Everton ought to relish the prospect to stay on cloud 9 after their last-gasp Merseyside derby equaliser, says David Moyes.
James Tarkowski lashed in a thunderous volley deep into second-half stoppage time to rescue a 2-2 draw in opposition to rivals Liverpool on Wednesday.
That draw noticed Everton lengthen their unbeaten run within the Premier League to 4 matches, and they’re now 10 factors away from the relegation zone.
Nonetheless, a severe damage for high scorer Iliman Ndiaye has added to Moyes’ choice issues forward of Saturday’s journey to Crystal Palace, for which Abdoulaye Doucoure can even be absent after he was despatched off following full-time within the Merseyside derby.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Orel Mangala, Youssef Chermiti, Armando Broja and Dwight McNeil are additionally all out injured, whereas there are doubts over Nathan Patterson’s health.
However Moyes insisted this isn’t a time for Everton to be downcast, as he seems to be to alter the tide after a turbulent few years for the Toffees.
“Over current years, all people has introduced Everton again all the way down to Earth,” he mentioned.
“Why don’t we attempt to maintain Everton excessive for some time? Isn’t it good that every thing’s constructive for a change?
“I’ve to verify we’re prepared. We’re not that good that every thing’s going to be rosy however I’ll attempt to maintain upbeat as a lot as I can and see if we are able to change the entire feeling round Everton as a lot as we are able to.
“We’ve acquired new house owners, we need to attempt to see if we are able to construct the membership up once more.”
David Moyes confirms Iliman Ndiaye suffered a medial ligament damage within the Merseyside derby and there’s no affirmation but on a timescale for a possible return. pic.twitter.com/8JEM0O6Ylr
— Everton (@Everton) February 14, 2025
Palace boss Oliver Glasner, in the meantime, expects Eberechi Eze, Ismaila Sarr and Eddie Nketiah to be match to characteristic at Selhurst Park after they missed Monday’s FA Cup win over Doncaster Rovers.
“I anticipate all three to be again and accessible for the Everton sport. It provides us extra choices – we want this,” he mentioned.
“We travelled to Doncaster with 16 outfield gamers. We’ll want all people [if we are] to achieve success till the top of the season.”
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Crystal Palace – Jean-Philippe Mateta
Mateta (34 targets) wants another objective to maneuver stage with Christian Benteke (35) as Palace’s second-top Premier League scorer (Wilfried Zaha high with 68).
The Frenchman has scored six targets in 5 Premier League video games in 2025, greater than he managed in his first 19 appearances within the competitors in 2024-25 earlier than the flip of the 12 months (4).
Everton – Beto
Beto has scored three targets in his final two Premier League appearances, having stuffed in up entrance following Calvert-Lewin’s damage.
He opened the scoring in opposition to Liverpool with a neat end, and Moyes shall be searching for one other large efficiency from his centre-forward on Saturday.
MATCH PREDICTION: CRYSTAL PALACE WIN
Moyes has misplaced all three of his managerial conferences with Glasner, twice in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt within the 2021-22 Europa League and as soon as in opposition to Palace in final season’s Premier League.
Solely three managers have received every of their first 4 video games in opposition to Moyes within the Scot’s managerial profession: Claudio Ranieri (first six), Alex Ferguson (4), and Manuel Pellegrini (4).
After solely profitable three of their first 18 Premier League video games of the season (D8 L7), Palace have since received 4 of their final six within the competitors (D1 L1). The Eagles have additionally stored three clear sheets of their final 4 league video games, as many as their earlier 15 beforehand.
Nonetheless, solely Ipswich City and Southampton (each one) have received fewer Premier League house video games this season than Palace (two).
After their 1-0 win at Brighton final month, Everton wish to decide up back-to-back away wins within the Premier League for the primary time since a run of 4 from October to December 2023 – the second win in that spell was a 3-2 triumph at Palace.
However Everton, who received the reverse fixture 2-1 earlier this season, are winless of their final seven league video games away at London golf equipment (D3 L4), scoring simply two targets on this run.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Crystal Palace – 50.4%
Everton – 23.2%
Draw – 26.4%
