And so to Goodison Park as Palace attempt to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup after the goalless draw at Selhurst. The reward will be a home tie against the winner of Luton Town and Bolton Wanderers.
MATCH INFORMATION
- 7.45pm – 17th January 2024
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Goodison Road, Liverpool L4 4EL
PREVIOUS MEETING
The last outing to Goodison Park was not a fun one for Palace as they returned to South London after a 3-0 defeat. Dominic Calvert-Lewin set the scene early on with the first goal before Anthony Gordon doubled the Toffees lead after the break. Dwight McNeil netted towards the end to end any Palace hopes of a fightback.
MAN OF THE MATCH – Anthony Gordon (7.8)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tony Harrington. Assistant referees: Richard West and Craig Taylor. Fourth official: Simon Mather. VAR: Simon Hooper. Assistant VARs: Stuart Attwell and Marc Perry.
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Cheick Doucoure, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Joel Ward, Rob Holding, Sam Johnstone, Michael Olise, and Jordan Ayew all miss the cup tie.
EVERTON – Dele Alli, Ashley Young, Idrissa Gana Gueye are unavailable.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
RED CARDS – Jordan Ayew (1), Ashley Young (1)
YELLOW CARDS (5+) – Jarrad Barnthwaite (6), Idrissa Gueye (6)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 04/01/24 Palace 0-0 Everton
- 11/11/23 Palace 2-3 Everton
- 22/04/23 Palace 0-0 Everton
- 22/10/22 Everton 3-0 Palace
- 19/05/22 Everton 3-2 Palace
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 04/01/24 Palace 0-0 Everton
- 30/12/23 Palace 3-1 Brentford
- 27/12/23 Chelsea 2-1 Palace
- 21/12/23 Palace 1-1 Brighton
- 16/12/23 City 2-2 Palace
Last FIVE results for Everton;
- 14/01/24 Everton 0-0 Villa
- 04/01/24 Palace 0-0 Everton
- 30/12/23 Wolves 3-0 Everton
- 27/12/23 Everton 1-3 Manchester City
- 23/12/23 Spurs 2-1 Everton
FA CUP FORM
Last season, Palace exited in the third round at the hands of Southampton who won 2-1 at Selhurst Park. Everton did not fair any better, losing 3-1 to Manchester United at Old Trafford.
The winners of this cup tie have been drawn to face either Luton Town or Bolton Wanderers in the Fourth Round at the end of the month.
RECORD AGAINST EVERTON
- Played 60
- Won 14
- Drawn 21
- Lost 25
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Michael Olise 7.60
- Eberechi Eze 7.12
- Vitaliy Mykolenko 7.09
- James Tarkowski 7.04
ONE TO WATCH
DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN
FORMER CLUBS – Sheffield United, Stalybridge Celtic (loan), Northampton Town (loan)
The striker was handed his marching orders in the first game at Selhurst but was rescinded on appeal which immediately makes him the one to watch in the replay. He did not particularly trouble Villa in the goalless draw at the weekend, but the Palace defence will need to be wary.
KEY CLASH
MARC GUEHI v DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN
The Palace defender has his sights firmly set on Germany and the European Championships in the summer and is showing the form that will hopefully get him there. The former Chelsea man will be hoping to keep the Everton striker at bay in this replay to help guide Palace safely through to the fourth round.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Odsonne Edouard (6 – 17th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Jordan Ayew (5 – 14th in PL)
- PASSES – Joachim Andersen (1,171 – 20th in PL)
- TACKLES – Tyrick Mitchell (46 – 13th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (1,452 – 20th in PL)
- SHOTS – Ebere Eze (40)
- FOULS – Jordan Ayew (32 – 5th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Jordan Ayew (51 – 2nd in PL)
- SAVES – Sam Johnstone (34 – 18th in PL)
- CLEARANCES – Joachim Andersen (97 – 2nd in PL)
- BIG CHANCES MISSED – Jordan Ayew/ Odsonne Edouard (4)
TEB PREDICTION
With the opposition once again sitting firmly at the top of the news stories in recent days, there is a hope that they may be distracted more this time. However, they held a Villa side hoping to go top of the table at the weekend and will themselves be looking to escape from their league troubles and continue their FA Cup campaign. Most cannot decide which way this one is going to go and it would not be entirely surprising if the tie went to penalties, but we have a feeling that the Eagles may just edge what will likely be a bit of a battle.
FINAL SCORE: 2-1
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