Premier League Gameweek 1 Sat, Aug 22 2026 · 15:00 Goodison Park, Liverpool
Everton
2–0 Full time · HT 1–0 xG 1.12 – 1.96
Crystal Palace
  • K. Dewsbury-Hall 42’
  • T. Barry 53’
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Everton beat Crystal Palace

Everton entered as narrow favourites and won 2–0 through goals from Dewsbury-Hall and Barry. Everton won despite the lower xG; Crystal Palace created the better chances (1.96 vs 1.12). On the chances created, Crystal Palace deserved more: 1.9 expected points against the 0 points they took.

Everton ✓42%
Draw26%
Crystal Palace33%

Model vs reality

Everton goals
2
Model 1.47 · xG 1.12
Crystal Palace goals
0
Model 1.27 · xG 1.96
Total goals
2
Model 2.74 · xG 3.08
Score 2–0
7%
Most likely 1–1 (13%)
Over 2.5
No
Model 52%
Both scored
No
Model 55%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchK. Dewsbury-HallEverton · 1 goal
8.7
  • RefereePaul Tierney
  • CoachesLeighton Baines · Pierre Sage
  • VenueGoodison Park
  • Weather at kick-off18°C · Partly cloudy · wind 17 km/h

Timeline

  1. Daichi KamadaYellow card · Foul
    30’
  2. K. Dewsbury-Hall 1–0Assist H. Armstrong
    42’
  3. Half time · 1–0
  4. T. Barry 2–0Assist I. Ndiaye
    53’
  5. ⇄ Yeremy PinoFor E. Nketiah
    55’
  6. ⇄ A. KhalailiFor D. Muñoz
    55’
  7. ⇄ J. Strand LarsenFor J. Mateta
    63’
  8. ⇄ E. GuessandFor D. McNeil
    63’
  9. ⇄ T. TomiyasuFor C. Riad
    72’
  10. ⇄ J. GarnerFor H. Hackney
    79’
  11. ⇄ BetoFor T. Barry
    79’
  12. ⇄ B. JohnsonFor T. George
    84’
  13. ⇄ C. AlcarazFor K. Dewsbury-Hall
    90+4’
  14. Full time · 2–0

Team stats

Everton16 shots · 11 in box, 5 outside
Crystal Palace11 shots · 8 in box, 3 outside
EvertonCrystal Palace
42% Possession 58%
1.12 Expected goals (xG) 1.96
0.86 Expected points (xPts) 1.92
16 Shots 11
5 Shots on target 4
4 Shots off target 4
7 Blocked shots 3
11 Shots inside the box 8
5 Shots outside the box 3
417 Passes 581
82% Pass accuracy 87%
4 Corners 0
4 Goalkeeper saves 3
5 Fouls 15
2 Offsides 0
0 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
7.49 Team rating 6.68

Line-ups

Everton 4-2-3-1

18.3 J. Pickford(G)
167.3 V. Mykolenko 47.3 J. Branthwaite 67.0 J. Tarkowski 347.5 M. Röhl
307.2 H. Hackney ↓79’ 456.9 H. Armstrong A
197.5 T. George ↓84’ 88.7★ K. Dewsbury-Hall ↓90’ 107.9 I. Ndiaye A
117.0 T. Barry ↓79’
  • 1J. Pickford (G)8.3
  • 16V. Mykolenko7.3
  • 4J. Branthwaite7.3
  • 6J. Tarkowski7.0
  • 34M. Röhl7.5
  • 30H. Hackney↓79’7.2
  • 45H. ArmstrongA6.9
  • 19T. George↓84’7.5
  • 8K. Dewsbury-Hall ★↓90’8.7
  • 10I. NdiayeA7.9
  • 11T. Barry↓79’7.0

Substitutes used

  • 37J. Garner↑79’6.6
  • 24C. Alcaraz↑90’
  • 22B. Johnson↑84’6.3
  • 9Beto↑79’6.3

