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Regular Season - 1• 22 Aug 2026

Everton 2–0 Crystal Palace

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Match Recap

Everton began their Premier League season with a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace that put three points on the board and placed them fourth after the opening round of fixtures. K. Dewsbury-Hall broke the deadlock in the 42nd minute, giving the home side control heading into half-time, and T. Barry doubled the lead eight minutes into the second half to close the game out. Crystal Palace, who sit 17th after the defeat, struggled to respond and leave with nothing to show. Everton have now gone unbeaten across their last two meetings with this opponent, collecting a win and a draw from those encounters. With Erling Haaland already sitting on 29 Premier League goals as the division's leading scorer, pressure falls on every other forward to contribute, and both Dewsbury-Hall and Barry answered that call today. Dewsbury-Hall's 42nd-minute opener is the goal that settled the afternoon, and it is the one worth watching.

Match Statistics

Everton
VS
Crystal Palace
42% Ball Possession 58%
1.16 Expected goals (xG) 2.04
16 Total Shots 11
5 Shots on target 4
4 Shots off target 4
7 Blocked Shots 3
11 Shots inside box 8
5 Shots outside box 3
4 Corner Kicks 0
2 Offsides 0
5 Fouls 15
0 Yellow Cards 1
— Red Cards —
4 Goalkeeper Saves 3
413 Total passes 570
338 Accurate passes 494
82% Pass accuracy 87%
-0.14 Goals prevented -0.14

Lineups

Everton
Leighton Baines 4-2-3-1
VS
Crystal Palace
Pierre Sage 3-4-2-1

Substitutes — Everton

Substitutes — Crystal Palace