Perhaps a welcome break from league football as AFC Bournemouth & Everton face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
AFC Bournemouth have not come this way in the Carabao Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Norwich City. Bournemouth was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Carabao Cup.2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what AFC Bournemouth have to build on here at Vitality Stadium in the Premier League.
AFC Bournemouth lost their last game at Leeds United after a 3-4 scoreline. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Leeds United) as a comfortable lead 3-1 was completely ruined into a loss 3-4. Midfield player Tavernier got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Tavernier scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.
Preceding that match was a Premier League defeat to Tottenham Hotspur (2-3).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Everton are coming to town in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for AFC Bournemouth here at Vitality Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). 8 goals have been conceded.
Everton form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Fleetwood Town in order to reach 3rd round of Carabao Cup. Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.There's been little loot from Everton's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Premier League. Everton only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
Everton aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 186 league minutes without a goal. McNeil was the last player to find the net.
Everton might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Leicester City proved too strong as Everton slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Goodison Park. It is worrying for Everton that their goalie Pickford pulled off six saves in the Leicester City fixture, but still were unable to save them from a loss. Attacker Gray got a player rating of 7.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Gray hit two key passes and had 31 successful passes (of 35 total).
A 0-0 draw at Fulham's stadium before that.Everton have another match away in just four nights, a Premier League fixture versus AFC Bournemouth. A hard diary for the visitors!
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Everton have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Bournemouth wins - draws - Everton wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Billing 4 goals |  D. Solanke 3 goals |  K. Moore 3 goals |
AFC Bournemouth missing players
Everton missing players
| AFC Bournemouth | Everton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 12 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 44 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 36% | ||
| 4 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 35% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 12.6 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.1 | 15.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Fulham | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Brentford | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 | Everton | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 24 | -17 | 13 |
| 18 | Southampton | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | -20 | 10 |
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