Everton's Dewsbury-Hall out for Palace game after fifth yellow

Everton will be without midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall for Sunday’s Premier League meeting with Crystal Palace after the 27-year-old received his fifth booking of the season in Monday night’s 1-1 draw with West Ham at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. The suspension, triggered by accumulation of yellow cards, sidelines a player who has started every minute of Everton’s campaign to date and played the full match against the Hammers.

Dewsbury-Hall was cautioned for a challenge on Kyle Walker-Peters late in the game after Michael Keane's first-half header had given Everton the lead. The booking drew immediate protest from the player, who posted on X, "Forgive me if I’m wrong, and I might be, but some of these decisions are so hard to take. Mindboggling." Manager David Moyes also criticised the decision, saying, "I thought the booking for Dewsbury-Hall was a really shabby decision. It’s a really poor decision, it’s not a free-kick, never mind anything else. I can’t believe he’s got a yellow card for it."

The suspension forces Moyes to reshuffle his attacking midfield options for a game against an in-form Palace side. Dewsbury-Hall has been a central creative figure for Everton since...