{"id":651942,"date":"2025-02-15T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=651942"},"modified":"2025-02-14T10:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:33:14","slug":"everton-predicted-lineup-palace-feb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/02\/15\/everton-predicted-lineup-palace-feb\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton Predicted Lineup Vs Crystal Palace in Premier League Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everton travel south to face Crystal Palace on Saturday, February 15. Both teams have dramatically improved their form in the new year and sit comfortably outside the relegation zone. Last Word on Football brings you our Everton predicted lineup.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everton Lineup To Face Palace In Premier League Clash<\/h2>\n

How Everton Have Lined Up<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Toffees starting lineup has remained unchanged in their last two league matches. Guinea-Bissau striker Beto has led the line since Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s hamstring injury. Iliman Ndiaye and Jesper Lindstrom have played out wide, with the latter playing closer to a wingback than a true winger.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> How Beto Could Turn Around The Faltering Everton Attack<\/a><\/p>\n

Abdoulaye Doucoure has played a more advanced role in a midfield three. He is supported by a double pivot of James Garner and Idrissa Gueye. <\/span><\/p>\n

Vitaliy Mykolenko is the first choice left back, with makeshift Jake O\u2019Brien being played in a hybrid centre-right back role. Centre-back duo James Tarkowski and Jarrad Branthwaite have helped keeper Jordan Pickford earn eight league clean sheets.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everton\u2019s Recent Form and Tactics<\/span><\/h3>\n

Undefeated in their last four matches, the Toffees currently sit 10 points above the relegation zone. Tarkowski\u2019s last-minute equaliser in the Merseyside derby helped continue their streak.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> How Everton\u2019s Defence Has Improved From Early Season Slump<\/a><\/p>\n

The 4-2-3-1 formation that manager David Moyes has used turns into a 5-2-3 in defence. This change allows for quicker and more direct counterattacks through two players occupying the inside forward positions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Balls in behind the opposition defence have been a new focus, playing into the strengths of Beto. The absence of Ndiaye and Doucoure will change how they attack. The former is their main outlet on the counter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everton Injuries To Consider <\/span><\/h3>\n

The club has confirmed<\/a> that Ndiaye suffered a knee injury in the Merseyside derby. Doucoure\u2019s involvement in the scuffle post-match with see him sidelined against the Eagles. DCL and Youssef Chermiti are both out with no timeline of return given by the club.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everton\u2019s Predicted Lineup<\/span><\/h3>\n

GK: Jordan Pickford<\/span><\/p>\n

RB: Jake O\u2019Brien<\/span><\/p>\n

CB: Jarrad Branthwaite<\/span><\/p>\n

CB: James Tarkowski<\/span><\/p>\n

LB: Vitaliy Mykolenko <\/span><\/p>\n

CM: James Garner<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: Idrissa Gueye<\/span><\/p>\n

CAM: Carlos Alcaraz<\/span><\/p>\n

LM: Jack Harrison<\/span><\/p>\n

RM: Jesper Lindstrom<\/span><\/p>\n

ST: Beto<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everton travel south to face Crystal Palace on Saturday, February 15. Both teams have dramatically improved their form in the new year and sit comfortably outside the relegation zone. Last Word on Football brings you our Everton predicted lineup. Everton Lineup To Face Palace In Premier League Clash How Everton Have Lined Up The Toffees […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5033,"featured_media":648728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[31726],"class_list":["post-651942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-everton","tag-everton-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651942"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651964,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651942\/revisions\/651964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}