Unused: M. Travers, N. Patterson, J. O'Brien, M. Keane, T. Dibling

Coach: Leighton Baines

Crystal Palace 3-4-2-1

16.9 D. Henderson(G)
46.5 C. Riad ↓72’ 266.9 Chris Richards 66.9 J. Canvot
36.5 T. Mitchell 187.2 Daichi Kamada 206.9 A. Wharton 25.9 D. Muñoz ↓55’
97.0 E. Nketiah ↓55’ 116.3 D. McNeil ↓63’
145.9 J. Mateta ↓63’
  • 1D. Henderson (G)6.9
  • 4C. Riad↓72’6.5
  • 26Chris Richards6.9
  • 6J. Canvot6.9
  • 3T. Mitchell6.5
  • 18Daichi Kamada7.2
  • 20A. Wharton6.9
  • 2D. Muñoz↓55’5.9
  • 9E. Nketiah↓55’7.0
  • 11D. McNeil↓63’6.3
  • 14J. Mateta↓63’5.9

Substitutes used

  • 17T. Tomiyasu↑72’6.7
  • 22J. Strand Larsen↑63’6.2
  • 29E. Guessand↑63’6.2
  • 10Yeremy Pino↑55’6.7
  • 25A. Khalaili↑55’7.3

Unused: W. Benítez, B. Sosa, Óscar Mingueza, W. Hughes

Coach: Pierre Sage

Player stats

Top rated
K. Dewsbury-HallEverton8.7
2nd
J. PickfordEverton8.3
3rd
I. NdiayeEverton7.9

Everton

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
J. Pickford G 90 0 0 4 sv 0 60% 35 0 0 0/0 0/0 8.3
V. Mykolenko D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 85% 39 0 0 0/1 0/2 7.3
J. Branthwaite D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 92% 38 2 1 0/0 0/0 7.3
J. Tarkowski D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 78% 32 1 3 0/1 0/2 7.0
M. Röhl M 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 74% 42 2 0 0/1 0/0 7.5
H. Hackney M 79 0 0 0 (0) 1 88% 43 2 1 0/3 1/3 7.2
H. Armstrong M 90 0 1 0 (0) 1 89% 38 2 1 0/2 3/2 6.9
T. George F 84 0 0 2 (0) 2 83% 36 0 2 2/3 0/0 7.5
K. Dewsbury-Hall M 90 1 0 2 (1) 2 86% 37 2 0 1/3 0/2 8.7
I. Ndiaye F 90 0 1 2 (2) 3 86% 44 4 0 1/4 0/1 7.9
T. Barry F 79 1 0 1 (1) 1 80% 15 1 0 0/1 0/1 7.0
J. Garner M 11 0 0 0 (0) 1 100% 9 1 0 0/0 0/0 6.6
C. Alcaraz M 1 0 0 1 (1) 0 50% 2 1 0 0/0 0/0 —
B. Johnson F 6 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 3 0 0 0/0 1/1 6.3
Beto F 11 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3

Crystal Palace

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
D. Henderson G 90 0 0 3 sv 0 77% 31 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
C. Riad D 72 0 0 0 (0) 0 94% 49 1 1 0/1 2/0 6.5
Chris Richards D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 93% 67 2 2 1/1 0/0 6.9
J. Canvot M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 90% 86 4 0 0/1 0/0 6.9
T. Mitchell D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 90% 30 2 0 0/1 2/0 6.5
Daichi Kamada M 90 0 0 0 (0) 2 93% 72 3 1 0/1 1/2 7.2
A. Wharton M 90 0 0 0 (0) 2 81% 74 2 3 1/1 0/2 6.9
D. Muñoz D 55 0 0 2 (1) 0 81% 31 1 1 0/0 1/0 5.9
E. Nketiah F 55 0 0 1 (1) 2 64% 14 1 0 0/1 0/0 7.0
D. McNeil F 63 0 0 0 (0) 0 84% 31 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
J. Mateta F 63 0 0 2 (0) 1 75% 12 2 0 0/0 2/0 5.9
T. Tomiyasu D 18 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 25 0 1 0/0 1/1 6.7
J. Strand Larsen F 27 0 0 1 (1) 0 75% 4 0 0 0/0 2/0 6.2
E. Guessand F 27 0 0 1 (1) 0 92% 13 1 0 0/0 2/0 6.2
Yeremy Pino M 35 0 0 1 (0) 0 89% 19 2 0 0/0 1/0 6.7
A. Khalaili F 35 0 0 0 (0) 2 91% 23 4 1 1/1 1/0 7.3

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.