📊 Form Guide

Everton

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Everton, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-3 Premier League triumph against Fulham.

In that game, Everton managed 36% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Everton, the goalscorers were Vitaliy Mykolenko (45'), Michael Keane (70') and Beto (74'). On the other side, Fulham got 18 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Raúl Jiménez (17') scored for Fulham.

It’s been seldom in recent times that Everton haven’t conceded. The facts show that Everton have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 7 goals in the process.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Everton:

• have left without a victory over Southampton in their last 2 league games.
• are without a win at home for the past 6 matches in the league. Fans are getting restless.

Southampton

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Last time out, Southampton drew 0-0 in the Premier League match with Manchester City.

In that match, Southampton managed 28% possession and 2 shots at goal with 0 on target. For their opponents, Manchester City got 26 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

Looking at their form, and Southampton have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 11 goals overall. At the back, Southampton seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. That kind of trend might not be carried forward into this game, of course.

Heading into this fixture, Southampton are without an away win for the past 5 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head clashes going back to 14/08/2021 shows that Everton have won 2 of these & Southampton 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

An aggregate of 15 goals were scored between them in this period, with 7 for The Toffees and 8 created by The Saints. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.

The last league match between these clubs was Premier League match day 10 on 02/11/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Southampton 1-0 Everton.

In that game, Southampton had 65% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Adam Armstrong (85').

For their opponents, Everton had 16 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

The match was refereed by Andrew Madley.

🗞️ Team News: Everton

Jesper Lindstrøm (Groin surgery), James Tarkowski (Hamstring injury) and Orel Mangala (Knee injury) won’t be playing for Everton gaffer David Moyes.

In all likelihood, The Toffees will possibly line up in a 4-2-3-1 system this time with Jordan Pickford, Seamus Coleman, Jake O'Brien, Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Idrissa Gana Gueye, James Garner, Dwight McNeil, Carlos Alcaraz, Iliman Ndiaye and Beto.

ℹ️ Team News: Southampton

Thanks to a largely full-strength group, there’s just a single fitness worry for the Southampton manager Simon Rusk to contend with. Gavin Bazunu (Meniscus injury) won’t be playing here.

We believe The Saints could decide to utilise a 3-4-2-1 system, starting the game with Aaron Ramsdale, T. Harwood-Bellis, Nathan Wood, Jack Stephens, James Bree, Joe Aribo, Flynn Downes, Welington, Tyler Dibling, Mateus Fernandes and Kamaldeen Sulemana.

⚡ Prediction

In this match, Everton will more than likely score a couple of goals when they come up against Southampton, who may well find it hard to break down their defence.

Accordingly, we see a controlled 2-0 margin for Everton at full-time.

Victor Martins, 10:16 18/05/2025