The newly-promoted side are in a slightly better position than their opponents, as Everton have no wins in their opening six matches, with five of those defeats. And Palace have got off to the best possible start as New Zealand international Indiah-Paige Riley put them ahead after just 30 seconds.

It is very rare in football that a team takes almost seven full matches to score a first league goal of the season courtesy of one of their own players. Everton did exactly that against Crystal Palace at Gander Green Lane when Honoka Hayashi headed in ...