Match talking points will appear here before kick-off.

• 1
  Everton finished 13th last season — their first campaign at the new Hill Dickinson Stadium down at Bramley-Moore Dock, a 52,000-seater that dwarfs old Goodison Park. The football's been steadier than spectacular so far. But the stadium itself, not the table position, is what most fans want to talk about right now.
• 2
  New signing Ainsley Maitland-Niles marked his Everton debut with an outrageous stoppage-time equaliser to deny Manchester United victory. It turned what looked like a damp home defeat into a 2-2 draw that Everton fans will be replaying for weeks. Not a bad way to introduce yourself to a new set of supporters.
• 3
  The club has been quietly tweaking the match-day experience too, including cheaper pints for the first 45 minutes at some of this season's opening home games. It's a small thing, but it shows how seriously Everton are taking feedback after their first year in the new ground.
• 4
  Everton have spent three straight seasons finishing in the bottom half of the table, so a settled mid-table campaign in a spectacular new home now counts as genuine progress. It's not the kind of consistency the club had in mind a decade ago, but it beats what came before it.
• 5
  Bring up the stadium with an Everton fan and you'll get pure pride. Bring up the last relegation battle they were dragged into and you'll get a noticeably more haunted look. Stick to the former.

• 1
  Crystal Palace said goodbye to Oliver Glasner this summer, the manager who delivered the best run in the club's history — an FA Cup win, then a Conference League title in his very last game in charge. An almost impossible act to follow.
• 2
  In stepped Pierre Sage from French side Lens, who'd just been named Ligue 1's Manager of the Season. It's been a bumpy start, though — Palace lost his first two games in charge, at Everton and at home to Manchester City.
• 3
  The bigger worry is defensive: Palace have now conceded two or more goals in nine straight league games, an unwanted club record. Bring that up carefully — Palace fans know it already, and they're hoping it's a blip rather than a trend.
• 4
  There are signs of it settling down — a first clean sheet of the season came against Middlesbrough, and Palace went into their next game against Ipswich chasing back-to-back league wins for the first time since December. Small steps, but steps.
• 5
  Palace also sold centre-back Maxence Lacroix to Chelsea for around £52m and used some of that money to bring in Wolves striker Jørgen Strand Larsen. A reminder that Palace's transfer business has got a lot more serious since those two trophies.