EPL Table: 2018 Premier League Standings After Sunday's Week 9 Matches
Everton beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at Goodison Park on Sunday, with substitutes Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Cenk Tosun scoring late to secure all three points.
Palace captain Luka Milivojevic saw goalkeeper Jordan Pickford save a penalty before Calvert-Lewin broke the deadlock in the 87th minute, and Tosun doubled the hosts' advantage two minutes later.
The result means Everton move into eighth place in the Premier League table. Crystal Palace are 15th but just two points off the relegation zone.
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Premier League Standings (Matches Played, Goal Difference and Points)
1. Manchester City: 9, 23, 23
2. Liverpool: 9, 13, 23
3. Chelsea: 9, 13, 21
4. Tottenham Hotspur: 9, 9, 21
5. Arsenal: 8, 9, 18
6. Bournemouth: 9, 4, 17
7. Watford: 9, 1, 16
8. Everton: 9, 3, 15
9. Wolverhampton Wanderers: 9, 1, 15
10. Manchester United: 9, -1, 14
11. Leicester City: 8, 2, 12
12. Brighton & Hove Albion: 9, -3, 11
13. Burnley: 9, -7, 8
14. West Ham United: 9, -6, 7
15. Crystal Palace: 9, -6, 7
16. Southampton: 9, -8, 6
17. Cardiff City: 9, -11, 5
18. Fulham: 9, -14, 5
19. Huddersfield Town: 9, -14, 3
20. Newcastle United: 9, -8, 2
Sunday Recap
The headline team news came from Everton, who handed a debut to Andre Gomes. The Barcelona loanee has been sidelined with injury since his summer move but was fit enough to make his first start.
The first half was a tame affair with little in the way of exciting football. Gylfi Sigurdsson tested Wayne Hennessey with a shot, but the Crystal Palace goalkeeper parried clear at his near post.
The visitors then managed to create a couple of good chances. Milivojevic's free-kick was pushed clear by a diving Pickford. From the resulting corner, Cheikhou Kouyate was denied the opener when his header hit the underside of the crossbar.
Everton increased their efforts after the break and pinned Palace back, but they were caught out on the hour mark when Wilfried Zaha tangled with Seamus Coleman in the box and won a penalty.
Milivojevic opted to take the kick and hit his shot low and hard down the middle, but he was denied by a diving Pickford, who cleared with his trailing leg.
Squawka Football noted Pickford's penalty record:
The action then switched down the other end, where Hennessey denied Theo Walcott after Sigurdsson sent the Englishman through on goal.
Manager Marco Silva opted to change his side in the second half. Tosun replaced Bernard before Calvert-Lewin and Ademola Lookman also arrived.
The substitutions were to prove crucial, as Lookman crossed for Calvert-Lewin to finally break Palace's resistance with just minutes of normal time remaining.
A second arrived shortly afterward when Everton caught the visitors on the break. A long clearance from Pickford found Tosun, who raced toward goal and beat Hennessey with a fine finish through the goalkeeper's legs.
Everton have now won three Premier League games in a row for the first time since January 2017 and are on the up.
Palace will rue Milivojevic's missed penalty and now face a tough run with fixtures against Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester United up next in the Premier League.
