Premier League fixtures tonight 19/02 – Everton v Crystal Palace
Stadium: Goodison Park, UK
The Premier League is back tonight, after an action-packed weekend that has seen City drop points, Arsenal close the gap on league leaders Liverpool and Manchester United get a much-needed win to bring them into the top 6.
Tonight Everton, currently in the relegation zone, takes on Crystal Palace – who sit 16th in the table. Both teams desperately need the win, but with Everton still suffering from the 10-point deduction, it’s more important for them to secure all three points. It could lift the team into 17th and just outside the relegation zone.
Premier League fixtures tonight 19/02
| Premier League fixtures tonight 19/02 | Kick-off | Where to watch? |
|---|---|---|
| Everton v Crystal Palace | 20:00 | Sky Sports |
TEAM NEWS
Everton midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure is back in training after a hamstring injury so could feature.
Ben Godfrey is fit after a sickness bug but Arnaut Danjuma and Andre Gomes remain out with respective ankle and calf injuries.
Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi is close to a return from a knee problem but is unlikely to be fit for Monday.
Michael Olise, Eberechi Eze and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi are all still sidelined with hamstring injuries.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- This will be the fourth meeting between the sides this season – Everton won the reverse fixture 3-2 and also beat Palace in an FA Cup third-round replay.
- Crystal Palace are winless in their past eight visits to Goodison Park (D3, L5).
- The Toffees are looking to complete their first league double over the Eagles since 2004-05.
Everton
- Everton haven’t won for seven league matches (D3, L4), the longest current run in the division.
- They have failed to score in four of their past five league games.
- Everton have won just one game in their last 11 in all competitions, but that was against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup last month.
- The Toffees could draw three Premier League games in a row at home for the first time since a run of four in 2015.
- Jordan Pickford has kept eight Premier League clean sheets this season, more than any other goalkeeper prior to the weekend and as many as he kept in the entire 2022-23 campaign.
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin has gone 18 Everton appearances without scoring in all competitions.
Crystal Palace
- Crystal Palace have lost three of their last four Premier League matches.
- They are winless in six away games in the top flight and could lose five in a row in all competitions for the first time since a run of nine from May to November 2017
- Palace have conceded 14 goals in their past four fixtures.
- The Eagles have failed to keep a clean sheet in 13 Premier League matches since a 2-0 win at Burnley on 4 November.
- This is their 16th Monday Premier League fixture over the last four seasons, two more than any other club.
- Jeffrey Schlupp could become the fourth player to make 200 Premier League appearances for Crystal Palace.