Crystal Palace hosts Everton in round 3 of the English Premier League. The match will be played on Saturday, September 26th at Selhurst Park (London)
Strange to say, but this meeting will be held under the guise of a battle between teams from the leading group because Crystal Palace and Everton started the new season very successfully. Even more surprising is the fact that bookmakers don't believe in the offensive ability of the hosts. Perhaps they didn’t watch the last match at Old Trafford, where the London Glaziers gave three hard slaps in the face of the famous Manchester United, having confidently beaten the grandee with a 3:1 score! A little earlier, the Londoners defeated quite strong Southampton in their debut match of the new season (1:0). In general, Crystal Palace has a very qualified attacking line that upset the goalkeepers of such eminent teams like Tottenham, Arsenal, Chelsea (twice), and Liverpool in the last draw of the Premier League.
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As for Everton, its pragmatic Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti does not always choose his favorite defensive tactics. He keeps a discreet and closed manner exclusively for head-to-head matches with the grandees. This was confirmed once again in the opening match with Tottenham, which ended in a modest victory of the Toffees (1:0). They simply tortured Hotspur due to positional football, catching the Spurs on a defensive hook in the center of the field. However, the next match with West Bromwich ended with a hockey 5:2 victory of the Toffees, which forgot about their rears and arranged a real goal shootout.
The lack of concentration of Everton's defense was also noticeable in the last season, when the Toffees often conceded in matches with opponents from the lower class. In the last games, they conceded goals from such teams as Newcastle, Watford (twice), Aston Villa, West Ham, etc. The defense of Everton cannot boast of reliability, and the Glaziers will probably manage to score at least once.
Prediction for the match: Crystal Palace to score over 0.5 goals
