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Cross from Ledley falls to Puncheon in the box but he just dallies too long and Everton defenders get back to scramble it away.

As it stands, Everton would stretch their lead over Palace to three points but remain four behind Newcastle.

GOOD SAVE! It's a good strike from Puncheon and Joel had to get down low to his left to palm it away for a corner.

Bit of a lull in proceedings at the moment. After that blistering start, defences now certainly on top.

SHOTS: Palace 6-3 Everton

Lukaku celebrates his goal.

More good defending, this time from Baines and Jagielka to deny Puncheon an effort on target.

Mutch tries to get something going but unable to escape Gareth Barry, who puts in a good tackle. Everton break and Naismith shoots over the bar.

POSSESSION: Palace 49%-51% Everton

There was a delay of five minutes, so there will be plenty of stoppage time at the end of the half.

Play continues. A bit of a blow for Palace, that. Chamakh had started the game extremely brightly. Will be interesting to see how Mutch fares in the same role. He’s more of a ball player.

Crystal Palace sub: Mutch on for Chamakh.

Coleman is fine. It was the back of his head that connected with Chamakh’s nose. He’s still receiving attention and won’t continue.

A lot of blood pouring from Chamakh’s nose. Looks a bad one. Mutch ready to come on.

Nasty clash of heads between Chamakh and Coleman. Very unpleasant and Chamakh is still down…

SHOTS: Palace 6-2 Everton

Baines takes the free kick but it’s comfortably over the bar. Disappointing.

Lovely feet from Puncheon but an equally good tackle from Baines before he is able to pull the trigger. Foul by Chamakh on Besic and this is a chance for Everton.

STAT: Romelu Lukaku has scored inside the opening two minutes of a PL match for the second time this season (1min 54 secs today) – he also netted after 1 mins 40 seconds in the 2-0 win at West Brom on Sept 13.

Everton have lost the last two PL away matches where they have scored the opening goal (3-2 at Newcastle on Dec 28 and 2-1 at Tottenham on Nov 30).