Everton vs Crystal Palace LIVE commentary: Eagles without Hodgson for crunch six-point relegation clash – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Premier League strugglers Everton and Crystal Palace will meet in a crunch relegation six-point showdown tonight, live on talkSPORT.

The Toffees are languishing in the bottom three, but are only five points and two places below the Eagles in sixteenth.

Sean Dyche's side know they would be safe without their ten-point deduction, but are still waiting on their first league victory of 2024.

Everton haven't secured a Premier League win since mid-December but can leapfrog Luton Town to move within two points of Palace.

The visitors, meanwhile, are enduring their own turbulent season after suffering heavy back-to-back defeats to Brighton and Chelsea.

Palace have also already lost at Goodison Park this season, falling to a 1-0 defeat there last month in an FA Cup third round replay.

Palace will once again be without manager Roy Hodgson as he continues to recover from illness.

Palace are yet to issue an update on the 76-year-old's health since confirming he was 'stable and undergoing tests' in hospital after falling ill at the club's training ground.

It remains unclear who will take the reins tonight, though the likeliest candidates are Hodgson's right-hand man Ray Lewington and assistant manager Paddy McCarthy.

The pair took charge for Palace's 3-1 away defeat to Aston Villa in September when a previous illness landed Hodgson in hospital.

Dyche has not been discouraged by Everton's run of seven games without a win, saying:  «Some of the performances have been very good, with clean sheets and points in there against tough sides.

»There are lots of positive signs — we just need to score more goals and I think we all know that."

On the well-being of counterpart Hodgson, Dyche added: «Bigger than the game is his health and we hope he comes