can say they have been poor, but their ability to maintain what they have is a major concern.

Sean Dyche's side dominated a weak Bournemouth for 87 minutes before the international break, but somehow let a 2-0 advantage slip and fell short in the closing minutes.

Everton led 2-0 away at Aston Villa and also lost, while they also failed to hold on to a one-goal lead at Leicester City last week, meaning they go into the weekend with just one point, sitting near the bottom of the table due to alphabetical order.

The results mean that for the first time since 1999, Everton have led in three consecutive Premier League games without winning, and this has contributed to an unwanted record of dropping 18 points from leading positions in 2024 - the most of any PL club.

That could be about to change, however, as Everton fans could be excited by the impending return of young defender Jarrad Branthwaite, whose influence last season helped the Toffees to the fourth-best defensive record in the league.

Everton have the joint-worst defensive record alongside Wolverhampton Wanderers, having conceded 14 goals in their opening five games, and Branthwaite's absence during this time is no coincidence.

This is Crystal Palace's eighth game of the season, but their first outside London, and they could not have come across a worse stadium to visit, based on past results.

The Eagles are winless in their last nine visits to the blue half of Merseyside, but Oliver Glasner is yet to take charge of a game here, having sat in the stands on the day he was appointed as the sides drew 1-1 last season.

Glasner has had a big impact at Palace since his appointment last season, with many predicting they will mount a European challenge this season, despite losing Michael Olise, but results have not favoured them so far.

After losing their opening two games against Brentford and West Ham United, Palace remain unbeaten, but have yet to win a game in the league.

Draws with Chelsea, Leicester and Manchester United look like a good run on paper, but they need their first win if they don't want their season to fade away right before their eyes.

Like Everton, Palace have had big chances to win but have had trouble taking their chances when they have, with star man Eberechi Eze criticised for missing two good chances in last week's 0-0 draw with Man United. Everton have lost just one of their last 19 meetings with Palace - during Rafael Benitez's brief and controversial spell in charge in 2021 - but the confidence of some of their key players is at an all-time low and Palace could be a tough opponent.

The visitors have been playing better than their points tally suggests, and taking their chances when they do come will be the only thing stopping them from finishing in the top half of the table at present, but they may have to hope that Branthwaite is still not back to form if they are to claim a rare win at Goodison.

Everton vs Crystal Palace score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Everton vs Crystal Palace match:

• Sportsmole: Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace

• WhoScore: Everton 0-0 Crystal Palace
• Our prediction: Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace

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