Everton v Palace

Goodison Park, Saturday 3.00pm

Roy Hodgson

Team news

Palace boss Roy Hodgson has three more players added to an already lengthy injury list with Wilfried Zaha and Julian Speroni (both knee) joining Martin Kelly on the sidelines. Zaha is set to miss around a month of football which is a huge blow for the Eagles.

New striker Alexander Sorloth could get an opportunity to play in attack. But Jeffrey Schlupp (knee) and Ruben Loftus-Cheek (ankle), plus Connor Wickham (knee) are still out of action. Scott Dann and Jason Puncheon (both knee) plus Bakary Sako (ankle) won't play again this season.

Everton left-back Leighton Baines is absent for this fixture due to a calf injury, along with goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg (groin) and defender Ramiro Funes Mori (knee).

Everton (from): Pickford, Coleman, Jagielka, Mangala, Martina, Gueye, Walcott, Rooney, Davies, Sigurdsson, Niasse, Robles, Kenny, Keane, Williams, Holgate, Schneiderlin, Bolasie, Calvert-Lewin, Tosun.

Palace (from): Hennessey, Henry, Van Aanholt, Tomkins, Delaney, Fosu-Mensah, Milivojevic, Townsend, McArthur, Rakip, Benteke, Sorloth, Ward, Sakho, Souare, Riedewald, Cabaye, Lee.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"I don't remember a relegation battle like this one. Normally there's a clearer middle group in the league, but today there doesn't seem to be a real middle group.

"It doesn't take many points to get into the middle - 30 points at the moment, which is something that gives us all hope, I suppose."

Sam Allardyce

"We have to be concerned about Palace's strengths but Zaha not playing could be an advantage.

"That being said, we will have to be at our best to beat Crystal Palace. They're very resilient, so hats off to Roy and his players.

"We need to focus on our own form. We've only lost one [at home] since I got here. Our home form is very good."

Everton - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
10th	26	8	7	11	31

Full league table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
18/11/2017	League	Crystal Palace	2 - 2	Everton
21/01/2017	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 1	Everton
30/09/2016	League	Everton	1 - 1	Crystal Palace
13/04/2016	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 0	Everton
07/12/2015	League	Everton	1 - 1	Crystal Palace

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 2-2 Everton

Saturday November 18 2017

Palace: Speroni, Sakho, Ward, Schlupp, Dann, Cabaye (Puncheon, 85), McArthur (Benteke, 75), Milivojevic, Loftus-Cheek, Zaha, Townsend

Subs not used: Sako, Fosu-Mensah, Tomkins, Souare, Hennessey

Goals: McArthur (1), Zaha (35)

Bookings: Sakho, Milivojevic

Everton: Pickford, Keane, Kenny, Jagielka, Baines, Gueye, Lookman (Calvert-Lewin, 45), Lennon (Ramirez, 76), Niasse, Schneiderlin (Davies, 45), Sigurdsson

Subs not used: Robles, Martina, Williams, Rooney

Goals: Baines (6, pen), Niasse (45)

Bookings: Keane, Davies, Niasse