Everton vs Southampton – Everton will be hoping for a better outcome here after losing to Manchester United 3-1 in the FA Cup last time around.
Everton had 42% of the possession in that game and 1 of their 8 shot attempts were successful. Conor Coady was the lone scorer for Everton (Own goal at 14 and 52 seconds). Three of Manchester United’s 17 goal efforts at the other end were successful. Marcus Rashford (97′) and Antony (4′) both scored goals for Manchester United.
Everton has recently struggled to stop their opponents from scoring goals, but they have also found methods to score goals themselves.
Everton has lost 6 of its last 6 games while also managing to score in 5 of those contests, according to an analysis of those games. Everton have lost their last three league games at home coming into this fixture.
Southampton will enter the game having defeated Manchester City by a score of 2-0 in the EFL Cup. Southampton had 28% of the ball during that game and made 12 attempts on goal, two of which were successful.
The goals were scored by Moussa Djenepo (28′) and Sékou Mara (23′) for Southampton. Manchester City, their adversaries, had 7 shots on goal with 0 of them being on goal.
The numbers don’t lie, and Southampton has allowed goals in 5 of their last 6 games while having 8 goals scored against them. Southampton needs to work on certain defensive flaws. Leaving that aside, we now have to wait to see if this pattern will continue in the next game.
Everton vs Southampton – Betting Analysis
In the last 17 league games, Southampton hasn’t defeated Everton when they’ve played them away from home. awful and have lost their last three league games on the road.
Looking at their previous head-to-head matches dating back to 09/07/2020, we can see that Everton has won 3 of them and Southampton has won 2, with 1 of those matches ending in a draw.
In those games, the two clubs combined for 14 goals, with 7 of the goals going to The Toffees and 7 to The Saints. That equals 2.33 goals per game on average.
The previous league encounter between these teams occurred on Premier League Match Day 9 on October 1, 2022, with the final score being Southampton 1-2 Everton.
Southampton had 21 attempts at goal that day, six of which were successful, and 54% of the possession. Joe Aribo (49′) was the lone member of their team to get a goal. Five of Everton’s 12 shots on goal were on target. Dwight McNeil (54′) and Conor Coady (52) both scored.
Southampton will need to exert a lot of pressure to get past this Everton squad, who we predict will score at least once to take the lead.
What are the top odds for the game?
Turning to the betting odds in the 90 min. result market, backing Everton is available for 2.24, backing a draw is 3.4 and selecting a victory for Southampton can get you 3.3. These are the most competitive prices being offered at the current time.
Everton vs Southampton – Head-to-Head
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