Everton vs Crystal Palace tips and predictions: Toffees to take advantage of free-falling Eagles

Sean Dyche and his men have endured a woeful run of form since mid-December, picking up just one victory from 11 games across all competitions.

Interestingly, that one success came in the FA Cup against Monday’s opposition, Crystal Palace. The two teams meet again, though the stakes are much higher on this occasion.

The Eagles have endured their own slump in results which have seen manager Roy Hodgson come under severe pressure.

Just as the former England boss was set to be sacked, an illness saw the manager taken to hospital.

The managerial situation appears to be up in the air as Palace look to maintain some sort of respect by not terminating a manager’s contract whilst he is recovering from an illness.

Then again, Palace don’t exactly have much time. Results don’t seem to be getting any better as the team continue to slide down the Premier League standings.

Conceding goals has been a huge problem for Hodgson’s men. In the last month alone, Palace were hit for three by Chelsea, four by Palace, two by Sheffield United and five by Arsenal.

The South London outfit have lost four of their last five games across all competitions and are winless away from home in seven.

Everton might not be firing on all cylinders, though their performance in their 2-0 defeat to Man City last weekend was promising.

What’s more, the Toffees have only lost two of seven matches across all competitions.

Everton’s promise coupled with home advantage leaves us with no choice but to back the hosts to win.

 

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Team news

Dele Alli, Arnaut Groeneveld and Andre Gomes are out of action for Everton.

Palace, on the other hand, will be missing Cheick Doucoure, Eberechi Eze, Marc Guehi, Rob Holding, Michael Olise and Jesuran Rak-Sakyi.

 

Key stats

- Everton are looking to complete their first season double over Crystal Palace since 2004/05

- Crystal Palace are winless in their last eight visits to Goodison Park

- Everton haven’t won any of their last seven games in Premier League

- Crystal Palace have lost their last three away Premier League matches

 

Suggested bets

Everton to win 
Both teams to score
Everton to score in both halves