When Eagles Dare charts Crystal Palace F.C.’s remarkable resurgence from financial ruin and administration in 2010, to playing in the 2013 Championship Play-Offs for promotion to the Premier League.

When Eagles Dare

## Another World Cup winner ##
> Conor Gallagher joined Palace on loan in summer 2021, and scooped the fans' Man of the Match on his competitive debut. Some start.

Gallagher joined Palace on loan from Chelsea after a first full season of Premier League football at West Bromwich Albion, where he scored twice and assisted twice in 32 appearances.

After progressing through the youth system at Chelsea and featuring in the matchday squad as they won the 2019 Europa League final, the midfielder made a successful loan move to Charlton Athletic in 2019/20, where three goals in his first six appearances saw him crowned the Football League’s Young Player of the Month for August.

Moving to Swansea City for the second half of the 19/20 season, Gallagher was part of the Swans side to secure a play-off spot alongside now-Palace teammate Marc Guéhi, contributing seven assists in just 19 Championship games.

An England Under-21 international, he also won the Under-17s World Cup with England in 2017 and has represented the Young Lions at all levels from Under-17 to Under-21 – playing 32 international youth games so far.

Gallagher became Palace’s fifth signing under Patrick Vieira, after Joachim Andersen joined Guéhi, Michael Olise and Remi Matthews in south London.

He earned his competitive debut in a Palace shirt when taking on Brentford at Selhurst Park in August 2021, and received the club's Man of the Match vote for his performance.

Gallagher's domestic success for Palace earned him his first senior England call-up in November 2021, with Gareth Southgate naming the midfielder in his group which travelled to San Marino for a World Cup qualifier.

Recognition continued to follow when Palace fans voted Gallagher as their 2021/22 Player of the Season.

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## Past meetings

Coming into their first encounter this season, much was made of Palace’s record against the Toffees – but things have changed.

After failing to win in their previous 13 meetings against Everton, the Eagles are looking for a hat-trick of victories this season after two successes in south London.

After a fiery 3-1 win in December – Conor Gallagher’s sensational strike was later nominated for the club’s Goal of the Season award – Palace beat Everton again in March, a comfortable 4-0 FA Cup victory that booked a place in the semi-finals at Wembley.

## Preview

After coming from behind to secure a well-deserved draw at Villa Park on Sunday, Palace are still within touching distance of several Premier League records. Their highest points tally, best goal difference and most goals scored can all be beaten – a sign of the progress the squad has made under Patrick Vieira this season.

The manager was pleased with the performance against Aston Villa, despite being unable to claim all three points.

“I’m really happy with the performance,” he said in his post-match press conference. “From the first minute we played well and we managed to control the game. We showed quality and we showed character to get back into the game and managed to take a point.”

“We tried our best, but when we get to the last third we don’t always make the right decisions. Of course we need to keep working and improving, but this is one of the areas that next year will have to be better.”

Vieira will hope that more of a killer instinct is on show at Goodison Park, as he looks for a third straight success against Everton. Palace can make it five games unbeaten with a positive result, and could move as high as ninth with a win – they sit just three points behind Leicester with a superior goal difference.

The hosts are in need of points as they continue their battle to avoid relegation. Frank Lampard has overseen some hugely impressive performances since arriving at the club, including victories over Manchester United, Chelsea and Leicester City, but with two games remaining the Toffees are just two points above the drop.

A defeat to Brentford last time out – where Everton led twice but were reduced to nine men before full-time – makes their situation even more pressing.

Everton were last relegated in 1951, and face a tricky visit to the Emirates to take on Champions League hopefuls Arsenal on the final day of the season, so will be determined to boost their chances of survival against the Eagles.

Their last home game this season, the atmosphere at Goodison will be something to savour as Palace aim to notch another memorable victory on the road.

## Tactical overview

Vieira adjusted his system against Aston Villa, moving Cheikhou Kouyaté into defence as part of a 3-5-2 formation reminiscent of the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea.

