Everton vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips & Preview

Everton to win

Everton go into this Premier League meeting with Crystal Palace as our pick to win, and the case for it rests mainly on the historical pattern between these two rather than anything flashy in the recent league form of either side. Across the last five head-to-head meetings Everton have won three and drawn two without ever losing to Palace, and that kind of consistent edge over a specific opponent is hard to ignore even when a team's broader form has dipped. Backed at 2.20 with site-listed bookmakers, this isn't a call built around squeezing value out of the odds — it's simply the outcome we think carries the greatest likelihood given the pattern of results between the sides and the overall picture heading into the fixture.

Recent Form

Everton's last five completed fixtures make for slightly uneven reading. They lost away to West Ham United, drew at home with Manchester City, then drew again away at Crystal Palace, before back-to-back defeats to Sunderland at home and Tottenham Hotspur on the road. That's one win-less run stretching across the sample, with no victories at all in the five games listed, though the draws against City and Palace show they're capable of holding their own against sides of contrasting quality.

Crystal Palace's recent sequence is a touch more varied. They drew with Everton, then lost away to Manchester City, followed that with a draw at Brentford, suffered a defeat at home to Arsenal, and rounded things off with a win over Rayo Vallecano at home. Like Everton, Palace haven't strung together consecutive wins in this run, and the mix of one victory, two draws and two losses suggests a side that's competitive but not currently on a hot streak either.

Head-to-Head

The head-to-head record is where Everton's case is built. Across the last five meetings the two sides have faced off with Everton winning three times, drawing twice, and losing none. Everton won at home in September 2024, then beat Palace away in February 2025, and followed that with another home win in October 2025. The two draws in that sample came in February 2024 and, most recently, in May 2026 when Palace held them at Selhurst Park. That's a clear and fairly recent trend of Everton either winning or at worst drawing with Palace, and it's the strongest single piece of evidence supporting this selection.

Team News

On the team news front, the picture is fairly light for both sides based on what's been reported. Everton have Hayden Hackney sidelined with an unknown injury, a spell that has kept him out since March 2026, though no other absences have been listed for the home side. Crystal Palace's only listed absentee is Rob Holding, who has been out through suspension since September 2024. Beyond those two names, there are no other notable absences reported for either club heading into this game.