Both the home- and away side have struggled so far, but three lovely points in this vital game would certainly help. Get set for Everton - Newcastle United!
- Everton have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Newcastle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Everton and Newcastle United.
Everton form and stats
Everton have collected 16 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-1-7. When Everton hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Norwich City, Leeds United, Brentford, Everton, Watford and Burnley), they have won 3 of 4 matches! Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Everton with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Leeds United game, 33 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Everton are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 372 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Gordon).
The Everton crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers here at Goodison Park. Defender Godfrey got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.64/10. Godfrey won 6 of 8 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Everton lost 0-5 at Tottenham Hotspur's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Everton perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Everton as a small favourite), we find eight games. Everton has won three of these, drawn zero and lost five.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Everton as they are travelling to their away game against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Everton has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. 19 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Newcastle United form and stats
There's been little loot from Newcastle United's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 14 away games in the Premier League. Newcastle United only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws. When Newcastle United is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Norwich City, Leeds United, Brentford, Newcastle United, Watford and Burnley is teams we like to compare Everton with.
Newcastle United lost away at Chelsea (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Defender Targett was the best team player with a rating of 7.12. Targett hit two key passes and won 6 of 11 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Southampton with the score of 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Newcastle in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Newcastle United, one draw and one defeat.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Newcastle United rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Newcastle United - Everton 3-1 was the output when this pair of sides previously played each other, earlier this season. Data for the former ten meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Everton, two draws and four wins for Newcastle United. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Wilson 6 goals |   D. Gray 5 goals |  A. Saint-Maximin 5 goals |
Everton missing players
Newcastle United missing players
| Everton | Newcastle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 28 | 18 | 10 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 32 |
| 47 | 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 23 | 48 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 86% |
| 58% | 54% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 46% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 32% |
| 15% | 23% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 50% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 64% |
| 15% | 23% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 14% | 14% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 12.5 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 21 | 11.3 | 12 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 29% | 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 24% | 31% |
| 13.4 | 11.3 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13.6 | 14.5 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
- Everton have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Newcastle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 68 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 50 | 69 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 73 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 53 | 66 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 57 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 38 | 59 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 51 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 50 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 48 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 46 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 45 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 41 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 36 |
| 10 | Southampton | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 31 | -9 | 35 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 33 |
| 12 | Leicester City | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | -8 | 33 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -16 | 31 |
| 15 | Brentford | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -13 | 30 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 65 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 36 | -34 | 26 |
| 17 | Everton | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -19 | 22 |
| 18 | Watford | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -26 | 22 |
| 19 | Burnley | 27 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -16 | 21 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 63 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 32 | -45 | 17 |
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