Open game expected at Goodison Park: Everton vs Wolverhampton Wanderers preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Goodison Park (40569 seats)

A demanding season for Everton so far, and the same description fits Wolverhampton Wanderers. These weathered teams would trade their mothers for some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League

This promises to be an engaging match with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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Everton form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Everton have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. When Everton hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like West Ham United, Southampton, Leeds United, Everton, AFC Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

McNeil was the last player to score a league goal for Everton and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Everton haven't scored in 276 minutes.

Everton's previous fixture was a Sydney Super Cup game also played at home, ending 5-1 vs Western Sydney Wanderers. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.

A 0-0 result against Celtic before that one, played at their own home stadium in the Sydney Super Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Everton have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 3.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 10 most recent league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Everton here at Goodison Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). Everton have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Everton has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats

There's been little loot from Wolverhampton Wanderers's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 7 away games in the Premier League. Wolverhampton Wanderers only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.

The regulars enjoyed Wolverhampton Wanderers's previous match versus Gillingham, a Carabao Cup win (2-0) played at home. Midfield player Neves was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.71/10. Neves hit the woodwork once and had 98 successful passes (of 105 total).

A loss against Arsenal was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Wolverhampton Wanderers in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Wolves, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Wolverhampton Wanderers are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 7 away games. Wolverhampton Wanderers struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Everton four wins, two draws and Wolverhampton Wanderers four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wolverhampton WanderersR. Da Silva Neves
R. Da Silva Neves
4 goals
EvertonA. Gordon
A. Gordon
3 goals
EvertonD. McNeil
D. McNeil
2 goals

Everton missing players

Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players

Everton Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 2
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
7 3 0 Lost L 2 5 9
11 6 2 Scored S 1 3 8
17 6 1 Conceded C 4 11 24
87% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 87%
67% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 67%
33% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 13%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
40% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 33%
27% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 27%
47% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 57% 53%
 
4.7 5.4 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 4.9
7.5 7.4 8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4 5.1
2.2 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.6 11.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 16 14.4 12.3
3.5 4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.7 3.3
21% 21% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 12% 16%
 
16.3 15.1 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.9 13.1
5.3 5.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4 4.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 14 12 1 1 33 11 6 6 0 0 19 7 8 6 1 1 14 4 22 37
2 Manchester City 14 10 2 2 40 14 8 7 0 1 30 9 6 3 2 1 10 5 26 32
3 Newcastle United 15 8 6 1 29 11 8 5 3 0 17 5 7 3 3 1 12 6 18 30
4 Tottenham Hotspur 15 9 2 4 31 21 8 6 0 2 21 11 7 3 2 2 10 10 10 29
5 Manchester United 14 8 2 4 20 20 6 4 1 1 9 4 8 4 1 3 11 16 0 26
6 Liverpool 14 6 4 4 28 17 8 5 2 1 21 8 6 1 2 3 7 9 11 22
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 14 6 3 5 23 19 7 3 2 2 11 6 7 3 1 3 12 13 4 21
8 Chelsea 14 6 3 5 17 17 6 3 2 1 10 6 8 3 1 4 7 11 0 21
9 Fulham 15 5 4 6 24 26 8 3 3 2 14 13 7 2 1 4 10 13 -2 19
10 Brentford 15 4 7 4 23 25 7 3 3 1 13 7 8 1 4 3 10 18 -2 19
11 Crystal Palace 14 5 4 5 15 18 7 4 1 2 10 8 7 1 3 3 5 10 -3 19
12 Aston Villa 15 5 3 7 16 22 7 4 1 2 11 6 8 1 2 5 5 16 -6 18
13 Leicester City 15 5 2 8 25 25 7 2 2 3 9 6 8 3 0 5 16 19 0 17
14 AFC Bournemouth 15 4 4 7 18 32 8 3 2 3 9 8 7 1 2 4 9 24 -14 16
15 Leeds United 14 4 3 7 22 26 7 3 2 2 12 9 7 1 1 5 10 17 -4 15
16 West Ham United 15 4 2 9 12 17 8 3 1 4 9 10 7 1 1 5 3 7 -5 14
17 Everton 15 3 5 7 11 17 7 2 2 3 6 6 8 1 3 4 5 11 -6 14
18 Nottingham Forest 15 3 4 8 11 30 8 3 2 3 10 11 7 0 2 5 1 19 -19 13
19 Southampton 15 3 3 9 13 27 7 1 3 3 8 12 8 2 0 6 5 15 -14 12
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 15 2 4 9 8 24 8 2 2 4 5 13 7 0 2 5 3 11 -16 10

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