Everton boss Sean Dyche is convinced they can win tonight against Crystal Palace.

Writing in his match programme notes, Dyche began by recalling defeat to Manchester City last week.

He said: "Once again, a key decision with the award of a corner that led to the first goal, as well as a number of soft ones, went against us but I don't want to keep harping on about it. Being on the wrong end of calls is never going to be a focus in our group and we will not make excuses.

"Instead, all of our focus, all of our energy has to be on ourselves and keeping the belief in what we are building here. That was always the message but it has been refocused since the Premier League commission's decision to deduct us 10 points earlier in the season, a sanction we have appealed. Regardless of the outcome of that, we must remain steadfast in our self-belief. The performance levels have been good so far but there are improvements to be made and they are achieved through hard work.

"The nine-day gap between our last game and this evening has given us more time to work with some of the players we lost to injury over a particularly busy period in December. Seamus Coleman and Ashley Young are working their way back to full fitness having missed chunks of action, while Amadou Onana returned and made a strong impact off the bench against Manchester City and Abdoulaye Doucoure has resumed training with us following a hamstring problem.

"Tonight we welcome the players, staff and everyone connected to Crystal Palace.

"We must take confidence from the two wins we've recorded over Palace so far this season, while also being fully aware each game is a completely different matter that throws up different challenges. We know they head to Goodison looking to build momentum after a challenging period and we must be ready to match – and better – the intensity they will no doubt bring."