Soccer betting preview: Everton welcomes West Ham United in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Goodison Park (40569 seats)

The standings shows that 3 points split the pair of two sets of gladiators in this Premier League match. Everton have both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Everton have the most points from losing position (7) in Premier League
  • West Ham United have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League

This has all the signs of an interesting match with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Everton form and stats

Perfect Premier League season at home so far for Everton 3 wins from 3 appearances. There’s a good atmosphere here at Goodison Park after three straight home wins.

Everton manager R. Benítez Maudes and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Manchester United (placed 4th) in the Premier League. Midfielder Andros Townsend was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.13 (out of ten) in that game. Townsend scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Norwich City.

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 six matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost three.

Everton are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). Everton have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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West Ham United form and stats

West Ham United are happy with their away performances in the Premier League so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.

West Ham's previous game was their home loss versus Brentford (1-2). West Ham were so close to getting something from the game against Brentford, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime. Saïd Benrahma got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, top player of the team. Benrahma hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, West Ham secured a home win against Rapid Wien with the score 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with West Ham playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two West Ham United wins, one draw and one defeat.

A new game in only four days for West Ham United, the Europa League home match versus Genk. Busy days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, West Ham United are regular goalscorers on their travels. 3 goals have been conceded by West Ham in these games.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

West Ham UnitedM. Antonio
M. Antonio
5 goals
EvertonD. Calvert-Lewin
D. Calvert-Lewin
3 goals
EvertonA. Townsend
A. Townsend
3 goals

Everton missing players

West Ham United missing players

Everton West Ham United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 0 3 7
4 3 0 Won W 0 2 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
13 8 0 Scored S 0 6 14
8 2 0 Conceded C 0 3 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 86%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 86%
57% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 86%
43% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 29%
57% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 86%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 14%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 14%
 
4.4 5.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.7 6.3
6.4 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.7 5.3
1.9 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13 12.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 17.3 16.6
4.4 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6.3 5.4
42% 53% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 37%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Everton's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Everton have the most points from losing position (7) in Premier League
  • Everton have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Everton have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Everton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • West Ham United have not yet lost a game away.
  • West Ham United have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chelsea 7 5 1 1 15 3 4 3 0 1 9 2 3 2 1 0 6 1 12 16
2 Liverpool 7 4 3 0 17 6 4 2 2 0 8 3 3 2 1 0 9 3 11 15
3 Manchester City 7 4 2 1 14 3 3 2 1 0 10 0 4 2 1 1 4 3 11 14
4 Manchester United 7 4 2 1 14 6 4 2 1 1 10 4 3 2 1 0 4 2 8 14
5 Everton 7 4 2 1 13 8 3 3 0 0 8 2 4 1 2 1 5 6 5 14
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 7 4 2 1 8 5 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 14
7 Brentford 7 3 3 1 10 6 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 2 0 5 2 4 12
8 Tottenham Hotspur 7 4 0 3 6 10 4 3 0 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 12
9 West Ham United 7 3 2 2 14 10 4 1 1 2 8 7 3 2 1 0 6 3 4 11
10 Aston Villa 7 3 1 3 10 9 3 2 1 0 6 1 4 1 0 3 4 8 1 10
11 Arsenal 7 3 1 3 5 10 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 1 1 2 1 7 -5 10
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 3 0 4 5 6 4 1 0 3 2 5 3 2 0 1 3 1 -1 9
13 Leicester City 7 2 2 3 9 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 6 9 -3 8
14 Crystal Palace 7 1 4 2 8 11 4 1 3 0 6 3 3 0 1 2 2 8 -3 7
15 Watford 7 2 1 4 7 10 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 1 0 3 3 5 -3 7
16 Leeds United 7 1 3 3 7 14 4 1 1 2 4 7 3 0 2 1 3 7 -7 6
17 Southampton 7 0 4 3 5 10 3 0 2 1 1 2 4 0 2 2 4 8 -5 4
18 Burnley 7 0 3 4 5 11 4 0 2 2 2 4 3 0 1 2 3 7 -6 3
19 Newcastle United 7 0 3 4 8 16 3 0 2 1 5 7 4 0 1 3 3 9 -8 3
20 Norwich City 7 0 1 6 2 16 3 0 0 3 2 8 4 0 1 3 0 8 -14 1

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.