Week 16 brings us a match on Dec 12th, where Everton and Crystal Palace will play a match in London in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 14th placed Crystal Palace is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Manchester United. Fred scored the first goal for Manchester United in the 77th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Crystal Palace couldn’t manage to score, and Manchester United took the shutout win. Crystal Palace is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while everton sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Arsenal. Martin Ødegaard scored the first goal for Arsenal in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Richarlison tied it up for Everton in the 79th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 92nd minute on a goal by Demarai Gray to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Everton won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Demarai Gray has been the most prolific scorer on Everton in his last 5 matches with 2 goals. For Crystal Palace, their top scorers are Christian Benteke and Marc Guehi, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Joachim Andersen, James McArthur and Nathan Ferguson are unavailable to play for Patrick Vieira’s team, while Everton will be without Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Tom Davies, André Gomes and Yerry Mina.