It is a return to South London for Palace after back to back away games which were very fruitful indeed. After the FA Cup endeavours, it is back to Premier League duty with an evening kick off against the Toffees.
MATCH INFORMATION
| 15 February 2025 – 5.30pm |
| Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU |
PREVIOUS MEETING
| 04/01/2024 – The last time these two sides met at Selhurst was in the FA Cup a little over a year ago. It was a rather dour affair as the tie went to a replay at Goodison as the visitors held on after a red card for Dominic Calvert-Lewin. |
| WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Joachim Andersen (7.5) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
| Referee | Anthony Taylor |
| Assistant | Gary Beswick |
| Assistant | Adam Nunn |
| Fourth Official | Stuart Attwell |
| VAR | Michael Salisbury |
| Assistant VAR | Dan Cook |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Chadi Riad, Cheick Doucoure, and Joel Ward are all ruled out. Eddie Nketiah, Ismaila Sarr and Ebere Eze will be assessed but expected to feature.
EVERTON – Orel Mangala, Dwight McNeil, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Armando Broja, Youssef Chermiti, Seamus Coleman, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Illiman Ndiaye and Nathan Patterson are not expected to feature.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
This is the section of our match preview that highlights those that have not been the best of friends with match officials as the season goes on. Of course, they all begin with a clean slate, but we will start to see those that will be heading for a ban or two as the campaign progresses.
| RED CARDS – Daichi Kamada (1), Ashley Young (1), Abdoulaye Doucoure (1) |
| YELLOW CARDS (over 5.5) – Will Hughes (8), Jordan Pickford (6) |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
| 28/09/2024 | Everton 2-1 Palace |
| 19/02/2024 | Everton 1-1 Palace |
| 17/01/2024 | Everton 1-0 Palace |
| 04/01/2024 | Palace 0-0 Everton |
| 11/11/2023 | Palace 2-3 Everton |
Last FIVE results for Palace:
| 10/02/2025 | Doncaster 0-2 Palace |
| 02/02/2025 | United 0-2 Palace |
| 26/01/2025 | Palace 1-2 Brentford |
| 18/01/2025 | West Ham 0-2 Palace |
| 15/01/2025 | Leicester 0-2 Palace |
Last FIVE results for Everton;
| 12/02/2025 | Everton 2-2 Liverpool |
| 08/02/2025 | Everton 0-2 Bournemouth |
| 01/02/2025 | Everton 4-0 Leicester |
| 25/01/2025 | Brighton 0-1 Everton |
| 19/01/2025 | Everton 3-2 Tottenham |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 12th in the Premier League with 30 points from 24 games played, while Everton are 15th with 27 points from the same amount of games.
RECORD AGAINST EVERTON
| Played | 63 |
| Won | 14 |
| Drawn | 22 |
| Lost | 27 |
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
This is the section of our match preview where we list two players from each side that are top of the ratings by our friends over at Who Scored. Obviously, there are no ratings to share at the moment but that will soon change!
| Dwight McNeil | 7.17 |
| Daniel Munoz | 7.10 |
| Ebere Eze | 7.10 |
| James Tarkowski | 7.10 |
ONE TO WATCH
| CARLOS ALCARAZ |
| FORMER CLUBS – Deportes Infantiles de Villa Elisa, Racing Club, Southampton, Juventus (loan), Flamengo |
| The on loan striker joined the club late in the window and impressed on his debut when coming on as a substitute in the loss at home to Bournemouth. |
THE NUMBERS
Palace have won just 1 of their past 20 Premier League games against Everton, beating them 3-1 at Selhurst Park in December 2021.
David Moyes has lost all 3 of his managerial meetings with Oliver Glasner – twice against Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2021-22 Europa League and once against Palace in the Premier League last season while in charge at West Ham.
Only 3 managers have won each of their first 4 games against David Moyes: Claudio Ranieri won his first 6, while Alex Ferguson and Manuel Pellegrini won their first 4.
Everton were 2-1 victors at Goodison Park in September and are looking to complete the league double over Palace for the first time since 2004-05.
Palace have won 4 of their last 6 Premier League matches, following a run of only 3 victories in their opening 18 fixtures.
The Eagles have also kept 3 clean sheets in their 4 most recent league games, as many as their previous 15. However, Palace have triumphed in only 2 Premier League home fixtures this season, the lowest tally of any club other than Ipswich Town and Southampton.
Their tally of 11 points at home is Palace’s third lowest after 12 games at Selhurst Park in a Premier League campaign.
Jean-Philippe Mateta needs 1 goal to move joint-second with Christian Benteke on the list of Palace’s all-time Premier League scorers. Benteke has 35 goals, behind only Wilfried Zaha.
Mateta has scored 6 goals in 5 Premier League matches in 2025, more than he managed in his first 19 appearances this season.
The Frenchman has scored 23 goals in 37 top-flight fixtures under Oliver Glasner, following 11 in his previous 80 appearances.
KEY CLASH
| JEAN-PHILIPPE MATETA v JAMES TARKOWSKI |
| This will be a fascinating match up with the Everton defender netting the late equaliser against Liverpool in midweek while the French striker will be keen on adding to his goal tally after the brace against Manchester United. |
PRE-MATCH STATS
This is the section of our match preview where we keep a tally on the statistics for Palace players as the campaign continues and how they compare to other Premier League players.
| Goals | Jean-Philippe MATETA 10 (10th) |
| Assists | Ebere EZE 5 (15th) |
| Passes | Marc GUEHI 1201 (21st) |
| Tackles | Daniel MUNOZ 86 (1st) |
| Touches | Marc GUEHI 1515 (25th) |
| Shots | Ebere EZE 65 (6th) |
| Fouls | Will HUGHES 43 (6th) |
| Dispossessed | Ebere EZE 31 (25th) |
| Saves | Dean HENDERSON 67 (7th) |
| Clearances | Maxence LACROIX 119 (6th) |
| Big Chances Missed | Jean-Philippe MATETA 12 (7th) |
TEB PREDICTION
This will be a tight game as the visitors have found some form under returning boss David Moyes, but this fixture comes quickly off the back of an emotional final Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park. Palace will have had a couple more days rest which may well be pivotal, and it is time for the hosts to be more consistent at home reflecting the excellent away form.
| PREDICTED SCORE: 2-1 to Palace |
