Everton vs Crystal Palace Preview

December 7, 2015
By: Deke Hardman

Mirallas, McCarthy, Lukaku

The final game in the latest round of Premier League fixtures sees Everton face Crystal Palace at Goodison Park on Monday evening.

Roberto Martinez’s side are unbeaten in six games in all competitions, and go into this match on the back of booking their place in the semi-finals of the Capital One Cup with victory at Championship high-flyers Middlesbrough.

Last time out in the league, they were denied all three points in their home match with Bournemouth thanks to a dramatic last minute strike by Junior Stanislas.

Leighton Baines came off the bench midweek and is likely to miss out on a start once more as he is eased back in to action and James McCarthy faces a late fitness test though Tyias Browning, Bryan Oviedo, Phil Jagielka, Tony Hibbert and Steven Pienaar are all out.

Romelu Lukaku, who has six goals in his last six appearances is favourite to open the scoring at 5.0 (4/1) with most firms while Gerard Deulofeu is an 11.0 (10/1) chance with Coral.

The home win is widely available at of 2.05 (21/20) with the visitors as highly priced as the 3.8 (14/5) on offer from a variety of bookmakers. The draw can be backed at 3.7 (27/10) with Bet Victor.

Alan Pardew’s men, who put five past Newcastle United last time out sit in eighth place following the weekend’s results – one point ahead of their opponents and just three shy of fifth place Tottenham Hotspur.

Wilfried Zaha picked up a fifth booking of the season in that win over Newcastle so misses out here, as does Bakary Sako who has a hamstring injury.

Yannick Bolaise is priced at 11.0 (10/1) to get the first goal of the game with Bet 365, with Yohan Cabaye a 13.0 (12/1) shot with Bet Victor.

Both of last season’s meetings between the sides ended in victory for the visitors while the last two clashes at Goodison Park have finished 3-2 to the Eagles.

With that in mind you may be tempted to take advantage of Bet Victor’s offer of 6.0 (5/1) for there to be four or more goals this time around.

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