Crystal Palace visited Everton in one of the 15:00 fixtures on the opening Saturday of the 2026–27 Premier League season.
The match was scheduled for Saturday 22 August 2026, with Everton listed as the home team and Crystal Palace as the visitors. It was one of three matches beginning at 15:00 BST that afternoon.
The other two matches in that time slot were Nottingham Forest versus Leeds United and Ipswich Town versus Sunderland. Those fixtures can cause confusion because each involved a club associated with a different storyline: Leeds were newly promoted, while Ipswich were returning to the top flight and Sunderland were their opponents.
The opening-weekend schedule was spread across four days. Arsenal versus Coventry City began the round on Friday, Brentford versus Tottenham followed on Saturday evening, three matches were played on Sunday, and Fulham versus Chelsea completed the round on Monday. Everton defeated Crystal Palace 2–0.