Everton
Crystal Palace
Match summary
Everton beat Crystal Palace 2-0. Everton led 1-0 at half-time.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall put Everton ahead in the 42nd minute, set up by Harrison Armstrong and Thierno Barry made it 2-0 with a header in the 53rd minute, set up by Iliman Ndiaye.
Crystal Palace can feel hard done by, creating 2.23 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Everton's 1.45 from 16.
Everton secured a two-nil victory over Crystal Palace in their Premier League fixture despite registering less possession and a lower expected goals figure than their opponents. The hosts recorded forty-two percent possession and 1.45 expected goals, while Crystal Palace accumulated fifty-eight percent possession and 2.23 expected goals. Everton dominated the territory with sixty-six dangerous attacks compared to forty-eight for the visitors, and registered sixteen total shots with five on target, outperforming Crystal Palace in both blocked shots and corners. Discipline favoured Everton as they committed only five fouls and received no yellow cards, whereas Crystal Palace committed fifteen fouls and collected one yellow card.
The match saw its first key event in the thirtieth minute when Daichi Kamada of Crystal Palace received a yellow card for a foul. Everton broke the deadlock just before the interval in the forty-second minute, as Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored with a left foot shot to give the hosts a one-nil half-time lead. Early in the second half, Thierno Barry extended the advantage to two-nil with a header in the fifty-third minute. Both managers utilized their substitutes extensively during the remainder of the fixture, with Crystal Palace making changes including Jean-Philippe Mateta entering in the sixty-third minute and Chadi Riad replacing Takehiro Tomiyasu due to injury in the seventy-second minute, before the match concluded with no further scoring.
