Crystal Palace v Everton, 18 November 2017

Score2-2
RefereeAnthony Taylor
CompetitionPremier League
VenueSelhurst Park
Attendance25,526

View Crystal Palace v Everton head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Three of the last five occasions of both teams scoring two goals in the first-half of Premier League games had now involved Crystal Palace or Everton (Palace against Liverpool in October 2016 and Everton versus Leicester City in April 2017).

2 Crystal Palace

2 Everton

Goals:

James McArthur 1 G
Wilfried Zaha 35 G

Goals:

Leighton Baines penalty 6 P
Oumar Niasse 45 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Julián Speroni
Defender Scott Dann
Defender Mamadou Sakho
Defender Joel Ward
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder Yohan Cabaye
Midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Midfielder James McArthur
Midfielder Luka Milivojević
Midfielder Andros Townsend
Midfielder/Forward Wilfried Zaha

Starting lineup:

Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
Michael Keane Defender
Phil Jagielka Defender/Midfielder
Jonjoe Kenny Defender/Midfielder
Morgan Schneiderlin Defender/Midfielder
Leighton Baines Defender/Left back
Idrissa Gueye Midfielder
Aaron Lennon Midfielder
Gylfi Sigurdsson Midfielder/Forward
Ademola Lookman Forward
Oumar Niasse Forward

Substitutions:

Christian Benteke for James McArthur 75
Jason Puncheon for Yohan Cabaye 85

Substitutions:

Dominic Calvert-Lewin for Morgan Schneiderlin 46
Tom Davies for Ademola Lookman 46
Sandro Ramírez for Aaron Lennon 76

Cards:

Luka Milivojević 32 Y
Mamadou Sakho 61 Y

Cards:

Oumar Niasse 36 Y
Michael Keane 44 Y
Tom Davies 63 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey
Defender Pape Souaré
Defender James Tomkins
Defender/Midfielder Tim Fosu-Mensah
Midfielder Jason Puncheon
Midfielder/Forward Bakary Sako
Forward Christian Benteke

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Joel Robles
Defender Cuco Martina
Defender Ashley Williams
Midfielder Tom Davies
Midfielder/Forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Forward Wayne Rooney
Forward Sandro Ramírez

Comments:

League position: 20th Crystal Palace had now taken only five points from their opening 12 games of this Premier League season. Only one team have survived relegation having won five points or fewer at this stage (Everton with four points in 1994-95). James McArthur's goal was timed at 51 seconds and was the fastest Premier League goal this season so far. It was also Palace's second-fastest goal in the Premier League (Dwight Gayle against Newcastle United after 31 seconds on 30 August 2014). They had now scored more than one goal in three consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time. Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson said: "In answer to the question: 'You now have to do something to turn that into victories' I don't know what can be done except more and more of the same and hope that if good performances are the key to getting points we will get them. If it is quite simply that it doesn't matter whether you play well or badly, then you are looking for someone with a magic wand and it doesn't matter how they play they just happen to win, then good luck."

Comments:

League position: 16th Everton were now ithout a win in their last 14 away games in the Premier League; their worst such run since December 1997. The only defender to score more penalties in the Premier League than Leighton Baines (20) was now the current Everton caretaker manager David Unsworth (22). Oumar Niasse had now scored more Premier League goals so far in this season (five in seven games) than he had scored in his previous two seasons combined (four in 22). Everton caretaker manager David Unsworth said: "If I get the job I'll be delighted, if I don't, I'm sure the owner and the chairman will have made what they feel is the right decision for the club. I'm an Everton fan, I work for the club and whoever was to get the honour of the job I'd shake them by the hand and wish them all the best because I would want them to succeed."

2 Crystal Palace

Goals:

James McArthur 1 G
Wilfried Zaha 35 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Julián Speroni
Defender Scott Dann
Defender Mamadou Sakho
Defender Joel Ward
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder Yohan Cabaye
Midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Midfielder James McArthur
Midfielder Luka Milivojević
Midfielder Andros Townsend
Midfielder/Forward Wilfried Zaha

Substitutions:

Christian Benteke for James McArthur 75
Jason Puncheon for Yohan Cabaye 85

Cards:

Luka Milivojević 32 Y
Mamadou Sakho 61 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey
Defender Pape Souaré
Defender James Tomkins
Defender/Midfielder Tim Fosu-Mensah
Midfielder Jason Puncheon
Midfielder/Forward Bakary Sako
Forward Christian Benteke

Comments:

League position: 20th Crystal Palace had now taken only five points from their opening 12 games of this Premier League season. Only one team have survived relegation having won five points or fewer at this stage (Everton with four points in 1994-95). James McArthur's goal was timed at 51 seconds and was the fastest Premier League goal this season so far. It was also Palace's second-fastest goal in the Premier League (Dwight Gayle against Newcastle United after 31 seconds on 30 August 2014). They had now scored more than one goal in three consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time. Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson said: "In answer to the question: 'You now have to do something to turn that into victories' I don't know what can be done except more and more of the same and hope that if good performances are the key to getting points we will get them. If it is quite simply that it doesn't matter whether you play well or badly, then you are looking for someone with a magic wand and it doesn't matter how they play they just happen to win, then good luck."

2 Everton

Goals:

Leighton Baines penalty 6 P
Oumar Niasse 45 G

Starting lineup:

Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
Michael Keane Defender
Phil Jagielka Defender/Midfielder
Jonjoe Kenny Defender/Midfielder
Morgan Schneiderlin Defender/Midfielder
Leighton Baines Defender/Left back
Idrissa Gueye Midfielder
Aaron Lennon Midfielder
Gylfi Sigurdsson Midfielder/Forward
Ademola Lookman Forward
Oumar Niasse Forward

Substitutions:

Dominic Calvert-Lewin for Morgan Schneiderlin 46
Tom Davies for Ademola Lookman 46
Sandro Ramírez for Aaron Lennon 76

Cards:

Oumar Niasse 36 Y
Michael Keane 44 Y
Tom Davies 63 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Joel Robles
Defender Cuco Martina
Defender Ashley Williams
Midfielder Tom Davies
Midfielder/Forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Forward Wayne Rooney
Forward Sandro Ramírez

Comments:

League position: 16th Everton were now ithout a win in their last 14 away games in the Premier League; their worst such run since December 1997. The only defender to score more penalties in the Premier League than Leighton Baines (20) was now the current Everton caretaker manager David Unsworth (22). Oumar Niasse had now scored more Premier League goals so far in this season (five in seven games) than he had scored in his previous two seasons combined (four in 22). Everton caretaker manager David Unsworth said: "If I get the job I'll be delighted, if I don't, I'm sure the owner and the chairman will have made what they feel is the right decision for the club. I'm an Everton fan, I work for the club and whoever was to get the honour of the job I'd shake them by the hand and wish them all the best because I would want them to succeed."