Crystal Palace vs Everton Prediction: Eagles to win battle of form teams

It's a battle of two lower table sides in decent form on Saturday evening (17:30, Sky Sports Main Event) and here are my Crystal Palace vs Everton predictions, supported by all the latest team news and match odds, which you can check out below.

Both teams come into this game in high spirits, following an encouraging run of form. For Oliver Glasner's Crystal Palace, the straightforward 2-0 win over Doncaster at the weekend made it five wins from six in all competitions. Another win here on Saturday could even see them scrape into the top half of the table.

As for Everton, David Moyes has hit the ground running since replacing Sean Dyche and has picked up three wins and a draw from his opening five league fixtures. A disappointing loss to Bournemouth in the cup was soon extinguished after one of the more remarkable finishes to a game on Wednesday night.

James Tarkowski's 97th minute equaliser saw the Blues pick up a much-needed point in the last ever Merseyside derby to be held at Goodison. It sparked riotous celebrations and FOUR red cards after the whistle had blown.

The Toffees won this reverse fixture 2-1 earlier in the season but with Palace in such fine form, they may find the going much tougher this time.

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Team News

Glasner has had a huge boost ahead of this one and has confirmed that three of his chief attacking options are available for selection. Ebereche Eze, Ismaila Sarr and Eddie Nketiah are all fully recovered and fully participated in training.

Palace are still without Chadi Riad, Joel Ward and Cheick Doucoure, who are all suffering from longer-term injuries. Adam Wharton and new signing Ben Chilwell both featured in the FA Cup tie against Doncaster and could see some Premier League action on Saturday evening.

As for Moyes, he is deep in the midst of an injury crisis, with as many as nine players possible doubts for the weekend. Iliman Ndiaye looked to suffer a serious knee injury in the Merseyside derby and would join the likes of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Orel Mangala, Armando Broja, Dwight McNeil, Seamus Coleman and Youssef Chermiti in the treatment room.

Abdoulaye Doucoure misses this one due to his post-match sending off on Wednesday evening.

Crystal Palace vs Everton Odds

Palace haven't won at Selhurst Park in the league since the 29th December but are odds-on for this one at 5/6 or an almost 55% chance. Everton meanwhile look generously priced at 18/5 (21.7%) given their recent form.

The draw is priced at 5/2, both teams to score at 1/1, and over 2.5 total goals at 6/5.

Surprisingly, Nketiah is the shortest priced in the goalscorer markets but it remains to be seen if Glasner will select him from the start. Sarr is priced at 12/5 to score anytime and the marauding Beto is the shortest price for the Toffees at 3/1.

Palace to win and Both teams to score @ 16/5

It's difficult to pick a winner in a game between two teams with momentum but I'm going to opt for the home team, who look to be playing some really good stuff at present. Not only that but they have the likes of Eze and Sarr back who make them tick up front.

Moyes side is heavily depleted and I think given the exertions of the derby, could come up just short here. I do fancy them to score though, with Beto causing plenty of problems for Maxence Lacroix and Marc Guehi.

Will Hughes to receive a card @ 7/2

The 29-year-old has been a vital cog in the Palace team this season and is one of the big reasons they are in such good nick presently. His combative style endears him to the Selhurst faithful but he can occasionally overstep the line with the officials.

Hughes is averaging two fouls per game in the Premier League which can be backed at 8/11 on the Bet Builder tab but the price of him to pick up a yellow card looks more enticing. He has registered eight cautions in the top flight this year, which is comfortably the highest for the Eagles. Here he is up against James Garner and Idrissa Gana Gueye, who both love a battle in the middle of the park.

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