Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson hopes for a landmark victory against an Everton team who finished five points and four places above the Eagles last season.
Team news
James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho and Jeffrey Schlupp are sidelined for Palace.
But Cheikhou Kouyate, Wilfried Zaha and Jordan Ayew, who all featured at the Africa Cup of Nations, are available .
Everton will be without new signing Fabian Delph, while Leighton Baines is a doubt after only returning to training this week following injury.
Did you know?
Everton are unbeaten in their last nine Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace, winning four of the matches and drawing five.
Five of Everton’s last six Premier League openers have finished level (W1), with four of those being 2-2 draws. The Toffees have drawn their opening match 11 times, more often than any other side in the competition.
Roy Hodgson has won 25 of his 72 Premier League matches as Palace manager. One more victory will take him ahead of Alan Pardew for the most wins at the club in the competition.
Gylfi Sigurdsson has been directly involved in seven Premier League goals against Palace, with three strikes and four assists. Only against Manchester United has he had a hand in more, with nine.
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Assistants: Marc Perry, Eddie Smart
Fourth official: Craig Hicks
VAR: John Brooks
Assistant VAR: Adam Nunn
