Everton are unbeaten in their last nine Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace; winning four and drawing five
Crystal Palace have never won on the five previous occasions they have kicked off a Premier League campaign at home
Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton
Gylfi Sigurdsson?! How did you miss that from eight yards out?
"Quite simple my friend, I sidefooted it wide".
That explains it.
He really should have done better with that peach of a cross from Lucas Digne.
Did the strong wind play a part there?
Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton
It's beautiful day in Croydon.
We are under way.
Crystal Palace v Everton
Crystal Palace: Guaita, Ward, Kelly, Dann, van Aanholt, Townsend, Milivojevic, McArthur, Meyer, Benteke, Ayew.
Subs: Victor Camarasa, Cahill, McCarthy, Kouyate, Zaha, Hennessey, Wickham.
Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne, Schneiderlin, Andre Gomes, Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Holgate, Walcott, Tosun, Gbamin, Davies, Kean, Lossl.
Crystal Palace v Everton
The ref at Selhurst in Jon Moss.
Did you know he looooves his tunes, so much so that he owns a record shop in Leeds.
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A slightly strange sight on my TV monitor watching the VAR team fine tune their VAR-ing in the build-up to this match.
"Geoff, is that the right cable?"
"Maureen, did you say a player can't encroach in the area during a penalty? Or...?"
Two games down and 10 goals - what a start to the new Premier League campaign.
No doubt this will end 0-0.
As for Palace fans, will they see Wilf?
And as for Everton fans, why aren't they seeing Wilf in their colours?
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Crystal Palace v Everton (15:00 BST)
Palace boss Roy Hodgson has dropped key attacker Wilfried Zaha to the bench.
The Ivorian handed in a transfer request and was subject of two failed bids from today's opponents Everton during the recent transfer window.
New signings Gary Cahill, James McCarthy and Victor Camarasa also start from the bench.
Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Kelly, Dann, van Aanholt, Townsend, Milivojevic, McArthur, Meyer, Benteke, Ayew.
Subs: Victor Camarasa, Cahill, McCarthy, Kouyate, Zaha, Hennessey, Wickham.
Image source, .Everton's new recruits Moise Kean and Jean-Philippe Gbamin are among the substitutes, while Alex Iwobi does not make the matchday squad.
Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne, Schneiderlin, Andre Gomes, Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Holgate, Walcott, Tosun, Gbamin, Davies, Kean, Lossl.
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