Everton 2–0 Crystal Palace
- Dewsbury-Hall 42'
- Barry 53'
22 August 2026
The match in data
Everton beat Crystal Palace 2–0 on 22 August 2026, on matchday 1 of the 2026-27 Premier League.
Player of the match: Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace), rated 62, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 10 final-third passes. Kamada produced 1.6 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 1.0 times the cost.
For Everton, the highest-rated player was Jarrad Branthwaite, with 76.
Daichi Kamada
Crystal Palace · 90'
Produced 1.60× and cost 0.98× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 10 final-third passes 1.8×
- 72 passes 1.6×
- 2 balls lost 2.0×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrad Branthwaite | Defender | 90 | 76 |
| Thierno Barry | Forward | 79 | 61 |
| James Tarkowski | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Iliman Ndiaye | Forward | 90 | 55 |
| Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Merlin Röhl | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Harrison Armstrong | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Tyrique George | Midfielder | 84 | 48 |
| Hayden Hackney | Midfielder | 79 | 44 |
| Vitaliy Mykolenko | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Jordan Pickford | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Beto | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| James Garner | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Brennan Johnson | Forward | 6 | no rating |
| Carlos Alcaraz | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anan Khalaili | Forward | 35 | 78 |
| Daichi Kamada ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Chadi Riad | Defender | 72 | 56 |
| Eddie Nketiah | Forward | 55 | 54 |
| Jørgen Strand Larsen | Forward | 27 | 53 |
| Adam Wharton | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Chris Richards | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Tyrick Mitchell | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Jean-Philippe Mateta | Forward | 63 | 45 |
| Evann Guessand | Forward | 27 | 45 |
| Jaydee Canvot | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Dwight McNeil | Forward | 63 | 40 |
| Daniel Muñoz | Defender | 55 | 38 |
| Yéremy Pino | Forward | 35 | 32 |
| Dean Henderson | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Takehiro Tomiyasu | Defender | 18 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.