“We tried to change to avoid the middle \[of the\] pitch where they are very strong,” captain Luka Milivojević explained after the game. “We tried to attack them through the wide areas.”

With his squad seemingly fluent in both a 3-5-2 and the more frequent 4-3-3, Vieira has plenty of options at his disposal against Everton. Michael Olise will not play again this season, but Jeffrey Schlupp, Odsonne Edouard and Christian Benteke could be part of the side after making an impact as substitutes at Villa Park.

Everton will be without Jarrad Branthwaite and Solomon Rondon at Goodison after both were shown straight red cards last time out. Jonjo Kenny may replace Branthwaite in defence, with Seamus Coleman and Vitaliy Mykolenko offering attacking support from the wide areas.

Up-front Richarlison and Dominic Calvert-Lewin are the major threats, with Anthony Gordon the Toffees' breakout star this season.

## Match details

- Thursday, 19th May

- 19:45 BST

- Goodison Park

- Live audio commentary on Palace TV+

## How to follow

### On Palace TV+

Live audio commentary Everton v Palace will be available on Palace TV+, a subscription service that gives subscribers live access to selected Academy match broadcasts, live audio commentary of all league and cup first-team games, and much more.

[Find out more by clicking here](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/information/whats-on-palace-tv-next-and-how-do-i-watch/2021-08-23/).

### Social media

You can [check out our Instagram story](https://www.instagram.com/cpfc/?hl=en) for all of the pre-match build-up and [our official Twitter page](https://twitter.com/CPFC) is bringing you up-to-the-minute match updates, eye-catching photos and more.

Our club website, cpfc.co.uk, is the place to go for team news on the dot, an instant report and all the post-match votes.

### The official app

The official Palace app’s match centre is the place to be for everything you need during the Everton clash. With live stats and alerts, a running match commentary feed and lineups the moment they’re released as well as an instant match report and post-match reaction from Palace TV+, there’s no need to leave the app to follow the Eagles’ efforts.

[Download our app for free here](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/news/palace-app-upgraded-download-and-use-now/2021-07-09/)!

Crystal Palace can make it three victories out of three against Everton this season as they travel to Goodison Park on Thursday, 19th May (19:45 BST).

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With hundreds of fans in attendance, the first-team squad gave the Selhurst faithful a glimpse of their preparations for a Premier League clash, with Vieira and his staff keen to reward fans for their loyalty in SE25 this season.

Wilfried Zaha and co. trained in the south London sunshine, before stopping to sign autographs and pose for photos with the supporters.

Go behind the scenes from training and check out the best images from the open session in the gallery!

Patrick Vieira and his squad took to the pitch at Selhurst Park to train in front of fans before their trip to Aston Villa at the weekend – see the best shots of the session in the gallery below!

Behind the scenes as Palace train in front of fans at Selhurst

“We tried our best, but when we get to the last third we don’t always make the right decisions,” Vieira said in his post-match press conference. “Of course we need to keep working and improving, but this is one of the areas that next year will have to be better.

“There was space for us today with the way we played and the chances we created we should score more than one goal.”

Despite the draw, Vieira was pleased with his side’s overall display and singled out captain Luka Millivojevic – making his first start since February – in particular.

“I’m really happy with the performance,” he said. “From the first minute we played well and we managed to control the game. We showed quality and we showed character to get back into the game and managed to take a point.

“I was really pleased because it wasn’t easy to concede that goal. We didn’t deserve to concede that goal. We showed quality and character to fight and find the strength to get back into the game and score that goal.

“I was really pleased with the game that \[Luka\] had. For someone who did not play a lot in the last couple of months, he showed experience, he showed quality and his decision making was really good.

“He managed the tempo of the game so I was really pleased with his performance.”

Patrick Vieira says improving Palace’s decision making in the final third will be crucial to their prospects next season, despite a performance that pleased him at Villa Park.

Vieira pleased with performance but says improvement needed

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